In My Opinion

Here are the latest updates on ending quarantine from the CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/disposition-in-home-patients.html

One of my patients groused, “Why don’t you ever have anything good to say about chloroquine?” Well, that’s because there is not much good to say.  There was an observational study (A type of study in which individuals are observed…

It is. Here is a graphic of risk of certain behaviors. Who is Wearing Masks in the US? San Antonio Mask Wearing Mask Wearing by Country

A number of well-meaning people sent me a 31 minute you tube  video of an interview with a Texas physician who claimed to have a cure for Covid-19.  They wanted to know my opinion.  I aspired to be dismissive, but…

July 14, 2020 Studies Show Importance of Face Coverings in Limiting Spread of COVID-19 By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH A trio of studies takes a closer look at face mask use in the U.S. Use of…

There was some encouraging news regarding the development of a vaccine for Covid-19 from the New England Journal of Medicine.  It is mentioned by it’s other name, SARS-CoV-2.  I am including a summary from Journal Watch followed by a link…

Baking.  That is a Covid skill that many have been perfecting while they have been spending more time at home. Here is Dr. Jennifer Wallace’s No Knead Bread from a recipe in the New York Times: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread Next is Carolyn Thornton’s…

Ennio Morricone died this week.   What does that have to do with Nexium and other proton pump inhibitors?  Stay with me.   Ennio Morricone was a composer probably best known for his haunting score of The Mission.  Here is a synopsis of his…

Want to know your blood type?  Curious if you have antibodies against Covid-19 (even though we aren’t sure what those results might mean)?  Donate blood.  The hospitals are full up and need blood for critically ill patients that require transfusion. …

Whenever I have occasion to pass a flower arrangement, it’s my habit to smell the flowers. Unfortunately, roses are grown now for show and not for fragrance. I can’t always smell them and since Covid-19 has become a presence in…