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Guest column by Jane Orient, MD On Oct 26, a panel of experts recommended 17 to 0 that FDA authorize the Pfizer vaccine at one-third dose, for 5-to-12 year-olds. Will you be rushing your child to the nearest vaccine center? Or worrying about mandates? The issue is certainly controversial; more than 140,000 comments were received. […]
Guest Column by Lance Cody-Valdez Remote work is much easier to come by these days, especially as more businesses see the benefits of hiring freelancers or letting their employees work from home. Of course, if you have a laptop and access to wi-fi, you aren’t limited to working from your house, and that’s why the […]
FACTS AND STATS ON COVID (10/21/21) curated by Marilyn M. Singleton What is Immunity? Innate immunity. White cells – polys, macrophages are nonspecific. They call in other cells if they can’t handle the infection. Adaptive immune responses include antibodies. A major goal of antibodies is to bind to the pathogen and prevent it from infecting, […]
“They” say there is no such thing as coincidence. They must have known about Covid-19, the political viral disease. Is it a coincidence that the year of the Covid is also the year that scientific integrity died? Discourse is the lifeblood of science. I thought we had gotten past jailing or guillotining or dismissing as […]
by Paul Alexander, PhD Asymptomatic spread is virtually non-existent, and if this does occur, it is less than 1%. It is very rare and we have very limited evidence (and questionable) of this happening at all. We have no documented proof, no documented evidence of this occurring in any appreciable manner. Spread of pathogen will […]
Guest Column by Jane M. Orient, MD I’m sure you are favor of “following the science” on COVID vaccinations. A basic principle of the scientific method is that you need a control group. To detect a difference, say in adverse reactions, between the treated group and the control, you need a big enough control group. […]
Guest Column by Joel S. Hirschhorn People face a difficult decision on whether or not to take an experimental or even approved COVID vaccine for the first time or as a booster shot. So much information tells the ugly story of people who have suffered illness or death because they were not vaccinated. But there […]
Guest column by Jane M. Orient, MD If you work for a company that is giving employees an opportunity to have a conversation with an expert concerning COVID vaccination, say their PharmD, what might you ask? Our Sept 11 dispatch suggested several questions: Can you delay the requirement pending availability of the only FDA-approved product, labeled […]
Guest column by Jane M. Orient, MD If you are not already in the half of Americans who are fully vaccinated, President Biden’s speech on mandates gives the vaccination decision a new urgency. The timing, just prior to the 20th anniversary of 9/11—and just after our chaotic exit from Afghanistan—is interesting. As Biden said, “this is not about […]
Guest column by Justus R. Hope, MD “In a normal year, the Kentucky Poison Control Center might receive one call from someone who has taken ivermectin, a drug commonly used to treat parasites in livestock. But amid increasing misinformation about the drug’s ability to both treat and prevent COVID-19, that number has increased to six […]