Covid 19: More Monkey Business
One of my longstanding rules of travel is that I must read all of my journals on the plane before I can read anything for pleasure. Journals have a way of piling up and this is a good method of…
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The Christmas Crud Part 2
As you may have noticed, there are still a lot of people getting sick out there. RSV is supposed to be declining, but Covid 19 and flu are not. Fortunately, things are not as scary as they were two years…
The Christmas Crud
Christmas may be over, but the aftermath is not. It happens every year. Respiratory infections ramp up during the holiday season. It started around Thanksgiving as families gathered together and shared more than just food. It has been worse this…
Update on the Concurrent Use of RSV and Flu Vaccine
With the new RSV vaccines, there have been a couple of concerns. Earlier studies suggested that there might be a higher risk of side effects when they are given together. A new study suggests that is not a problem. The…
Covid 19 Update
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…
Do Pandemics Ever End?
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…
RSV Vaccine Update
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…
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…
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…