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I received a surprising phone call yesterday. An automated message from the VA, where I get my healthcare, told me I was eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine and to contact my local VA clinic to make an appointment. Stunned, I made the call and was offered the Pfizer vaccine as soon as next Wednesday if …
Yesterday, I entered the Phase 3 Trial for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. I've been moved by the stories of the people who have volunteered for these trials and suddenly decided I needed to do it as well. With the Pfizer vaccine approved under Emergency Use Authorization and Moderna's on its heels, humanity may be …
I've read so much nonsense about men refusing to wear masks during the COVID pandemic because they feel it isn't masculine. Some take it to the extreme to actually crow about it like a peacock flaring its tail feathers. Conservative female pundits like Tomi Lahren encourage it and perpetuate the image that somehow breathing your …
It was bound to happen. The man who had the most power to try and stop the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, who chose instead to ignore it, to lie to the American public, to misinform, to mock and ridicule everyone who tried to do the right thing, heads to the hospital with COVID-19. Trump's …
I was going to write a post yesterday about how hard it is to Squat with resistance bands. Instead, I impulsively purchased Squats Stands that were on sale at Amazon. The reason squatting with bands is so hard is that you have to put the bar on your back in a deep squat position, while …
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While my workouts are going quite well, I still struggle with the desire to move iron again. I waffle between wanting to do a strength oriented training plan and maintaining a hypertrophy oriented training plan, but even a hypertrophy plan would be dramatically improved by the ability to incrementally increase the resistance I'm using, which …
For the first time since Monday, I awoke without a fever. 98.6 this morning after 4 days of a low grade, 99.9-100.1 reading each morning. The body aches and crippling fatigue vanished as if someone flicked a switch yesterday around 2:00 PM. It was so sudden I was actually surprised when I bent down to …
Sure, when one is under the weather there are telltale signs. If it's a common cold, it may start with an unexpectedly scratchy throat, which causes a momentary panic followed by denial. I am not getting sick. Body aches and feeling fatigued may indicate some type of infection. Placing a hand on someone's forehead is …
I have not been feeling well the last few days. A generalized fatigue, with muscle aches and headaches and the occasional lightheaded feeling one gets when standing too quickly. I have felt the need to lay down quite often, and have taken advantage of being self-employed to do just that. As it persisted, I began …
When the Federal Guidelines for Reopening America first came out, I reviewed them and communicated to the South Carolina Governor's twitter account, as well as the Post & Courier's account, that the state hadn't met a single one of the requirements to reopen. The very first one was a 14-day decrease in new cases. I …
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