“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…
Often times in people with Covid 19 it is not clear whether they should be treated with medication if their symptoms are mild. This article, which has not yet been peer reviewed, suggests that treatment with Nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid) may prevent…
The Flu season is off to an early start this year. Respiratory Syncytial Virus is also on the rise and while it usually affects children it also causes disease in adults and kills about 14,000 people a year. Covid 19…
Will there be a Covid wave this winter? Time will tell, but this is an interesting article from The Washington Post that tells us what might happen and why. Following that is an article from The New York Times which…
Finally, a picture of a different virus. The flu season usually begins in the Southern Hemisphere before moving North. That’s why Australia’s flu season usually predicts ours. When the pandemic hit and everything was shut down, so did the flu. …
People’s minds are pretty well made up when it comes to boosters for Covid 19. It’s hard to change anyone’s opinion regarding their safety or effectiveness. Sad. Here is a summary of some modelling about the number of lives and…
It’s nice to give good news. First of all, the new vaccines are better than the old ones. Of course, if someone is not predisposed to take vaccines, this will fall on deaf ears. This is the abstract of a…
