Memories from an old brown bag
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
I don’t know what makes memories fall on us. Sometimes we go looking for them – driving down some old road we used to know, or talking our way back down memory lane. But other times it’s as if we just wake up one day and there they are back.
I have, as many of you have already probably suspected, a public education. I was never particularly outstanding at anything. Really I was barely average. I was terrible at that physical fitness test they tried to get us to perform every year. I don’t think they do that anymore. They hardly even do school at this point, so I’m relatively sure there is no fitness standard anybody has to get stressed out trying to adhere to.
Fear of needles: COVID-19 rollout issue that needs to be addressed
A medical student narrated how she would feel clammy all over, experience cold sweats, and eventually pass out due to needle phobia.
January 15, 2021 03:33 GMT
The fear of needles may be a laughable matter for many people but for others who tend to panic or pass out at the sight of its sharp point, the fear is real. With the vaccine rollout being done on a global scale, the need to address this fear has become paramount.
A report on CNN showed the ordeal of Amanda Walker, a fourth-year medical student at the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. While she knows how important it is for one to get vaccinated, actually getting one is another story for her.
Addressing the fear of needles is essential to public health right now as Covid-19 vaccines roll out around the globe. For individuals considering avoiding a Covid-19 vaccination due to their phobia, seeking treatment could be a life-and-death decision.
Eric Jerome Dickey, best-selling African American novelist, dies at 59 Emily Langer Eric Jerome Dickey, a novelist who gained a devoted following among African American women and a steady spot on the bestseller lists with page-turning narratives of steamy romance and urban intrigue, died Jan. 3 in Los Angeles. He was 59. The cause was cancer, according to Amanda Walker, publicity director at Dutton, the imprint of Penguin Random House that published Mr. Dickey’s books. A onetime software engineer who discovered fiction through creative writing classes, Mr. Dickey wrote 29 books that together sold more than 7 million copies, according to Dutton. He made his debut as a novelist in 1996 with “Sister, Sister,” described by Publishers Weekly as a “high-spirited celebration of black sisterhood,” and by 2014 the New York Times had anointed him “one of the few kings of popular African-American fiction for women.”