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Episode 195: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 Safety vs Panic
So much of what's happening with the spread of this disease is under our control -- yet, with the 24 hour news cycle and as fears creep in, it is easy to forget that.
The suggestions put forward in this playlist can...
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Episode 194: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Handshake Pro Tip
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Episode 193: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Best Practices
How do we keep ourselves safe?
Given that this virus can live on hard surfaces for a week to 10 days, what are the best ways to protect ourselves?
As a person who is immune-compromised, I track when I have to touch...
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Episode 192: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Two Habits
What's the saying simple but not easy?
One way that we can protect ourselves is by cultivating a new habit.
We have a sign at the door where people enter that says, "It's cold and flu season, please take off your...
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Epidsode 191: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Phones Part 2
We touch handles, doorknobs, elevator buttons, subway turnstiles, ATM machines, restroom stalls and then we touch our phones... Ick!
How often do you wash your phone? Regardless of your answer it's likely not...
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Episode 190: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Phones
Is your awareness heightened because of COVID-19?
Many of us have been protecting ourselves from all of you for a long time.
One way I protect myself is I NEVER touch anyone else's phone. They are some of the...
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Episode 189: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Face Protection
If you want to screen out the virus, you need beefy protection.
However, the majority of the protection we need is just from ourselves, a reminder to not touch our nose and mouth.
What are alternatives to wearing a...
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Episode 188: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Masks?
Coronavirus is now an pandemic.
The CDC has said that healthy people do not need to wear masks.
A) I don't fall under the category of "healthy people."
B) They are trying to conserve supplies for folks who need them...
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Episode 187: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: CDC Protocol
The CDC's Protocol for Coronavirus somehow don't inspire confidence.
Wash your hands thoroughly.
If you cough or sneeze, do it in a kleenex and throw it away, then The CDC's Protocol for Coronavirus somehow don't...
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Episode 186: The Coronavirus/COVID - 19 How To Stay Safe: Avoid Exposure
The Coronavirus: I'm learning about it alongside all of you.
As we watch the news stories about cities in China being quarantined, as we've seen the virus travel from country to country, as we wait to see whether this...
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Episode 185: How Do You Prepare For Difficult Doctor's Visits? Part 2
I'm heading to Seattle to check on my lungs.
These appointments always feel really high stakes. Part of that is because if I'm losing ground, the primary course of treatment would be to go back on the lung transplant...
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Episode 184: How Do You Prepare For Difficult Doctor's Visits?
The world expert in my lung disease practices (interstitial lung disease caused by Antisynthetase Syndrome) at UW Medical Center.
I travel quarterly have testing and attend appointments with him.
When I try to...
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