Court orders don’t end pandemics. But one federal judge’s action shows how government actions can affect SDOH (social determinant of health).
Tag: COVID-19
Two years of COVID-19 emergency
Two years ago, to the date, a nationwide health emergency was declared by the president. It seems like a lifetime ago.
800,000 souls lost to COVID-19
2021 was bookended by COVID. We started the year hoping that the pandemic would end and we could get back to some kind of normalcy. But, here we are. Not only does COVID remain at the forefront, with the Omicron variant it looks like the pandemic will continue to disrupt our lives well into 2022….
500,000 souls lost to COVID-19
The news today reported that half-a-million Americans have died from COVID-19. That’s more Americans dead from COVID-19 than died in WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War put together. That’s enough dead to fill Arlington Cemetery. Perhaps if we keep talking about the dead in terms of numerical comparisons we don’t have to feel the pain…
November 12, 2020 – #OzDSMS
12 hours later and so many thoughts are still swirling around in my head. ??: ???????? ?????? ?????-?? Communication failures added to the anxiety experienced by people with diabetes. Is it that diabetes puts us more at risk for contracting COVID-19 or is it that if we contract COVID we are greater risk of worse…
Excerpt: Using Type 2 Diabetes Superpowers to Cope With the COVID-19 Pandemic
But, believe it or not, I’ve found a way to turn my experience managing diabetes into an advantage during this pandemic. Three practices in particular have helped me…