COVID-19 KIHC Updates January 2022
Thank you for working with us to adapt to these ever-evolving pandemic conditions! Please find some of our COVID-related curb-side pick-up and appointment changes, below:
Tag: Community
Let’s get growing, Kingston! Loving Spoonful launches Urban Agriculture
This excerpt is from the Loving Spoonful newsletter. We’re sharing it with you because, though challenging to see at first, our individual health is intimately tied to the health of our community and environment. Supporting local programs such as this one is part of our mandate and responsibility to you.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inequities and vulnerabilities in our food system – as well as the limitations of the “food charity” model for addressing food insecurity. Loving Spoonful has been thinking about these questions for a long time, since well before this current crisis:
Top 5 Healthy Experiments While in Isolation
There are a few things I’ve always wanted to try, but there were always so many people around me, it would’ve been inconsiderate! Maybe you can relate? And if I only had a bit more time, there are activities I would enjoy learning and experimenting with from home. I’ve compiled a short list of healthy experiments here on the chance that they support your health in deeper ways during this challenging time.
COVID-19 Message To Our Clients
To our clients, your family members, and our community,
It’s here. And we’re here to help.
Our health facility will remain open over the coming weeks, but we ask that you take Public Health guidelines seriously and do not visit our clinic if you have any reason to suspect that you may be carrying the COVID-19 (“corona”) virus. This includes:
- If you feel unwell and have symptoms such as dry cough, shortness of breath, or fever
- If you’ve traveled out of the country in the previous 2 weeks
Public Health advises that all individuals who fit these guidelines stay at home (self-isolate) and call Telehealth Ontario (1-866-797-0000) or their local public health facility (613-549-1232).
We’re suspending late cancellation fees for the upcoming 3 weeks and want to be sure you know that all of our Naturopathic Doctors, Holistic Nutritionists, and Clinical Pharmacist offer online and telephone consultations. (Please call or email us directly to schedule this kind of appointment.)
This isn’t about “feeding the fear”. It’s about necessary sacrifice to protect our public healthcare system so that vulnerable people have the medical attention they need. Pandemics spread exponentially, meaning that even though only a few cases are currently reported, these few cases can become hundreds or more within hours, which could overwhelm our hospitals. We need to blunt the curve and ensure a slower spread so that the few people who do need care, can access it.
Our immune systems are built to address viruses such as these and certainly the far majority of people experience only mild symptoms, if any at all. Many of our patients are already familiar with ways of supporting optimal immune function – please read our past blog for more ideas (more to come!) or give us a call for more support.
Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND, Clinic Director
Electromagnetic Frequencies and 5G in Kingston
You may have noticed a few lawn signs in Kingston advocating for “No Small Cell Antennas; No 5G”. Implementation of this “fifth generation” telecommunications technology is progressing rapidly worldwide, despite more than 20,000 scientific studies citing harmful effects of electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) from electric and wireless devices. Concerned physicians, scientists, and local action groups (including Kingstonians for Safe Technology) are advocating for proof of safety before installation is permitted in residential areas. It matters because, once installed, we’ll all be exposed to massive increases of EMF.
Why Environmentally-Responsible Choices are Also Healthy Choices
“Climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century.” World Health Organization
Many of us know that healthy lifestyle choices are also environmentally responsible choices. We know, for example, that biking to work rather than driving, is healthy. We know that reducing our exposure to synthetic chemicals by using natural household cleaners and eating organic food is also correlated to better health. But have you stopped to consider why this relationship exists?
10 Year Anniversary & Open House: All Welcome!
We’re celebrating 10 years and our 11th annual Open House! Please drop-in to say hello, ask questions, share stories, and help us celebrate all that integrative and natural healthcare has to offer our Kingston community!
Helping Others Boosts Happiness and Health
Having recently returned from a working holiday trip to Tanzania, a place that I visited in 2011 and that continues to draw me back, I’ve been reflecting on why it holds such appeal to me. One might think that volunteering at a children and women’s centre, housing a number of orphans and disadvantaged widows, would breed some pretty heavy emotions, but I beg to argue that the opposite can actually be true.
National Commuter Challenge: June 3 to 9
We’ve signed up – have you? Just walk, cycle, car-pool, or take public transit. They’ll calculate your carbon emissions reductions and calorie consumption!
Silent Auction Success!
We raised $500 for local charity at this year’s Open House! Special thanks to Kingston Drum Circle, Janati Yoga, Art by Coralee, Limitless Living, Heritage Wood Works, Litsie Creations, Dr. Angela Hunt, Lindsay Dupuis, NFH, and Seroyal, for your contributions.
