Author: tremendousblog
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Six years ago, I did something people say is almost impossible. I quit smoking, and I haven’t touched tobacco since. Here’s a secret: it’s very, very possible. I smoked about a pack a day of cigarettes for over 7 years, and as I was about to get married, I thought…
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+ Habits, Longevity, New Year's Resolutions, No smoking, Quit Date, Quit smoking, Self-improvement, Smoker, Tobacco free+
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If the average benefit from a booster is only 5%,(increasing efficacy from 90 to 95%), then intuitively it seems logical that this dose is better used by giving it to another individual without any vaccination to increase their immunity from 0 to 90%. A number of researchers have proposed getting…
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+ Coronavirus, COVID-19, FDA, Firstdosesfirst, Medrxiv, Moderna, Pfizer, Research, UK, Vaccination, Vaccines+
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When my gym closed last March, I wondered how I’d continue to train and stay healthy. Even with gyms reopened now, lines are often long and many people are still not comfortable going. So how can we stay in shape at home, preferably with little or no equipment? These are…
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+ Health+ Athletics, Bodyweight, Build muscle, Fitness, Gym, Home gym, Strength training, Training, Weight training, Workout+
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I’ve always found Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon particularly beautiful. When you walk into the room where it lives in the Museum of Modern Art, it’s impossible not to be drawn to it. The bright, rose color, the striking jagged shapes, and the eyes of the women staring back at you…
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With cold weather and ample time at home, I’m getting a lot of use out of a wonderful Christmas gift I received: an Instant Ace Plus blender. It’s so powerful I jumped away in fear the first time I turned it on! Since then, I’ve made friends with it, and…
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Israel has vaccinated over a million people in a matter of weeks, moving faster than any other country in the world. About 12% of its population have now received a dose, compared to under 1% in the United States. 70% of the elderly should be vaccinated by the end of…
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+ Coronavirus, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, Haaretz, Israel, Moderna, Pfizer, Times of Israel, Vaccination, Vaccine+
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We are waving goodbye to this year, and a lot of people are saying good riddance. But I’ve been thinking to myself, how can I write off an entire year of my life? Even optimistically, it’s at least 1% of my existence. So lately I’ve been reflecting on all the…
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+ 2020, Appreciation, Camping, Friends, Gratitude, New Year's, New Year's 2020, NYE, NYE2020, Pets, Yoga+
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We have made it through a challenging year. And now I’m starting to reflect. Lately, I find myself thinking back to where I was last New Year’s, and where I’ll be next one. As this year began, I was walking up the steps of a beautiful shrine in Tokyo, Japan…
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+ Coronavirus, COVID-19, Hope, Japan, New Year's, New Year's 2020, NYE, Survival, Togetherness, Tokyo+
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About ninety minutes ago, my dear friend Laura* received the Moderna COVID vaccine. She’s the first person I know to receive the Moderna one, and she reports that she hasn’t felt a thing so far. No pain or side effects of any kind. Laura works in a medical facility and…
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+ Coronavirus, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, Essential Workers, Frontline, Hope, Moderna, MRNA, Vaccination, Vaccine+
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The first US case of the new strain from the UK was just reported a few minutes ago by the Wall Street Journal. The case was discovered in Colorado. If we have one identified case, how many unidentified ones are already here? The increased transmissibility of the new strain, along…
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Tremendous 