Christopher Ridgeway

By Christopher Ridgeway Special to the Sun Sentinel | Aug 24, 2021 at 11:23 AM Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Sun Sentinel. A sign urges social distancing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2021. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel) We are all tired and feel like we’ve already spent a year and a half dealing with COVID-19. We want it to be over.

Trying to carry on our everyday lives within a new world order living with COVID-19 and seemingly endless testing is challenging. Floridians wanting to travel, visit loved ones in senior homes and hospitals, or engage in certain public activities, require regular testing. The goal really now is to make this less cumbersome and one way of doing this is with point of care testing.

Christopher Ridgeway, founder and CEO of Stone Clinical Laboratories on the wonderful Times of Israel community In these COVID times, I’ve been inspired to give back. Whatever skills we have, we should contribute accordingly. Given my background in bio-technology which is obviously hugely relevant in these COVD-19 times, I’ve decided to write. When it comes to thought leadership there is a lot of white noise, clickbait and fake news.