Get Armed!
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…
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Covid 19 Vaccine Update
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,…
What Are Covid Experts Doing?
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 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…
Covid 19 Update
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…
Say Goodbye to XBB.1.5
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 The XBB.1.5, our dominant variant for months has now been replaced by it’s cousins.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…
What To Do If You Get Covid
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…
New Covid 19 Vaccine Update
We should know later this month about a new Covid 19 vaccine. We don’t know yet for whom it will be recommended. Here is an update from today’s US News and World Report. When the report comes out we will…
Covid 19, a Bump or a Surge? Long Covid Research
 It’s true, unfortunately. There is a rise in Covid 19 infections. Fortunately, numbers are still low, but it is something that we need to be aware of and we don’t have the monitoring systems in place that we had before. …
Death by Misinformation
One of the greatest challenges of the pandemic was combating widespread information some of which came from physicians. I was shocked to see the recommendation recently from a patient’s family member that she take two widely discredited drugs for her…