I haven’t posted much lately. There is plenty of Covid 19 still out there, but vaccine rates continue to be low. People are tired of vaccines, apparently. Still, it’s a good way to avoid getting sick or severely sick. Unlike…
As we head into our fourth year with Covid 19, this is a reasonable question to pose. This is an interesting editorial from this week’s New England Journal of Medicine on the subject. Perspective Do Pandemics Ever End? List of…
The illustration looks suspiciously like Covid 19, but is RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, another nasty respiratory pathogen. There are two new vaccines that are available to prevent it, but it has been tough to tell from the published data which…
I got my updated Covid 19 vaccine at the pharmacy today. I scheduled it online. Here is why I didn’t want to wait. San Antonio COVID cases continue to rise; 5 deaths reported in the past week Texas Public Radio…
As predicted the FDA approved the new Covid 19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Today the CDC’s advisory committee, the ACIP, recommended the vaccine be given to patients 6 months of age and up. I wish Covid would go away,…
Here is an interesting Q+A from The Washington Post with infectious disease and vaccine specialists about how they are dealing with the rise in cases of Covid 19. Do they mask? Are they eating out? How covid experts are living…
Fall Vaccine Update “Fall”, I like the sound of that. It may not be here for a while, but already the temperatures have begun to moderate from the hottest summer on record. Now if we could just get some…
People are concerned about the rise in Covid 19 infections and would like to know if the new vaccine will be recommended for them. Unfortunately, I can’t tell them. Although we have information that the vaccine will be released in…
Let’s hope that you have better things than discuss the latest variants with your friends over wine. The XBB.1.5, our dominant variant for months has now been replaced by it’s cousins. However, they are closely related enough that this fall’s…
Unfortunately, numbers continue to climb. Hospitalizations for Covid 10 are on the increase as well. I ran across this article and thought it had some good practical advice. It is all something that you should have heard before. but a…
