By now you probably know of someone who has has Covid 19 in spite of being fully vaccinated. While increasingly common, they still don’t amount to a large percentage of total cases. This is one reason we are still wearing…
If you are immunocompromised, have had a transplant or have a cancer and are undergoing treatment, you should have a third dose of Covid 19 vaccine. The same as the previous one. If you had the J+J vaccine, they…
Briefly: It’s not a booster, it’s a third dose for people who weren’t likely to respond to the first two. Boosters are still being hotly debated, but probably will be given to nursing home residents and health care professionals in…
First of all it sounds like the FDA will weigh in on boosters for the immunocompromised tomorrow. We don’t know who all will be included in this group but it will most likely be those groups that have shown poor…
Here is an interesting article on the subject from today’s WSJ. Â WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Â HEALTH FDA Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Plan Could Be Ready Within Weeks Extra shots are being weighed as a way to extend protection against the coronavirus as…
I just finished swabbing 15 people. Not a record, but an indication that people are being exposed to Covid 19.  If the test is positive and they meet the criteria for Regen-Cov, we can send them for an infusion of…
Things are going to get better, but they are going to get worse before then. Hospitals are full and aren’t accepting transfers from within the city or outlying areas. A friend told me that a rural hospital outside of Bexar…
One of the reasons that people who are reluctant to be vaccinated for Covid 19 often mention is that the vaccines aren’t FDA approved. That is correct. Why? The short answer is PAPERWORK. This is an article in a prestigious…
The big news of the day is the change in masking guidelines for vaccinated people to resume wearing masks indoors in areas where the virus is spreading widely. Unvaccinated people were supposed to wear them, but few did. No big…
