Friday, October 23, 2020

What I would add to the standard blog model

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The combination of RSS and the basic blog post is almost perfect. There are, however, a few things that would make them even better as a way...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Electric vehicles will end another non-college job - the auto mechanic

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 My Great-Aunt was born in the 19th century. She spent most of her life working in data processing. She, and thousands like her, did read, d...
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...