Black Friday 2020 – Shop Safely
Black Friday shopping is a yearly tradition. Scheduled for the day after Thanksgiving and part of a retail-laden weekend of indulgence that ends with Cyber Monday, shoppers usually head out in droves to pick up extreme deals that they usually (but not always) use for Christmas presents. This year, clearly, things are a little different. […]
Handling Your Family’s Mental Health Amidst the Coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on so many people all around the world. Whether you work from home now, with limited contact with your coworkers, or are an essential worker who spends their days on the front lines, dealing with people who may or may not be carrying the virus, your nerves are […]
Are You Living in a COVID-19 Hotspot?
If you pay attention to the news, like so many have been doing this year, you’ll likely notice that the amount of COVID-19 cases in your area may fluctuate every single day. They go up and down, depending on your location. With that said, the numbers seem to be trending upward in a number of […]
Beyond COVID – Staying Healthy During Cold & Flu Season
Now that summer is over, the United States is entering a traditional time of year known as cold and flu season. The only problem is that this year, this scary season is compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. With many of the symptoms, like body aches and pains, as well as sniffling and sneezing, overlapping between […]
COVID Pods: Good Idea or Risky Business?
With schools either reopening part-time or continuing to encourage students to stay at home and learn, some parents are forming COVID pods – also known as pandemic pods. This option allows students to learn in a group of others, led by a parent or teacher. The problem is that these pods tend to go against […]
Trick or Treating: Is It Safe?
Halloween is one of those holidays that both kids and adults alike look forward to the most. It’s always fun to dress up in costume, take the children trick or treating, and then secretly raid their candy stash afterwards, mostly to ensure that they don’t end up with too much sugar racing through their veins […]
How COVID-19 Hotspots Happen
Understanding how to avoid contracting COVID-19 begins with realizing how hotspots, groups or collections of people who come down with the virus, happen. These hotspots, named after the fact that numerous people in them are exposed and infected at once, have been popping up all over the United States since the pandemic began back in […]
Is COVID-19 Airborne?
COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus and SARS-CoV-2, is so new on the scene that scientists haven’t had much of a chance to study it in depth. As a result, many things about the virus, from why some people spread it asymptomatically without getting sick to how to properly prevent it are still evolving. Initially, […]
Which Face Masks Work Best?
Face masks have become an everyday essential, thanks to COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus. And while there was some initial confusion during the early months of the pandemic regarding whether or not masks worked better than standard social distancing, it’s now certain that a mask (especially combined with said social distancing) will certainly help […]
During COVID-19, Is Eating Out Safe?
Eating out and COVID-19 have not gone hand in hand. During the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restaurants completely closed to the public. Some stayed open, allowing for takeout and delivery only, but many shutdown altogether. Either way, they suffered. The restaurant owners lost money, and many of the employees, from the […]