Month: August 2020

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  Grading your hospital on COVID-19 In Los Angeles County, restaurant quality is graded with a sign displayed in the window “A”, “B”, or “C”.  Why … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  Guinea pig in a mask I visited a bedridden husband of a former nurse.  She had not been out of the house for 4 months, … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  Don’t forget the vulnerable Over two decades ago, studies revealed benefit of low-dose aspirin in those with heart disease.  The only fault was women were … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  Photobombing to the bottom of the list Some hospitals and ICUs are packed.  Older adults fear limited equipment could result in adverse medical decisions against … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  My Anthony Fauci ‘do After the 1976 Winter Olympics where Dorothy Hamill won her ice skating Gold Medal, many young women out of admiration cut … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  COWMAN Battling this pandemic has been laid in the hands of States, with six in the midwest forming a coalition.  Armed together with technology, they … Continue Reading →

75 years ago today, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.  A Japanese-American was there on that day, and survived.  Here is part of his story. (Originally posted August 14, … Continue Reading →