Sunday, September 27, 2020

State of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Fall 2020

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I've written only a few COVID-19 posts , mostly about masks and activities. Looking back at them today they hold up pretty well. This fe...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

FDA "approved" KN95 masks available on Amazon - $4 each

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In my various explorations of next-level masks I found this one on Amazon (Via Rolling Stone, the acting public health division of the US go...
Friday, August 14, 2020

COVID Cancellation: The fight with Delta from May 1 to Aug 20, 2020

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The COVID battle with Delta May 1, 2020: Delta canceled a flight for daughter and I to Korea. I spoke with the Delta rep and was told we...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

Curbsider CME for non-internists through VCU Health

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My favorite CME source, the  Curbsider's  Podcast, has long offered CME credit for internists (they are, after all, an internal medicine...
Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Viktor Frankl - on expectations and the behavior of people

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Viktor Frankl formed some of his opinions of human nature by surviving several concentration camps. After his release, in a few days, he wr...
Friday, May 22, 2020

The mask we need

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What do we believe now? We think that coronavirus is moderately contagious and is spread primarily from person to person rather than by su...
Sunday, May 03, 2020

Wearing a cloth mask outdoors is like wearing a helmet in your car

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I wrote this first on Twitter : Outdoor masking is the equivalent of wearing a helmet in your car. Indoor masking is the equivalent of wea...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

The year ahead

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Massachusetts is going to try the Wuhan/South Korea path . Or something like it. What's the alternative? Shut down and open up -- tr...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Sentinel surveillance for COVID-19: nasal swabs of teachers, service workers, gym coaches and healthcare workers

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Sentinel surveillance in pandemic control is typically based on identifying health care delivery sites that get intensive monitoring. I h...
Saturday, April 04, 2020

It's just the flu

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When contrarians compare COVID-19 to influenza, they invariably mean to minimize it's significance. From what we know now this seems abs...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine, COVID-19, and Lupus

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Researchers are taking seriously the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 therapy : Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine inhibit SARS-...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Exercise and sanity in the time of you-know-what

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Fellow exercise addicts -- let's examine our options... Trail, road, gravel biking. Extreme aerosol diffusion. Antiviral ultraviolet r...
Friday, March 13, 2020

COVID-03 and COVID-19: influenza co-infection and multiple strains

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I remember COVID-03 (Coronavirus disease 2003, known then as SARS) caused by Novel Coronavirus 1 (SARS-CoV-1). It was frightening and puzzli...
Sunday, March 01, 2020

India suggests COVID-19 will behave like a bad influenza pandemic

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I've been watching India on the Hopkins CSSE map for weeks. Even as case reports appear to the east and the west, India remains quie...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Someone is hacking at my Vanguard account and Vanguard can't stop them locking me out

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So this has been happening. Every few days for the past few weeks I have received an email from Vanguard like this: Of course it'...