Dr. Colin Knight’s Blog
Preparing Your Children for a COVID Variant
The COVID-19 pandemic can be a daily frustration as new variants emerge and protocols change. The fast rollout of vaccines reduced cases over the winter and spring months. A recent Siena College poll revealed that many New Yorkers had resumed gatherings, but...
The Importance of Getting the COVID-19 Vaccination
The Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have now earned approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the green light for distribution throughout the United States. To defeat the virus, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts suggest that at least 70% of the population must receive the vaccination.
5 Tips for Creating a Fantastic Morning Routine
Whether or not individuals think of themselves as a "morning person," the first part of the day is critical in how the rest of it unfolds. This is when people have the greatest amount of willpower because it is depleted throughout the day. Eventually, what is known as...
Keeping Your Kids Healthy This Winter
With November upon us, we’re starting to experience the colder weather that the wintertime months are associated with. While it hasn’t quite gotten to those frigid temperatures in many places, we’ll be there before we know it. If you have kids, wintertime can be...
How Healthcare Practitioners Can Prepare For a Second Wave of COVID-19 This Fall
It’s possible that we’ll be getting a second wave of COVID-19 cases as the weather gets cooler outside. Illness is already something that spreads around quickly during the latter months of the year, so not only will healthcare workers need to prepare for more people...
Dr. Colin Knight Wins 2nd Place in Photography Contest!
Tropical Audubon Society is pleased to announce the winners of our first Bird-Friendly Garden Photography Contest! Second Place Winner: Atala Butterfly with Coontie by Colin Knight We received more than 100 enchanting entries, each portraying a crucial pollinator...
COVID-19: Some Essential Information for Understanding the Pandemic
Your best foundation of safety during a viral pandemic is to understand what the virus that you’re faced with is. Coronaviruses can cause respiratory illnesses in mammals like us. Some cause mild diseases with symptoms like the common cold and others can cause more...
How Wearing a Mask Can Help Protect Yourself and Those Around You
One prominent aspect of the new normal is the prevalence of face masks in public spaces. Based on CDC and WHO guidelines, individuals are encouraged to wear masks for the sake of preventing the spread of COVID-19. While medical grade N-95 masks have proven to be the most effective, those are typically reserved for frontline workers in medical facilities; everyone else has taken to wearing surgical masks or homemade variants from cloth, scarves, or bandanas.
Four Tips for Staying Physically and Mentally Healthy Right Now
As COVID 19 continues to impact the country, millions of Americans are forced to stay at home for their health and safety. Gyms and fitness centers, schools and parks, and many other public places are closed, which ultimately limits physical exercise and social interaction. Here’s four ways to stay physically and mentally healthy right now.
COVID-19: What Parents Need To Know
I’m a parent and a doctor. I am neither a virologist (a scientist who studies viruses) nor an infectious diseases specialist, however, I’d like to summarize what I know about the disease that is disrupting our lives to an unprecedented degree. COVID-19 (coronavirus...