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Take These 8 Steps Now As the economy reopens and cases spike. It’s time to prepare for the potential of restrictions returning with cold and flu season approaching. Adding additional strain to the medical system and an increased chance of reduced mobility from more frequent and intense viral outbreaks. Step […]
You’re Welcome La-Z-Boy I updated my personal spending analysis for July. Interested to see how trends are evolving as my family settles into life after COVID. Lifestyle changes reflect categories that were down or up from increased time spent at home quarantining. Substitutions reflect categories were spending in one category […]
Many Saw it Coming. We Should Have Listened Unfortunately, it appears far more people have read Frank M. Snowden’s masterpiece, Epidemics and Society, after the Covid-19 pandemic than before it. Reading it during the original peak of the outbreak in the US was eerie. Many people saw it coming. Properly […]
How the Past Can Help us Understand Our Post Covid-19 Future I originally purchased Epidemics and Society thinking it would provide perspective on what we faced from the Covid-19 outbreak. Along with these insights, the book provides lessons for understanding the lasting impact of infectious disease on human affairs. Long […]
by – Frank M. Snowden Get the book here. Page: 2 This hypothesis is that epidemics are not an esoteric subfield for the interested specialist but instead are a major part of the “big picture” of historical change and development. Infectious diseases, in other words, are as important to understanding […]
Plus Some Tips for Rooming in an AirBnB Ready to brave the road and take a trip. You’ll still need a place to stay safely during your journey. Lesson 1 – Rental homes are preferable to hotels You’ll come into contact with fewer people You’ll have more control over how […]
Travel Expenses Return with a Vengeance Curious how the reopening impacted my family’s spending. I updated my analysis to include numbers for June. Lifestyle changes reflect categories that were down or up from increased time spent at home quarantining. Substitutions reflect categories were spending in one category increased. Because it […]
After being cooped up for months. Many feel the need to get away this summer. Make sure you do so safely. Lesson 1 – Travel by Car Since it appears spending extended periods of time indoors with others puts you most at risk for contracting the novel coronavirus. Car travel […]
As more and more workplaces open. Getting to and from work safely in the age of the novel coronavirus becomes a bigger concern. Lesson 1 – Commute by Car Since it appears spending extended periods of time indoors with others puts you most at risk for contracting the novel coronavirus. […]
How we can Use Them to Protect Ourselves From Covid-19 Lesson 1 from the Spanish Flu The Difference Social Distancing Makes The Spanish flu was the Granddaddy of pandemics in the modern age. Sweeping across the globe multiple times between 1918 and 1920. Infecting 40% of people worldwide. Killing 50 […]