{"id":26810,"date":"2020-12-06T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=26810"},"modified":"2020-12-06T18:26:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T23:26:20","slug":"5-friday-faves-self-care-and-the-ever-changing-science-of-covid-19-christmas-canstructions-clint-bruce-elites-seasonal-kindnesses-and-a-call-to-more-than-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=26810","title":{"rendered":"5 Friday Faves – Self-care and the Ever Changing Science of COVID-19, Christmas Canstructions, Clint Bruce Elites, Seasonal Kindnesses, and a Call to More Than Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy weekend. Last month of 2020. December. Much to process and to be thankful for.<\/p>\n

1) Self-care and the Ever Changing Science of COVID-19 – <\/strong>This has been a week of COVID awareness becoming more personally as we lost a dear old friend to COVID and have family friends in another country battling it. We are wise to do what we can to keep it away, without giving way to the media-induced hysteria it can also bring.
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The most comprehensive and accessible clinical information for all of us has come from a 39-page article by Dr. Paul Marik, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine<\/a>. This article is updated periodically so if you click on and don’t find it just search for EVMS Critical Care COVID-19 Management Protocol<\/em><\/a>. It covers the prevention of COVID-19 right through to the critical management of COVID patients with life-threatening disease. The article is definitely written for the clinician, but the most salient points can be understood by any of us.<\/p>\n

Below are his current recommendations for prevention (p. 6<\/a>):<\/p>\n