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<div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="white-space:normal"><p dir="auto">I grew up in Grand Forks, ND, and recently Grand Forks County was in third place in the world, or US (I don’t recall which). I no longer have any family there and most of my high school class seems to be in California and Arizona, but it is still very sad…</p>
<p dir="auto">—Barry</p>
<p dir="auto">On 26 Nov 2020, at 13:17, Frank Wimberly wrote:</p>
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<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><div id="930C6B52-7DB4-426D-9BCF-E4C94225014A"><div dir="auto">Did you see that the Dakotas have the highest rate of infection increase in the world?<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 11:05 AM Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">being isolated and distanced increases stress.;<br>
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social isolation amplifies cytokine storm and likelihood of severe COVID reaction including death<br>
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parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) provides a counterweight to stress<br>
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Vagus Nerve governs PNS and activating/stimulating Nerve increases PNS effects<br>
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social interaction - laughing, talking, smiling, listening, and emoting switch on the Vagus nerve and PNS<br>
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Minimize your COVID risk — have the group over for a party tonight. (Maybe Thanksgiving will spread the disease, but simultaneously decrease the risk of dying from it.)<br>
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davew<br>
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