Archive for May2020
Early PPE
If you have Amazon Prime, until June 30, you watch all 24 lectures ( all about 30 minutes) of The Black Death: The World’s Most Devastating Plague by noted professor Dorsey Armstrong for free. The lectures are part of the Great Courses series. Many years ago, I used to order these lectures on cassette tapes. […]
Quinnipiac Poll
I got a call from the Quinnipiac poll the other night and spent 15 minutes answering questions about the presidential candidates, the economy, health care and COVID-19. I was able to answer all the questions pretty easily. I didn’t like either Biden or Trump, but would vote for Biden. I liked Fauci, but was skeptical […]
Face Shields
Our hospital is requiring all clinical workers to not only wear face masks, but also face shields, when interacting with patients. In the April 29, 2020 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Eli Perencevich and his coauthors argue that face shields should be adapted by communities in their containment strategies. They […]
Phase One
Connecticut began phase one of their reopening today. I left work early today after our monthly CME, which included a talk from our infectious disease doctor on COVID. He urged us all to continue to keep our guard up. It was another beautiful day. I came home to find my two daughters making doughnuts which […]
A Home
A beautiful spring day. The sky is robin’s egg blue. The air smells like fresh cut grass. We cut our sirens on approach, and are driving now through the residential neighborhood. Kids are out on their bikes. There are joggers aplenty. Nearly every house has someone out beautifying their yard. Neighbors talk and laugh with […]
Peter Canning
Help is Always Right
I was inducted into street work in the late 80s by a Catholic Worker whose brother was an addict. He died on the street here in Austin in the mid-90s and that's where she got her bias against giving money, which she inculcated into me. My policy still to this day, but you have given…
2020-10-20 01:26:41
Maps
