Covid-19 Awareness & Support

A 29-second commercial I saw about an oral contraceptive you can take (if it's right for you) within 5 days of getting Covid. When I say "if it's right for you" make sure you find out the side effects as well as ingredients in the drug and as much information as you can about it (do your research) PRIOR to taking the drug. Has anybody taken this? What have been your experiences with it? Or have you done research on this AND/OR know someone that has taken this? Share yours/their experiences and answering my questions by publicly commenting to this blog post. Some quick tips to ensure you have success with watching the video (the 29-second commercial I shot) BELOW: 1) Ensure whatever device (i.e. computer, phone, etc.) the volume works, is on, AND loud enough for you to hear. 2) If you're listening from a computer or laptop, be sure to check the volume icon (normally in the bottom right-hand corner of your task bar on a Windows PC) that it's not turned off (usu...

 Just recently saw this on LinkedIn (what a great reminder)! 🙂  

Shortly after Covid hit, I put paper towels in my guest bathroom for guests to use after they washed their hands after arriving at my home. I knew without doing any research that germs would be less spread this way versus re-using the same towel. Further support of my belief happened when I watched a 2019 episode of my favorite TV game show "Common Knowledge" where "drying your hands on paper towels reduces bacteria by 71% versus using an air dryer, which only reduces it by 23%." 

Another tip to prevent the spread of germs in public restrooms - photographed below is in Costco's women's restroom (the paper towel dispenser and the hand air dryer) I know I've discussed in previous posts about NOT using air hand dryers, however, now I'm NOT using paper towels that are dispensed this way (refer to photograph below). WHY? Other people touch the paper towel and don't pull it off and then another person touches it to wipe their freshly washed hands. I've literally seen someone touch and then NOT pull off a paper towel that is left in the dispenser (as shown in the photograph below) either they change their mind that they don't want another paper towel or whatever. So, how do I recommend you dry your hands then if you can't use the air hand dryers OR paper towels that are dispensed like in the photograph ABOVE (where you have to grab the next one and it's NOT set up to automatically dispense)? 1) Either carry your own napkins or paper...

I was curious to know what industries Covid-19 were affecting presently in 2025 and found this interesting and short article on Forbes (I will copy it here for ease for you to read) and then give credit for this source by providing you the link to it here):   https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2025/03/06/job-cuts-are-already-higher-than-all-of-2024/ Title of the Forbes article: February 2025 job cuts are the highest since Covid-19 peak Article written by: Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Senior Contributor  Article published on my birthday (March 6, 2025) The U.S. job market has taken a very worrisome turn. Data released by global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas Incorporated shows that in just the first two months of this year, 221,812 Americans have lost their jobs. These significant job cuts are 33% higher than the same period in 2024. February’s layoffs were the highest monthly job cuts level since July 2...

I was reading an article by BU- School of Public Health titled: "Covid-19 in 2025: 'A constant threat, but a manageable one' " dated 3/8/25 (direct link to that article I'm referencing):  https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2025/covid-19-in-2025-a-constant-threat-but-a-manageable-one/ . The last paragraph and I quote word for word reads: "You can think of vaccines as powerful tools that can help you and your loved ones—no matter what your age—live a life that is freer from the awfulness of the diseases vaccines prevent. COVID-19 affects lung health, heart health, blood coagulation, fertility, and other functions of our bodies. The vaccines do not have these effects.” My response to the above quoted word for word paragraph: 👆 Yes, Covid-19 negatively affects multiple parts of your body, however, I know people who have gotten the Covid vaccine and still got Covid. You still need to do exercise the well known precautions that prevent Covid (prescreen people P...

Here are 3 other ways to prevent Covid spread that can be easily incorporated into your life with minimal costs: 1) When you don't have to be some where by a certain time (and there'd still be time to do whatever business you need to do before closing time), you can wait in your car until a line dies down and then go into wherever you're going. For example, when there was a line/busy at my credit union, I waited in my car (I could see since I was parked right in front) and made a phone call first and then by the time my call was done there was no longer a line in my credit union. 2) Many of us buy things off Amazon and it doesn't take long to get a hand wipe and wipe down items you purchased. Hand wipes that are either the store brand or commonly known from the "Wet Ones" brand are gentle enough on your mouth and as a result they do NOT destroy things you wipe with (whereas with Lysol/Clorox/store brand of these types of wipes are still great to use, you have ...