SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | September 23, 2020

COVID-19 & Your Health What Scientists Have—and Haven’t—Learned About the Coronavirus So Far. “From whether dogs can get it to how it spreads to that ridiculous “study” on runners spewing plumes of virus, we’ve won some and lost some, which is to be expected.” (Slate, Medical Examiner) Does Wearing Glasses Protect You from Coronavirus?. “After researchers noticed fewer nearsighted patients in a hospital ward in China, they speculated that wearing glasses might...

SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | September 16, 2020

COVID-19 & Your Health ‘Really Diabolical’: Inside the Coronavirus That Outsmarted Science. “SARS-CoV-2 is a wily virus, with mysterious origins and a powerful ability to infect and spread; ‘We underestimated it.’” (The Wall Street Journal) Do’s and don’ts of wearing a face mask at restaurants during COVID-19 (Huffpost) Early flu shot crucial this fall to avert ‘twindemic,’ doctors say. (The Boston Globe) Covid-19 etiquette: A comprehensive guide (The Washington Post) “The novel coronavirus is wreaking...

SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | September 9, 2020

COVID-19 & Your Health Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus” ‘I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn’t concentrate’ (The Guardian) From ChrisKresser.com and BMJ.com: “This closely mirrors the formula I’ve been talking about these past several months for calculating risk: volume of exposure + length of exposure = risk of COVID-19 transmission. Ventilation, talking/shouting/singing, and face coverings are the primary determinants of the volume of exposure, and time spent exposed is the other factor.” More...

SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | September 2, 2020

COVID-19 & Your Health So this is why people are receiving mysterious masks in the mail (The Boston Globe) Tracking coronavirus spread around the country. “Explore where each state stands with controlling the coronavirus outbreak.” (The Boston Globe) The coronavirus is most deadly if you are older and male — new data reveal the risks. “A slew of detailed studies has now quantified the increased risk the virus poses to older people, men,...

SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | August 26, 2020

COVID-19 & Your Health How our brains numb us to covid-19’s risks – and what we can do about it. (The Washington Post) 5 Things We Know About Flying Right Now. “As passengers cautiously return to air travel, there are a few issues worth considering — from middle-seat policies to questions about virus transmission on airlines.” (The New York Times) Also: How likely are you to be infected by the coronavirus on a...

SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | August 19, 2020

COVID-19 & Your Health Even after so much time, many people still have questions about the symptoms of Covid-19. That’s why we created a new interactive graphic, Could My Symptoms Be Covid-19? We’ve ranked symptoms from those that are very common to the ones that are rare and explained how the virus attacks the body in different ways. (The New York Times) (This image is just a preview-visit the article for...

SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | August 12, 2020

COVID-19 & Your Health COVID-19 test kit, the first FDA EUA approved saliva test (Vault) (Note from Sheri - my son is required to show documentation of a negative diagnostic COVID-19 test that was taken within 14 days prior to coming to campus. His college will accept this at-home test.) Is Your Teen College-Bound? Make Sure You Have These Documents in Place Talking to our kids about the importance of having certain...

SBV Curated Content | A Weekly Update of Enlightening & Intriguing Information | August 5, 2020

COVID-19 NAPFA members, including SAGEbroadview, are longtime champions for financial services delivered in the public’s interest. As part of NAPFA’s COVID-19 consumer outreach, please check out the Resources and Relief Options Infographic. Could a century-old technology zap coronavirus in schools and offices? (The Boston Globe) New study may help ‘predict’ who will get severe COVID-19 cases. Recent research shows that people typically fall into one of six different clusters of coronavirus symptoms. (Yahoo...