The Surge
Not the videogame. I wish. Covid 19 infections increased 55% over the last week. I did something today that I hadn’t done in 6 months. I wrote an order for an infusion of monoclonal antibodies for a patient with Covid19…
Covid 19 Update
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…
Covid 19 Update
The numbers continue to rise, but the average daily rate increased by only about 100 cases a day from 265 to 363. What I hope this means is that vaccinations are preventing a precipitous rise that we saw with previous…
Vaccine Update: Immunocompromised, Another Strike Against J+J
An estimated 2-4 % of Americans are immunocompromised by virtue of a medical condition or a medication they take to treat a medical condition. Many of them don’t show an adequate response to Covid 19 vaccines. There has been a…
Local Cases Continue to Rise
Unfortunately, Covid 19 cases continue to rise. Only time will tell whether this is a bump or a surge. Here are the latest numbers as reported in TPR. Latest COVID-19 Updates For Bexar County On Wednesday, the City of San…
Do I Need a Covid 19 Vaccine Booster?
First of all, I in no way meant to imply that the Texas Cavaliers were responsible for the bump in Covid 19 cases. That would be a stretch. I think that the people of San Antonio were anxious to celebrate…
Fiesta Bump?
Great King! Phil Bakke. My phone is starting to ring again. Not a good sign. People have stories of exposure to people who have tested positive for Covid-19. We were worried if throngs gathering together would bring a rise in…
Covid 19 Update
I haven’t had much to blog about recently. This is a good thing. Things seem more normal. I worked taking tickets at the Texas Cavalier’s River Parade. Downtown San Antonio was bustling. Few masks were in sight. Those that I…
Colds Make a Comeback
One of the positive effects of trying to avoid Covid 19 is those measures (mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing in case you’ve forgotten) helped to reduce all respiratory infections. As an example, I never treated a case of…
Which Covid 19 Vaccine Do Physicians Recommend?
“9 out of 10 doctors recommend…..” Sounds like an old sixties commercial. This post by infectious disease specialist, Dr. Paul Sax, summarizes a number of conversations I’ve had with different physicians across multiple specialties about their experiences with the different…