Category Archives: Health

Ed note: A surgical mask is a loose-fitting, disposable device that creates a physical barrier between the mouth and nose of the wearer and potential contaminants in the immediate environment. These are often referred to as face masks, although not all face … Continue reading →

Thanks to Put B.

Ed note: The honest answer is — we really don’t know! Are we getting near the point that COVID will behave like the common cold as more are vaccinated? Are we rushing to openness or hunkering down with fear–or is … Continue reading →

Erin Murphy from the Public Health Insider Updated 8/18/21 to reflect a statewide masking mandate that supersedes King County’s local mask Directive Ed note: I recently tried to find “real” N95 masks on Amazon. It’s a near impossible task to … Continue reading →

As you likely know, a nearby CCRC has had a medium sized COVID positive test outbreak among both residents and staff–reportedly six fully vaccinated staff testing positive for the virus plus some residents. As a consequence all activities and their … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

With the vaccinated elderly susceptible to breakthrough infections, inoculation of workers is becoming more urgent. Ed note: Our Health Care Committee will be discussing this issue at an upcoming meeting. Do you have an opinion on vaccine mandates for health … Continue reading →

With the Delta variant, people now have to make different calculations about personal risk. The problem is that the parameters are not yet fully known. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells July 31, 2021 the The New Yorker So many things have gone wrong … Continue reading →

New vaccine mandates are being rolled out at VA, in California, New York City, the Mayo Clinic, among other places. Thanks to Dick Dion, MD Dan Diamond 7:30 p.m. EDT in the Washington Post Faced with the explosive growth of … Continue reading →

In facilities like ours, we have a number of immunocompromised individuals. Some have had no protective antibody response to the vaccine. Even so, we might feel safe and remain unmasked because we have herd immunity–virtually 100% of the residents have … Continue reading →

Thanks to Barb W.

The morning anchor’s plea was urgent and framed in the starkest of terms: Get the Covid-19 vaccine, or you could die. “It will save your life,” he said on Tuesday, echoing a now-common refrain in the news media as the … Continue reading →

Ed note: One additional thing I’d recommend is that you set your computer and smartphone to a “night mode or night shift” which decreases your blue light exposure, especially in the hours before bedtime. Less blue light enables normal melatonin … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mary Jane F. In the following analysis the French Professor Bruno Dubois Director of the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease (IMMA) at La Pitié-Salpêtrière – Paris Hospitals / addresses the subject in a rather reassuring way: “If … Continue reading →

Today’s recording of: COVID Symposium XIX from the University of Washington Update on COVID-19 Variants – Allison Greaney, Genome Sciences, UW The Sad Saga of Ivermectin in COVID-19 – Nick Mark, Pulmonology, Swedish Exercise Capacity after COVID-19 – Erik Swenson, … Continue reading →