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* Dr. Ezike yesterday…

So as we move forward, we need to get back to the things that we have been putting on hold. Now is the time to schedule your kids’ back to school physicals if you haven’t already. We need to make sure that the kids get checked out by their providers and get their life saving immunizations. Earlier during the pandemic, we had seen a decline in immunization. So now it’s time to catch up. No more waiting.

Doctor’s orders, Illinois.

Yes, there could be another surge of COVID-19 in the fall or perhaps earlier, but let’s make sure we take this opportunity now to get to our doctors. Let’s get our immunizations, let’s get our health screenings. Let’s get as healthy as we can. Your baseline health status affects how you fare against this virus.

This includes parents and teachers. Get your bloodwork done, your mammogram. I went for my mammogram this morning. Get your colonoscopies, take care of yourself and your loved ones. Let’s continue to do what we know works. I saw somewhere that they referred to as the three W’s. And so I’m going to be using this: wash your hands, watch your distance, you know that’s referring to the six feet, and wear a face covering. Let’s not lose ground. Lives are in our hands. Thank you so much.

* My annual physical is today, so I’ll be back later. Until then…

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 10:36 am

Comments

1. Has anyone else heard the news about MacMurrary college in Jacksonville going bankrupt? I read the campus was going up on auction in a couple of months. If I read the history correctly it’s was founded in 1846 and some of those buildings are historic. I hope the older buildings on campus are preserved.

   Comment by ItsMillerTime Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 10:42 am

2. Rich, hope everything is good. I had mine a few weeks ago; best numbers in several years plus I actually lost some weight. Now I need to try to keep it off.

   And I have one of those invasive procedures that got delayed coming up in a couple of weeks.

   Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 10:45 am

3. ItsMillerTime … the college leaders voted in March to close it at the end of the spring semester.

   https://www.mac.edu/closure

   Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 10:59 am

4. My husband’s doc told him that right now is the best time ever for getting a colonoscopy — they’ve finally gotten their act together on infection control in that, uh, area.

   Comment by yinn Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 11:05 am

5. I’m very grateful to be healthy. My family is healthy. I’ve lost 2
   friends to Covid 19. It is impossible for me to understand the people that claim wearing a mask violates their rights in some way. To the scientists and medical professionals that are doing their best to keep us safe, we owe so much. Yes, this cost me a lot of money but that seems trivial in the grand scheme. Please stay healthy, stay strong and do your best to be a good citizen.

   Comment by Trapped in the ‘burbs Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 11:07 am

6. What an irony. Our exam was this a.m. All results A-OK and declared incredibly fit older American. Hope the same for Capt Fax. We attribute the condition to daily doses of Capt Fax insights and other assorted clean living regimes

   Comment by Annonin' Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 11:14 am

7. FYI. Wild blackberries are starting to ripen.

   Comment by Blue Dog Dem Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 11:18 am

8. “Wild blackberries are starting to ripen.” Yum[banned punctuation] Just watch out for the poison ivy.

   Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 11:32 am

9. Just had cataract surgery, with right knee replacement surgery coming in August. All other tests fine. At 73 just needed a couple of parts replaced, and I keep on going. Take care of your body,you only have one.

   Comment by Chichi55 Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 11:39 am

10. IMT — It’s true about MacMurray College being closed with an auction impending. Not sure how the auction is being set up, but it comes after no serious buyers emerged for the entire campus. Talk is that the nursing program has been picked up by Illinois College, but no word whether any MacMurray property goes along.

    Comment by Flapdoodle Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 12:19 pm

11. I got the newsletter from the Ravenswood Lake View Historical Association today and learned the schools remained open in Chicago during the 1918 epidemic but the city closed the bordellos.

    Comment by Cheryl44 Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 12:21 pm

12. 300 million years ago……..wasn’t that when this Covid-19 started?

    Comment by Sayitaintso Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 12:37 pm

13. soundtrack to the way-back map …

    https://youtu.be/phGCD-Ia3J0

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 12:47 pm

14. I think schools stayed open because less close contact than bordellos /s

    Comment by DuPage Saint Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 12:48 pm

15. I just got poison ivy on my arms while cleaning up some weeds in my yard, and I didn’t even get the reward of blackberries

    Comment by Steve Rogers Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 12:56 pm

16. So I can see Chicago had bad weather for 750 million years. Why am I not surprised?

    Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 12:57 pm

17. My cherries are just about ripe. The dang groundhog loved my peas and lettuce. My cholesterol was up 5 points each for HDL and LDL. I’m blaming the weight I’ve lost so quickly due to my poor ability to mange the pandemic stress. Hey, if people can blame masks and stay-at-home orders for the economic impact of a pandemic, I can blame higher cholesterol on weight loss.

    Comment by Earnest Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 1:39 pm

18. Earnest, try a couple of Brazil nuts every 2 weeks. Store them in freezer. When my son’s cholesterol was high, I gave him that hint. His dr. wanted to know what he did when it went down so fast. She now recommends that to all her patients with high cholesterol. (Research available on line.)

    Comment by vive Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 2:50 pm

19. July 4th fireworks in downtown Springfield have been cancelled as expected:

    https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200624/citing-covid-19-downtown-fourth-of-july-fireworks-canceled

    But Sherman and here in Chatham, at this time, are still planning to have fireworks, but with social distancing protocols in place (good luck enforcing that).

    Comment by Chatham Resident Wednesday, Jun 24, 20 @ 7:14 pm

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