Category: Coping with COVID
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Oct 20, 2022
Emmanuel, a TikTok-famous emu, has avian flu after a deadly outbreak on a Florida farm
NPR – Emmanuel, a widely beloved emu who went viral on TikTok, is in dire condition battling the avian flu. Taylor Blake’s family farm in South Florida, Knuckle Bump Farms, has lost more than 50 birds in just three days, Blake wrote on Twitter Saturday. Only two birds survived. “I am still trying to wrap […]
Oct 18, 2022
10 tips for co-existing with covid (and living a normal-ish life)
Washington Post – Living with covid can be easy if you take simple, regular precautions. Jay Varma, a physician, expert in infectious diseases and professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, has compared this new normal to the adjustments we all had to make regarding safety after 9/11. We’ve grown used to additional […]
Sep 23, 2022
Just when I thought I was a “superdodger” COVID finally found me. My husband brought it home from the grocery store (we think). It went for my lungs immediately, skipping the “mild” version like most people who have had the vaccine series have been reporting. I had a virtual appointment with my doctor on day […]
Sep 22, 2022
NPR – Carbon dioxide has no taste, no odor, and no color — but it’s a vital ingredient in the beer business, from putting frothy bubbles in brews to blocking oxidization that makes beer taste stale. But brewers are now worried that a carbon dioxide shortage could force production cuts and price hikes. It’s the […]
Sep 21, 2022