A friend of mine is obviously “covided out.” I spoke with him over the weekend, and he perseverated on a negative experience he had when he went out and “didn’t mask properly,” according to the people sitting around him. He was at his favorite college’s women’s basketball game, which the team won, and where there were over 10,000 fans in attendance, which is quite a feat for women’s B-Ball. It seemed that his neighbors objected to his lowering his mask...

Six months ago, Captain Joe Manning of the Wayne County Police force in Georgia died from Covid. Captain Manning refused to take the vaccine and even posted anti-vaxx messages in social media. Instead, he took Ivermectin. He was 57 years old. I had 3 reactions after reading of his death. First, I felt bad that he died when it probably could have been avoided. Next (I am embarrassed to say) that I was glad he died, as his actions made...

A friend of mine called me the other day and told me she was going to leave her job and venture out into an entrepreneurial adventure with a colleague. I asked her why she was leaving her corporate job that provided great security and a good future, and she told me that it had “lost the juice” for her and she just did not see how she could continue to live a life where she does not get back as...

Among the many trials from the Long Tail of Covid has been how disconnected we’ve been from family and friends. Recently, there has been a spate of research, articles and discussions about loneliness. Even terms that we’ve used to discuss Covid prevention strategies seem to stoke the loneliness epidemic, such as “social distancing,” “shelter in place,” and “breakout rooms.” My wife Sheila says we should call them “connection rooms,” instead so we see that they actually help bring us together....

My mother made the unfortunate mistake of smoking up until her mid 50s. In her era. knowledge about the dangers and risks of smoking, while probably known, were not publicized. It wasn’t until she couldn’t carry her baby granddaughter up a hill that she decided it was time to quit. It was a bit too late to stop the path of COPD and over the next decade or so, her lung capacity significantly diminished and at the recommendation of her...