At this point it’s hard to know what will motivate people to get vaccinated. One couple I know got vaccinated when their baby sitter gave them an ultimatum. The first summary has to do with the risk of Covid 19…
Covid 19 cases are declining, but not rapidly. The speed at which the slope declines depends on how much virus is circulating. Hopefully, by Halloween, there will be approval for children to be vaccinated. In the meantime, mask wearing reduces…
“It’s a mess, aint it Sheriff? If it aint it’ll do till a mess gets here.” ― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men This is my favorite line from that movie. It applies to the recent guidelines on Covid 19 boosters.…
There is widespread confusion on the need for Covid 19 vaccine boosters, who will need them, who will qualify for them and when they will be available. Now physicians are being told that if they prescribe these vaccines off label,…
Today was supposed to be the day that everyone could start getting boosters. As usual, the devil was in the details. An advisory committee met Friday and came up with some well publicized recommendations which are summarized in the following…
First of all, remember that getting more people vaccinated is more important than getting people with more vaccines. Unless we get the world vaccinated there is going to be more virus mutating into potentially worse things. Having said that, immunity…
As I wrote in January, https://personalphysicianmd.com/hurricane-ike-and-covid-19/, Galveston has been at the forefront of research in neutralizing antibodies which are different than the ones that some people are ordering from reference labs. Even with these antibodies there is no consensus on what…
I can tell you from personal experience that masks work, but this is the largest study of it’s kind ever done which shows that wearing masks reduce the risk of Covid 19 transmission by a third in adults 60 and…
One of the most disheartening aspects on the pandemic is the amount of time physicians have to spend responding to the disinformation that is constantly being fed to patients. That some people benefit financially from spreading this bilge is especially…
The debate over whether boosters are needed continues as outlined in yesterday’s New York Times article. Don’t assume that you will be lining up for a booster on September 20th. It is still more important to get more people vaccinated…
