2021 Multi-cultural content calendar
A list of hundreds of events you can use to inform your social media posts throughout 2021. Includes cultural, health, environmental, and religious commemorations.
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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 and sadness of the pandemic. Perhaps if we focus on a headcount we don’t have to think about how our government failed to address the crisis. But every soul lost has left an empty spot behind on the hearts of all who knew them. No amount of counting will erase that.
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Join me for DiaTribe Dialogue: Diabetes Ads
Did you see the Super Bowl ads for diabetes devices? What did you think?
Plz join me for a community discussion on FB Live, Friday, Feb 12th at 4pm ET.
Wishing you all the best in 2021
2020 proved to be memorable in oh so many bad ways. Here’s hoping and wishing for a better 2021 for all of us.
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Excerpt: You Are Your Own Best Health Advocate
“I’ve learned a lot from living with type 2 diabetes, but no lesson rings truer than this: no one knows you better than you. “No one else understands what you are experiencing as you manage life with type 2 diabetes. Your medical team will go over your numbers. Friends and family might mention they’ve noticed changes. But 99.999% of the time, you are managing your diabetes on your own. That puts you in a unique–and powerful–position. …” Read the full article on Healthgrades.
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Excerpt: Rejecting the Biggest Insulin Myths With Type 2 Diabetes
“In my experience, there’s a misconception that people with type 2 diabetes who use insulin have somehow failed. “As someone who’s lived with type 2 diabetes for more than a decade, and who uses insulin to manage it, this can be frustrating to hear. More than 4 million Americans use insulin as part of their effective management of type 2 diabetes, and it’s nothing to feel bad about. In fact, these opinions are both wrong-headed and dangerous: they ignore the fact that diabetes is a degenerative condition, and the misinformation can prevent people with type 2 diabetes from getting the treatment they need. …” Read the full article on Healthgrades.
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