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COVID-19’s Revelation

Written by Ron Parks, MD on June 15, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, PTSD, Trauma, Viral Pandemics.

COVID-19 emerged as a new frightening and dangerous respiratory virus with many deaths due to a lack of immunity and natural protection.

The deadly virus has had a devastating impact globally and taken an enormous toll on the lives of vulnerable individuals and communities. As with any natural or human-made disasters, a time comes for gradual containment, mitigation, rebuilding, healing of wounds, and revelation of deeper truths and knowledge to ensure a better and safer future.

Covid-19 Depression & Grief

Written by Ron Parks, MD on May 2, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Death and Dying, Depression, Grief and Loss, Mood, PTSD, Public Health Issue, Trauma, Viral Pandemics.

With a catastrophic pandemic as COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) with exposure to overwhelming circumstances and a high number of deaths, survivors have to manage the aftermath of potentially occurring anxiety, grief, major depression, and PTSD.

Mental health services have, at times, been overwhelmed because of an inadequate number of available trained professionals and preparedness to handle such a high demand on available resources.

Assessing risk at falling dominos by looking for where to stoop the reaction

COVID-19’s Vulnerable Hosts & Path Forward

Written by Ron Parks, MD on April 23, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Public Health Issue, Spirituality & Health, Trauma, Viral Pandemics.

Does COVID-19 have favorite human hosts that are its preferred place to infect, live, and thrive? If so, what will be the key to the prevention of future infection and recurrences of the sometimes deadly respiratory virus?

Control of such a highly contagious viral illness is unlikely, especially in the short term, as universal compliance with social distancing in our society appears to become more attenuated with time, partisan political ideas, and the degree of confusing information.

Women unattentive to the elephant in the room

Elephant in COVID-19’s Room

Written by Ron Parks, MD on April 13, 2020. Posted in Addiction, Commentary on Health and Well-being, Coronavirus, Holistic Views on Mental Health Issues, Viral Pandemics.

The spin away from the“inconvenient truths” in the current COVID-19 crisis, represents business and politics at their worse.

In business and politics, controlling the narrative towards what will win customers, build a brand, or gain a captive audience of followers, can be the way towards profits or power. People’s awareness and attention, unfortunately, gets diverted away from critical issues that need action. Not attending to these vital issues is a formula for disaster and recurrence of tragedies like the deadly pandemics from COVID-19.

COVID-19 Wake Up Call

Written by Ron Parks, MD on April 10, 2020. Posted in Commentary on Health and Well-being, Coronavirus, Death and Dying, Grief and Loss, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Integrative Therapies, Meditation/Mindfulness, Public Health Issue, Spirituality & Health, Trauma, Uncategorized, Viral Pandemics.

The current COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call to understand all the contributing factors, and steps needed to protect ourselves and future generations from recurrences and the devastation.

Hopefully, soon, COVID-19 will peak and subsides. Its rapid spread and lethality have had a devastating and tragic effect on the most vulnerable people and the vital infrastructure of our society.

When the final analysis is done, what will be learned and taken away as practical ideas or as more profound wisdom? Some useful areas of interest and inquiry may focus on

Face of a mask-wearing boy with fear in the eye

COVID-19 & Polio Past

Written by Ron Parks, MD on March 29, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Viral Pandemics.

What will be the outcome as COVID-19 continues? Can we look at past viral epidemics in the country to clarify where we are now and what to expect?

My worse fears had become a reality when I was afflicted with the poliovirus at age 9 in 1952, a peak year during the polio epidemic.

COVID-19 graphic concept of viral attack

Coronavirus Anxiety

Written by Ron Parks, MD on March 26, 2020. Posted in Anxiety & Panic, Coronavirus, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Public Health Issue, Viral Pandemics. 2 Comments

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid spread and potential for severe respiratory illness and death, for the most vulnerable, has dramatically increased anxiety.

The current crisis calls for an understanding of anxiety states, getting help for severe anxiety, preventing the emotional overload, making a poor decision, viral spread, and vulnerability to infection.

Coronavirus Natural Approaches

Written by Ron Parks, MD on March 21, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Viral Pandemics.

Coronavirus disease currently has no proven drugs, vaccines, or natural agents to prevent, cure, or lessen the disease impact.

People often seek out natural remedies, especially ones that have, in the past, shown possible benefits for prevention, immunity-boosting, or severity reduction. With no known current verified treatments for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the best advice to date has been to follow public health guidelines as social distancing and exposure avoidance.

Coronavirus Holistic Health Steps

Written by Ron Parks, MD on March 4, 2020. Posted in Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Integrative Therapies, Public Health Issue, Viral Pandemics.

Coronavirus, infections, and its rapid spread globally and now in the U.S., is causing fear and some near-panic. I proposed holistic health steps for Coronavirus, as well as for other health issues.

If you are not already compromised by other mental or physical illness as lung and airway disease, a weakened immune system, or other chronic diseases, there are steps you can take.

Category: Viral Pandemics

COVID-19’s Revelation

Covid-19 Depression & Grief

Elephant in COVID-19’s Room

COVID-19 Wake Up Call

COVID-19 & Polio Past

My worse fears had become a reality when I was afflicted with the poliovirus at age 9 in 1952, a peak year during the polio epidemic.

Coronavirus Natural Approaches

Coronavirus disease currently has no proven drugs, vaccines, or natural agents to prevent, cure, or lessen the disease impact.

Coronavirus Holistic Health Steps

Coronavirus, infections, and its rapid spread globally and now in the U.S., is causing fear and some near-panic. I proposed holistic health steps for Coronavirus, as well as for other health issues.

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