In My Opinion

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…

When I was a kid, I would walk down the street to my grandmothers house to visit.  She subscribed to Reader’s Digest and I would flip through them at articles like ” I am Joe’s Kidney”. But my favorite section…

Here are three new things on Covid-19.  Congratulations to Jim Berg! Jim was found to have positive antibodies to Covid -19 several months  after getting sick while skiing in Colorado in early March. Jim has been donating plasma which is…