Category Archives: Health

From the New England Journal of Medicine: “With reports of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to domestic cats1 and to tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo,4 coupled with our data showing the ease of transmission between domestic cats, there is a … Continue reading →

From Bill Gates Blog. Thanks to Steve L. for sending this in. In any fight, it’s important to know your enemy. Unfortunately, in our battle against COVID-19, there’s a lot that we still don’t know. How many people are infected … Continue reading →

Thanks to Marilyn W. for sending along this article by Dr. Bromage. It’s the best summary I’ve seen about what the risks of exposure are in this current pandemic. Basically it’s about the dose of viral particles and the time … Continue reading →

The legendary thinker and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog raises a public conversation about end-of-life care during the Covid-19 pandemic. From Wired: Brand is a legendary writer and thinker, the founder of the Whole Earth Catalog and cofounder of the Long Now Foundation. … Continue reading →

By James Wagner in the NYT Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert, spends 19-hour days helping to lead the fight against the coronavirus. To relieve the stress, he runs daily. But what he really wants, like … Continue reading →

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has taken the extraordinary step of totally focusing their efforts to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that they will temporarily suspend their efforts toward tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS. We are fortunate to have … Continue reading →

For her new novel, the author dug deep into research about Philadelphia during the Spanish flu outbreak—never imagining that a new pandemic was on its way. BY ELLEN MARIE WISEMAN APRIL 24, 2020 When I visit my grandchildren, I wave through … Continue reading →

Thanks to Gordon G!

If you want to read an in detail about masks, gloves, viral risk, etc.– click here: https://www.linkedin.com/content-guest/article/saving-your-health-one-mask-time-peter-tippett-md-phd

Worth watching. It makes you proud of our city, health teams, mayor and governor.

If you get a chance, please watch the encouraging video.

Ed note: We will not be back to what we considered normal until we have an effective vaccine. That is more than a year a way. This NEJM article below rolls out a plausible way to use a combination of … Continue reading →

The best national site to follow the statistics for the COVID-19 epidemic is https://covid19.healthdata.org/ . The national cumulative data and each states data and projections are available. Nationally the peak may not be until April 15th, but Washington appears to … Continue reading →

The President says he won’t bother, but the CDC now recommends use of a face mask. Science is navigating a tortuous path and many perils as it attempts to reach the doors of the White House. Below is an article … Continue reading →

I’ve been asked a lot about what our options are if we get very sick with COVID-19 pneumonia. Below are my recorded thoughts as of April 1st. We are still early on and there is not extensive data yet. So … Continue reading →