With very little variation, every surge/wave of COVID19 has followed the same pattern: HOSPITALIZATIONS START TO RISE 7-10 DAYS AFTER CASES START TO RISE. DEATHS START TO RISE AROUND 21 DAYS AFTER CASES START TO RISE. AND OMICRON IS NO DIFFERENT. When will we learn to quit making assumptions about the impact of each variant …
STILL AT THIS…
Seriously...I never thought I'd be warning people like this AGAIN! Let's skip to business. The winter is shaping up to be a true pandemic mess...again. My advice after 2 years of tracking this closely: 1.) Get boosted. Your 2-shot regimen will not be effective against the Omicron variant, which will be dominant everywhere within 2 …
Has it really been 8 months? HERE WE GO AGAIN.
Unfortunately, after a long hiatus from ringing the pandemic alarm bell, I feel somewhat compelled to provide a COVID19 public service announcement given the recent rise in cases across the country—caused by the DELTA variant's unstoppable dominance over all other strains. I'm not going to tell you what to do...instead I will simply share my …
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TO REOPEN OR NOT TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS
1. ) Should We Try to Reopen Schools? Only If We Do It Right, Unlike Our Rush to Reopen The Economy. And with cases rising rapidly in dozens of states, I just don't see it happening. We're headed in the absolute wrong direction right now...but reopening schools is a worthy goal to consider. If Trump …
REALISTIC VIEWS ON MOVING FORWARD.
Michael Osterholm, who founded the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, warned in 2005 that "time is running out to prepare for the next pandemic," a point that he expanded on in his 2017 book, "Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs." Infectious disease expert: We're only in the second inning …
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