Testing, Testing Part 2
Can you feel it, now that spring has come? That it’s time to live in the scattered sun. Waiting for the sun. Waiting for the sun. Waiting for the sun. Waiting for the sun. This is the strangest life...
View ArticleThink Local, Act Local
Monday, April 27, 2020 “Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.” — Edmund Burke If you’re reading this, I assume you’ve already been recruited into one of the several armed...
View ArticleOur Quandary and Your Queries
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 In my last post three weeks ago I observed the trend that the number of new daily COVID-19 cases had been increasing for two months in LA County while deaths from COVID had...
View ArticleInfluenza Vaccination Frequently Unasked Questions
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 With fall almost upon us, patients are abuzz with questions about this season’s flu shot. Below I try to answer the questions they should be asking. I hear the flu shot is...
View ArticleContagion and Contrition
What’s happening now? In LA County, COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations have been steadily declining for the last two months. Hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 in LA are at lows not...
View ArticleA New Hope
How’s it going in Los Angeles with the pandemic? The numbers in LA are absolutely dreadful. Daily new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are at all-time highs. The current case numbers make the...
View ArticleWhere Can I Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
or This Pandemic Will End in Tiers Sunday, January 17, 2021 The Short Version for Readers Who Want Clear Instructions and Little Else [This section was updated on Friday, January 22, and will be...
View ArticleThe Light at the End of the Tunnel
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 It’s been a long dark night And I’ve been a waitin’ for the morning It’s been a long hard fight But I see a brand new day a dawning — Dolly Parton, Light of a Clear Blue...
View ArticleMandate Vaccines, Not Masks
Sunday, August 1, 2021 A couple of months ago I was desperately hoping that my next post about COVID-19 would be a retrospective, summarizing what we had learned and looking forward to a post-pandemic...
View ArticleThe Scoop on Boosters
Thursday, October 21, 2021 Now again, with a flurry of recent news about vaccination options, I present answers to questions I’m frequently asked, or wish I was. Public health officials are talking...
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