Health officials have acknowledged that there is inadequate evidence to support the notion that medical-grade face masks, including N95, KN95, and FFP2 types, provide protection for vulnerable individuals against COVID-19. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published a rapid review report investigating whether masks protect those at high risk from the disease but was unable to find any scientific research with “usable data.” The reviewers examined 4,371 studies but found none that explored the effectiveness of N95 and equivalent masks for those at a higher risk of severe illness when used within community settings.
I was surprised to learn this: For most of man’s time on earth, sleep happened in two shifts. The current “normal” of one seven- or eight-hour sleep was something that developed during the Industrial…
At our last Zoom meeting, I noticed that Brian had lost a lot of weight. In fact, he told me he’d dropped more than 100 pounds! This is a guy that has always been heavy. But he’s also heavily muscled, so the…
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For the last 10 years, PB, one of my trainers, has been taking my blood pressure at least three times every time I train. Two or three times a week. In all that time, my systolic numbers ranged from 110 to…
A visitor looking at “In America: Remember,” a temporary art installation on the National Mall commemorating Americans who have died of COVID-19. When I continue to express the view that the most important…
