"What's Up, Doc?"

"What's Up, Doc?"

By Eric G. Spann, M.D.MedicineHealth & FitnessMental HealthReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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"What's Up, Doc?" episodes

  • Bleeding Edge Weekly Update--Outbreak 2: September 8, 2020

    Weekly COVID update with important information about our 9/1 to present second outbreak.  This week and weekend will tell how severe and widespread this will be.  I'm still amazed at those who won't wear masks or social distance in one of the hottest outbreak areas in our state. . . 

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    19 min
  • Suspicious Minds 3: The Latest Scam the Unwise Have Fallen For

    We have GOT to do better than this!  

    "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not "backpedal" on the number of deaths caused by COVID-19, reducing the figure from nearly 154,000 to just over 9,000, as social media posts claimed.

    The term "Only 6%" trended widely on Twitter over the weekend as supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory promoted tweets that falsely suggested the CDC had updated its records to show that only 6% of U.S. deaths tied to COVID-19 were legitimate. President Donald Trump was among those who tweeted the information, which was later taken down by Twitter for violating platform rules.

    The posts, which received hundreds of thousands of shares online, were based on a regularly updated CDC data table showing underlying conditions for those who died of COVID-19. The conditions included high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, as well as problems that are caused by COVID-19 itself, such as respiratory failure and pneumonia.

    The other 94% list COVID-19 and other conditions together. Among those deaths, there were, on average, 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death, the public health agency said.

    As of Aug. 26, the CDC said, there were 161,332 deaths where COVID-19 was listed on the death certificate. Social media users over the weekend posted an older screenshot of the data that showed 153,504 deaths. The posts used the 6% figure to claim the U.S. death toll was much lower—9,210."

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    17 min
  • Growing THROUGH a Pandemic: Segment 1 audio

    Audio wave file from YouTube Video for public service video made to serve the women that we serve through Baxter Regional, Baxter Hometown Clinics, and the Schliemann Center for Women's Health.  This presentation focuses upon health and growth in tough times.   We address perspective and motivation in this first installment--and the first two solution suggestions for getting BETTER through COVID-19 and the struggles we face.

    The following link can be followed, or one can go to YouTube from our website with buttons at the top right.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLXOQH2eOLg&t=6s

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    10 min
  • Hard and Fast Bleeding Edge COVID Update, 8.31.20

    Well, hold onto your seats.  The kids are back in school in the middle of a local outbreak and we just don't know what this will mean in Stone County and our Region.  This update will keep you not just on the cutting edge, but the Bleeding Edge of what is going on if you want to know, "What's Up with COVID-19 heading into the school year, Doc?"

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    15 min
  • Bleeding Edge Stone County School Start Update, 8.25.20

    Folks, your local education and medical leaders have done all they can to help decision makers, students, parents, and teachers have the best opportunity possible for success this year.  

    We are living in very difficult times for the above mixture of needs and expectations.  Our medical leaders deserve your respect for all they do behind the scenes in our community, and your educators and administrators deserve your support.

    So, school is coming regardless of our local outbreak.  Let's make the best of it, and get through to the Labor Day weekend as best we can.  

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    27 min
  • Living Our Bumper Stickers: The Christian Response to the Crises of our Age.

    Are you getting BETTER during the Pandemic and the Protests?  If you continue, for the next 6 months, to live the way you've lived for the past 5 months, will your life and your influence shine or stink?

    Christians ought to "act like somebody" during "such a time as this."  

    Here's 10 minutes to help you evaluate your responses vs. your reactions.

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    11 min

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A family physician addresses issues at the intersection of science, medicine, culture, health and theology. This is a production of The Kings Foundation, Inc., and TransformationHealth.org and all our…