Painting by Taylor Thornton While Covid 19 cases are low and it recedes to the back of our collective brains, it is important to remember some of the long-term effects may be. Patients and friends would question whether it…
TWO YEARS OF COVID 19 It was in early March 2020 that I saw my first patient with Covid 19. We didn’t know it at the time, but that’s what he brought back from a ski trip in Colorado. According…
Masks remain unpopular in some areas and locally, it seems like few people are wearing them. Local numbers are declining , but the CDC still considers us in the HIGH LEVEL due to the hospital data. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_select_state=Texas&data-type=Risk&list_select_county=48029 Here is an article…
First, some news about the outpatient treatment of Covid 19 with Remdesivir followed by some new guidelines on the timing of the second dose of Covid 19 vaccines. Following that is an article from today’s WSJ on BA2, the new…
It is gratifying to see numbers continue to fall, but Covid 19 is still out there and I still hear reports of patients receiving prescriptions for Ivermectin. here is the latest from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Here…
There were 1,752 cases reported yesterday. Slightly up from the previous day. The 7 days average dropped to 2,822, but the positivity rate is about 30%. Before the surge we were running a daily rate of around 200 with a…
From the graph above, it appears that Covid 19 infections have peaked. It remains to be seen how quickly they will drop and what the daily rate will become. One of the most nefarious internet myths about Covid 19 vaccines…
The map, though hard to read, is of the antiviral medications available in this area. The two tiny purple dots are the locations for the only Paxlovid in the  San Antonio area. It’s the most effective oral anti-viral medication for…
As the pandemic rages on and there is no sign that it is peaking locally, here is an interesting article on what the future holds from the Wall Street Journal. The Covid Race to Watch: Vaccines vs. Variants Omicron…
The most effective masks for preventing Covid 19 are the N95 masks. As you may have read, they may be hard to find and there are reports of counterfeiting. I saw this guide from the New York Times that had…
