May 24, 2021
The costs of vaccine refusal This is who you protect when you get a vaccine. Source: National Cancer Institute, Bill Branson (Photographer). Public domain. Hubby saw a series of patients in his clinic last week, and an uncomfortable number of them have not been...
May 20, 2021
Pandemic Endgame: Final Chapter MichaelMaggs / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5) Victory for the vaccines {Author’s note: This essay is from a US perspective. Forgive me for this parochial view. Other parts of the world are experiencing...
May 16, 2021
Me as guest on “Preferable” Podcast Podcast Thank you Jayden Watkins for inviting me to share some important information about COVID vaccine safety, masking and the pandemic on your podcast (May 15, 2021, Season 2 Episode 4). Jayden’s...
Apr 30, 2021
Are vaccine passports a good idea? Photo by Lukas on Unsplash Vaccine Passports Proof of vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, or “vaccine passports,” have been suggested as a tool to let us safely resume some higher-risk activities while the virus is still...
Apr 26, 2021
Two out of three ain’t bad: Rules for when you can skip the mask Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/well/live/covid-masks-outdoors.html Open face in the open air: The “2 out of 3” Rule for Masking In a previous post I...