Zoom-itis

Zoom-itis

As the COVID-19 threat seemingly fades, a new and much more insidious pandemic has arisen to take its place: Zoom-itis aka the Zoomdemic aka Zoomaggedon. Rapidly contagious though it is, N95 masks are wholly ineffective and unnecessary against #Zoomitis – sorry...
EpicentRx Word of the Week: Anfractuous

EpicentRx Word of the Week: Anfractuous

Anfractuous adjective an-FRACK-choo-uhss Definition : twisty, winding, bendy, convoluted, tortuous. Example sentences: “Axl Rose’s anfractuous snake dance”. An anfractuous road” “An anfractuous plot”. “The anfractuous sayings of Yogi Berra include “It gets late early...
Blogging About Hogging

Blogging About Hogging

Not to be pedantic or a “boar”, but in these weekly blog posts we practice nosism aka “we-ism”, which is the use of the “royal we” to speak about oneself. Nosism comes from Latin “nos” we + English -ism. Not to be confused with noseism, prejudice against large noses,...
EpicentRx Hollywood Squares

EpicentRx Hollywood Squares

On a recent team-wide Zoom call, Meaghan Stirn, VP of Special Projects, which is a nefariously mysterious title, if there ever was one, dared us to write a blog post on Hollywood Squares. This dare came after Jeannie Williams, Director of Clinical Operations,...
Mostly Medical Knock Knock

Mostly Medical Knock Knock

1. Knock, knock Who’s there? W.H.O. Who’s W.H.O? The World Health Organization.   2. Knock, knock Who’s there? Who. Who’s Who? A compilation of brief biographical sketches of prominent persons in a particular field.   3. Knock, knock Who’s there? Doctor....