In My Opinion

It was a year ago that I took care of my first Covid patient.  I didn’t know that at the time.  He had been skiing in Colorado and developed a fever and a sore throat.  He didn’t improve upon his…

I was going to tackle the subject of restaurant dining, but then the governor ended the mask mandate which required me to rethink that subject and the CDC finally came out with their recommendations of what people who are fully…

The Texas Department of Health Services did not approve our request for Johnson and Johnson’s new Covid 19 vaccine.  Here is the summary from the  Medical Letter, a nonprofit which reviews and comments on new medications and treatments free of…

Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug that has been touted for the use of Covid 19 in people who aren’t sick enough to warrant hospitalization (see January 6th blogpost).  Unfortunately, this study does not show a benefit to taking it. Here…

” Is it safe?”  This is the question that Laurence Olivier asks Dustin Hoffman repeatedly in Marathon Man as he tortures him using dental instruments. It made trips to the dentists more difficult after seeing the 1976 film which was…

The storm that hit two weeks ago disrupted our lives in many ways.  I can say it is easier to enjoy snow when you have power.  When the office was closed it was still possible to do telemedicine visits with…

AVAILABILITY: Text updates: The City of San Antonio announced Wednesday that they’ve partnered with some of the Bexar County vaccine distribution sites to create a vaccine availability text alert system to keep the community informed about the release of more COVID-19 vaccines.…

The lion’s share of Covid 19 vaccine this week went to University Health whose 10,000 appointments were scheduled this evening within an hour.  The curious thing was that in the Week 11 vaccine allocation report it was listed as destined…

The CDC now says that people who’ve received either authorized COVID-19 vaccine do not need to quarantine after exposure to a person with COVID-19, provided they meet all of the following criteria: They’ve received both vaccine doses, and at least…

To Our Patients, We understand that trying to get Covid-19 vaccination has been very stressful for our patients.  We are still waiting to see if the Texas Department of Health Services will give us any vaccine. The push has been to…