I’m back! Thank you for your patience and the thousands of messages of support and encouragement. (Someone even sent me an amazing banana muffin recipe to try). I read them all. And was, quite frankly, blown away. So, thank you. I was about to press send on my newsletter this morning but woke up to the devastating news of war. Posting on a global pandemic felt insensitive without addressing a different kind of pain and suffering and tragedy that millions will soon face. Just like the pandemic, many will also fall victim to mis and disinformation—a new tool that enemies have found to work swimmingly well in a time of anxiety and confusion. Please be sure to find (and share) only solid sources; preferably ones with a reporter on the ground in Ukraine. There are such things as disaster epidemiologists, so I hope they come to the forefront too (email me!) to share the public health perspective of war or, more accurately, the devastating interaction between war and pandemic. This morning I’m hoping for peace, thinking about all of those in harms way, praying that leaders have the wisdom to guide us through, and hugging my girls extra tight.
It's great to have you back!!