Tag: coronavirus
How an Emergency Physician Learned to Embrace Fear
As a 5-year-old child, I had a terrible experience lasting several hours, during which I remember thinking that I should just let the people...
COVID Info Families Need: Masks, Tests, and Where to Get Answers
In January 2020, we didn't anticipate that COVID-19 would be impacting us for years. Yet here we are, starting 2022 with several COVID vaccines,...
Things I Took For Granted Before the Pandemic Changed Our Way...
There are so many things that I appreciate now because the pandemic took them away.
I didn't realize how many things in life that I...
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, which Vaccine Is Best of All?...
Please note: Vermont Mom Contributing Writer, Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years of experience. She is also a...
Afraid of the COVID-19 Vaccine? Let a Doctor Answer Your Questions!
Please note: Vermont Mom Contributing Writer, Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years of experience. She is also a...
COVID Morbidity and Mortality: Following Death VS. Sickness
“Why are we closing things down, when the mortality rate is only 1%? “ “Lots of people die from the flu- what's the big...
Let’s Get Real: I am Not Cut Out to Be a...
As I write this, we have been in a state of emergency for 185 days. I know that because it started the day my...
Lessons from Coronavirus – Changing My Family’s Schedule
This coronavirus pandemic is so stressful and terrible.
Thanks to coronavirus, I have been on the verge of tears on an almost daily basis. The...
An American Mom Experiences Reopening Society in Norway
Over the past few weeks, our family has experienced a reopening society in Oslo, Norway.
I’ve written before about what it was like to choose...
I’m Dreading Summer this Year Due to Coronavirus
Summer is my favorite time of the year.
I look forward to summer every year. I work as a substitute teacher, so summer means a...
Why I Love Those in Nursing: A Quitters Perspective
Before I started college, I never really thought much about the profession of nursing. But once I hit twenty one that all changed. I...
Painting My Kids’ Rooms – A Project for When You’re Stuck...
I finally decided to go ahead and start painting my kids' rooms!
I'm not really big on projects, so the paint on the walls of...
Living through History in this Mother’s Lifetime: COVID-19 Edition
COVID-19… did this one ever turn the world on its butt!
What were the other big events during this mother's lifetime, you ask?
If you were...
Quarantine Birthday – It’s so much More Fun and Less Pressure!
My son's tenth birthday was in April of 2020, right in the midst of all the Stay Home, Stay Safe regulations due to coronavirus.
At...