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With the number of coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassing 300,000, social media posts claim, “A virus DID NOT kill 300,000 Americans. Old age did. Pharmaceuticals did. Processed foods did. Pesticides did. Hospitals & Ventilators did. Lack of proper nutrition, sunlight & exercise did.” Some of these things can contribute to pre-existing conditions that make serious illness from COVID-19 more likely. These deaths, however, were triggered by the novel coronavirus.
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As stated here on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)” page, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned for 6% of recorded U.S. coronavirus deaths. In other words, more than 16,500 of the more than 276,061 processed death certificates included in the CDC’s provisional death count had only C
2020 in review: COVID-19 was the story
December 21, 2020
The first mention of the word “coronavirus” in a Cornell Chronicle story in 2020 came on Jan. 29, when the university designated mainland China as an elevated-risk destination, and imposed travel restrictions on students, faculty and staff.
Since then, there have been more than 300 stories or university statements that mention COVID-19 posted on news.cornell.edu. It has been the story of the year.
The most-read Chronicle story of the year was a Weill Cornell Medicine-produced research FAQ from April 20, “Why is COVID-19 mild for some, deadly for others?” Given the fact that so much remains unknown about this mysterious virus, it’s no surprise that more than 60,000 readers – and counting – clicked on this story.
Emergency room physician Cleavon Gilman, seen in front of the Gowan Company building in historic downtown Yuma, Ariz.
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As a combat medic deployed with the Marines in Iraq’s Al-Anbar province, Cleavon Gilman saw bodies torn apart by IEDs. He heard agonizing screams, saw burned flesh and penetrating trauma. He stood in pools of blood, tending to Marines with severed spinal cords, missing limbs, and intestines bulging through gaping wounds. He emptied the pockets of the dead, collecting baby pictures and ultrasound photos, removed dog tags, and stacked bodies, sometimes two and three at a time, into refrigerated trailers. He still has PTSD, though he returned from the war 16 years ago. Even so, that experience did not prepare him for the coronavirus.
BSSNY is proud to welcome Dr. Elvis Rema to our team. Dr. Rema is double board-certified in Interventional Pain Management and Anesthesiology. He brings with him a specialized and expert approach to treating pain that is new to our practice. Dr. Rema is looking forward to serving the BSSNY community in our Kingston office.
Dr. Rema specializes in the treatment of back and neck pain caused by arthritis, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, sciatica, spinal stenosis, and pain following spine surgery. He also has expertise in treating neuropathic pain, cancer-related pain, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), facial pain syndromes, pelvic pain, headache syndromes, and peripheral neuralgias. He offers a variety of treatment options to help ease pain intractable to previous therapy. These include epidurals, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, kyphoplasty, etc. He also has extensive experience in the use of intrav