Covid 19 Update
My phone hasn’t been ringing as much in the last week. That’s good. We are still seeing sporadic cases but so far the surge of Omicron BA2 cases has not emerged. Most cases that I see are are diagnosed by…
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Do I Need a 4th Shot? 4
I have a feeling of deja vu. The debate over whether a second booster shot is needed sounds like the debate last year about whether a first booster shot is necessary. The problem is that there is not a lot…
Do I need a Fourth Shot? 3
As expected, yesterday the FDA approved a second covid 19 booster for people age 50 and over. Here is the FDA news bulletin. FDA NEWS RELEASE Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Second Booster Dose of Two COVID-19 Vaccines for Older…
Do I Need a Fourth Shot? 2
My phone is ringing again, not as much as in January, but things seem to be heating up again. I’ve had a flurry of cases in the past week. Cases are still low but, are rising in certain parts of…
Do I Need a Fourth Shot?
Pfizer has applied for emergency use authorization for a fourth dose for adults of it’s Covid 19 vaccine. Just because they are applying for it doesn’t mean that you have to run out and get one. Independent experts need to…
Do I Still Need to Wear a Mask?
Here is an article from the TMA published today on the latest recommendations. CDC: Masks Still Recommended for Everyone in Health Care Setting By Sean Price Does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend masking for physicians and…
Covid 19 Vaccine Update
Two new articles regarding Covid 19 vaccine. The first is from Bloomberg News on Pfizer’s vaccine. The second is from today’s New England of Journal which shows the efficacy of Covid 19 vaccine boosters in preventing Omicron. Boosters were more…
Covid 19 and the Heart
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
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…
CDC Updates Masking Guidelines
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…