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(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: The Medicare Disadvantage Plan This time every year we are inundated on TV, in newspapers, and online advertisement to sign up for a Medicare “Advantage” … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: The roll (role) of toilet paper Here we go again! Grab the toilet paper! Early in this pandemic, toilet paper quickly disappeared from store shelves. … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Pandemic survival He immigrated to the United States decades ago for a better life, establishing a successful business. As the patriarch of the family, every … Continue Reading →
I “Wonder” why his mask doesn’t fit? Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D.
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Soothing the spirit and soul Being in private practice for 40 years allowed me to set my schedule and spend time with my patients. I … Continue Reading →
(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 →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Family history catching up with you What one says and does in 2020 will be reflected in how our grandchildren judge us in the future. … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Suppression by illiteracy Picture yourself: A 28 year old person of color, with no education or skills. You can’t read or write adequately, barely surviving … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the front line) COVID-19/BLM: Sacrifice Years from now, historians will analyze world conviction during this pandemic, focusing how people of the United States saved each other through sacrifice. … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: The purge surge We’ve seen heart-wrenching decisions rationing healthcare in Italy and New York. Now with the recent surge, the lives of seniors might be … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Perfecting programs that already exist On one of my early morning runs as the community began to stir, I saw a law enforcement neighbor leaving … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: 100 Today marks the 100th consecutive day posting a snippet in Doctor’s Diary on COVID-19, and most recently BLM. These two events of 2020 will … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: What race are you? Most people can’t determine my race when they look for features to categorize my skin, hair, eyes, and nose. For years, … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Showing toughness My father was born in 1902 so lived through the pandemic of 1918 which killed 675,000 Americans. Yet I know little about the … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: The United State of California California is a technologically rich state. During this pandemic, we should re-tool industry and manufacture masks, gowns, gloves, hand sanitizers, … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Small business closure: Your doctor Early this month, a Washington, D.C. newspaper (*) claimed 60,000 primary care physicians (PCPs) could be forced to close their … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: “Where are the Dodgers?” My mother, in her late 90s, fell at home and broke a hip. She needed surgery, then one week of rehabilitation. … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Budget cuts on the horizon Budget cuts will soon be made by many governors throughout the nation. The cost and impact of the pandemic has … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Given opportunity Playing Little League baseball was out. My family could not afford it. A few in our neighborhood could, so they got that opportunity. … Continue Reading →