A Guide to BA5
Here is an article from this morning’s New York Times which is a nice summary of where we are. If you have not had a second booster, get one. Don’t wait until the mid-fall when a newer vaccine is supposed…
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Covid 19 Treatment and Vaccine Update
Here are several recent articles from the Wall Street Journal on the treatment and prevention of Covid 19. Bottom Line: We will run out of monoclonal antibody treatment in late August. If the government doesn’t pay for it, will you…
Covid 19 Update
Sicilians, along with other Italians continue to emphasize outdoor dining to limit the spread of Covid 19. Above is a street in Noto, Sicily. I’m not home but my phone is still ringing. Never a good sign. Now things continue…
Covid 19 Vaccine Update
Here is an article from the New York Times about yesterday’s meeting of the FDA vaccine committee. It looks like the concensus was to develop a vaccine that targets Omicron variants, BA 4 and 5, not just Omicron. That is…
Covid 19 Vaccine Update
On Friday I attended a meeting of the University of Texas Medical Branch Development Committee. This is the 130th anniversary of UTMB. The medical school was started in Galveston because that was the largest city in Texas.  I was fortunate…
Paxlovid Update
Paxlovid has been shown to be effective in reducing death and hospitalization in unvaccinated patients at risk for severe Covid. Now there is a study which shows that it is effective in vaccinated patients as well. The caveat is that…
Some Thoughts on International Travel 2
Here is something from this morning’s WSJ on the problems associated with being abroad and testing positive for Covid 19. Now, if I am getting on an airplane for an 8-10 hour flight, I would like to know that the…
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Gym
I would like to say that things are better, but they aren’t as far as numbers go. People act like it is over, but it isn’t. We have better treatments, but cases are up so it makes sense to do…
Covid 19 Update
Here is an interesting editorial from last week’s Journal of the AMA, JAMA, which summarizes where we are in the pandemic. May 27, 2022 COVID-19 in 2022—The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? Carlos del Rio, MD1,2; Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ3,4 Author…