I don’t know if it is just Americans who love conspiracy theories or whether it is a worldwide phenomenon. What is the first conspiracy theory that you heard of? JFK’s assassination? The moon landing? The advent of the internet has…
“I thought it was just my cedar allergy”. People call with their respiratory symptoms, and I ask if they have done a home Covid test. Often, they reply something like, “Oh, I’ve had Covid, and this doesn’t feel like that.” …
The latest Covid 19 variant has been given this ominous moniker. Here is some current information on XBB.1.5 aka “the Kraken”. Bloomberg What We Know About the ‘Kraken’ Covid Variant XBB.1.5 and Why It’s Causing Concern A healthcare worker prepares…
ILI= Influenza Like Illness. The holidays have contributed to the rise in the number of respiratory infections, RSV, flu and Covid 19. Plus, there are the other rhinoviruses and adenoviruses that circulate this time of year. While flu and RSV…
No, it’s not vodka. We usually don’t make toddies. There are not cures for most respiratory infections, so we treat the symptoms and outlast them. This was an interesting article from the Wallstreet Journal. I think that most physicians shy…
The painting is called Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One,but is commonly referred to as Whistler’s Mother and hangs in the Musee D’ Orsay. Someone sent this to me right before Thanksgiving and I didn’t have time to post…
“Don’t travel” won’t cut it. One of my patients asked why I hadn’t posted lately. I said that I didn’t have any new news and that things were getting worse. The “Tripledemic” is a reality.  People don’t want to hear…
Tripledemic is the term that has been coined to describe a surge in cases of three viruses this fall, Covid 19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza. My phone has been ringing again.  Not a good sign. There are new flu…
Bivalent vaccines have been a tough sell, but with new variants BX 1 and BX 1.1 increasing, getting one of the new boosters before the holidays is a reasonable thing to do. Studies have shown the neutralizing antibody levels…
