All About COVID-19
Doctor Lands in the Doghouse After Giving COVID Vaccine Waivers Too Freely
By Brett Kelman A Tennessee doctor has lost his medical license for issuing COVID-19 vaccine waivers to patients he never met in at least three states. One, it turned out, was a dog named Charlie Kraus. Robert Coble, 76, of Goodspring, Tennessee, agreed to surrender his license in a May settlement with the Tennessee Department…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 22: Blippi and Meekah’s Fun!
After months of contemplating and requests from our three-year-old, we finally caved and took him to a trampoline indoor park. He had grown tired of witnessing Blippi and Meekah’s fun on television and wanted to experience it for himself. We went to a nearby location in the evening with next to no one in attendance.…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary Entry 21: Is Three Years Old Too Soon?
My husband and I have been discussing the idea of our three-year-old attending school in person. The debates have involved various questions, considering these haven’t been normal times for us. Is three years old too soon? Is homeschooling an option? Is it safe? And, of course, one of the most prevalent questions of all, what…
12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year
By Jane Spencer, The Guardian and Christina Jewett More than 3,600 U.S. health care workers perished in the first year of the pandemic, according to “Lost on the Frontline,” a 12-month investigation by The Guardian and KHN to track such deaths. Lost on the Frontline is the most complete accounting of U.S. health care worker deaths. The federal…
Debt ceiling deal will mean even less COVID-19 funding
By Betsy Ladyzhets You’ve probably seen the news that last weekend, President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders reached a deal to raise the U.S. government’s debt ceiling. The deal passed both houses and Biden signed it yesterday. In order to reach this bipartisan deal, Biden had to make a lot of compromises—including limiting funding for…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 20: Praying It Was Not the Virus Again
What does an entire week of your youngest toddler fighting various illnesses look like while COVID-19 is still a real threat? It looked like a 4 a.m. run to the nearest 24-hour pharmacy after various panic calls to the 24-hour nurse line. It looked like debating whether to test him for the virus. It looked…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary: Entry 19
It was March 15, and the year was 2020. We had taken our three-month-old to the church I grew up in just to visit the lady I considered my “play grandmother.” I wanted her to meet our first son. He was the child that I asked her to pray that we’d be able to conceive.…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 18: Is it Really COVID
I sent a text message to a relative about a close family friend being ill with the virus. “Is it really COVID” the text response read. I was stunned and disappointed that the following question was not about her health or if she needed anything. Instead, it was a denial of the existence of the…
Era of ‘Free’ Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay the Tab Now?
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News February 10, 2023 Time is running out for free-to-consumer covid vaccines, at-home test kits, and even some treatments. The White House announced this month that the national public health emergency, first declared in early 2020 in response to the pandemic, is set to expire May 11. When it ends, so…
Pandemic Motherhood Diary, Entry 17: Showing up for a Friend
A couple of weeks ago, I received an invitation from a friend of mine to attend her wedding shower. After some reservations and inner debates, I decided to RSVP. I put my tea party-themed attire together, kissed my babies, turned my GPS on, and left. I got dressed up for the first time in a…
