COVID-19 in Iowa: Ames schools to consider mask mandate again
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Pill Popping April 8 Private Eye column
Your column is unfortunately absolutely accurate. There is a widespread conspiracy to overdose us, all with the best possible intentions.
In our family, we have never found it necessary to use more than a small fraction of the painkillers prescribed after injuries or surgery. A prime example occurred when my wife had dental implants some years ago. The surgeon sensibly prescribed sufficient painkillers to get her through the immediate consequences.
I later got an official rebuke from my Medicare D insurance company saying that they were covering this but only as an exception in the future, would I please ask the surgeon to prescribe an appropriate quantity (presumably a generous 30-day supply). I was unfortunately too slow-witted to think that I could have asked for a massive refill, sold the pills on the street and taken my wife on a Caribbean vacation.
Letters to the editor: Our kids need to be in school
Letters to the editor
Our kids need to be in school
Monday night the Ames School Board voted 4-3 against allowing students to return to school for full-time instruction. As a parent with a son at Ames Middle School and another at Ames High, we are impacted every weekday by this policy. Let’s face it. While teachers are doing their best to instruct students online, the reality is a far less engaging academic environment. Kids are kids, and the distractions of being online all the time are tremendous. It is much easier to ignore a teacher or chat with your friends when you are not in a classroom. You may not realize it, but in most of the middle school classes, students have their cameras off. I say this from personally watching my son’s classes. Imagine trying to conduct one of your work meetings with all the cameras off. Our son, by all accounts a good student, has forgotten to turn in assignments and even check in for schoo