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Dealing with Pandemic Loneliness

by Dale Atkins


Dale Atkins is a licensed psychologist with 40+ years in private practice. She focuses on families and wellness.

Dale has published seven books. And she speaks, lectures, and leads seminars. And has appeared on CNN and NBC.

MakeUsWell CEO, Mike Critelli said, "Dale started her career focused on children with hearing loss. She has deep knowledge on the role of hearing in brain development."


Isolation and loneliness are key issues in our post-pandemic world.

The COVID-19 crisis has actually distracted us from this issue. We may believe loneliness will go away when the pandemic ends.

Wrong!

Administering Vaccinations

by Deepak Chopra


Deepak lives in Canada. He has 30+ years of global experience in financial services, technology, transportation, logistics, and supply chain. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Post Corporation. And worked in senior roles for Pitney Bowes.

Mike Critelli says, "Deepak understands how the trust level among strangers and acquaintances in various cultures impacts consumer, commercial, social behavior, and government policies."


Vaccination projects have been grossly mishandled in both Canada and the US.

Rebuild Public Trust with Good Information on Viral Loads

by MakeUsWell


Health authorities at all levels can regain public trust with specific real-life guidance.

For example, emphasize viral loads' role in indoor COVID-19 transmission. And discard the often useless, 6 feet social distance edict

     —Lawrence Leisure, Founder and Managing Partner at Chicago Pacific Founders


MakeUsWell wants you to know that we deeply believe in and strive to be non-partisan in our work. But we also want you to get practical insights from the real world—our America, circa, December, 2020.

The Strategy of Rapid Testing

by Michael J. Critelli


As the Covid-19 crisis remains out of control, the American public is obsessed with three questions:

  1. What are my chances of getting infected or infecting others?
  2. If infected, what are my odds of dying?
  3. What can I do right now to protect myself and my loved ones?

People can wear masks and minimize their viral load exposure as a response to the 3rd question. And clinicians are improving risk prediction. But we're a long way from the kind of predictive diagnostics we need.

Biobanks and the Next Pandemic

by Phyllis Wise


Phyllis Wise is a MakeUsWell Charter Member. She got her bachelor's degree in biology from Swarthmore College. And a doctorate in zoology from the University of Michigan. From 2011-2015, she served as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was also on Nike's board.

Mike Critelli said “Phyllis has top-notch abilities to envision and describe a medical diagnostic process through which we would know how each of us differ in our health profiles and risks. She also has the tenacity and discipline to create that platform through the Colorado Longitudinal Study."


America needs to attack the next pandemic before it infects and kills millions of people.

Biobanks are repositories of biological specimens and health information.

Biobanks will help prevent or attenuate the impact of future pandemics.

How?