Should Breakthrough Infections Begin to Worry People?

When a COVID-19 vaccinated person becomes infected with coronavirus, the CDC uses breakthrough to describe this situation. Initially, there were very few breakthrough cases. However, it seems lately that something has happened that changed the risk of becoming a breakthrough … Continue reading

Who is Most Likely to Become Infected During Your Day?

The DELTA Variant has a lot of people concerned, and they should be. Vaccines do not prevent you from becoming infected; however, they reduce the severity of the symptoms, the risk of going to a hospital, and the risk of … Continue reading

How Do You Really Protect Yourself Against the Delta Variant?

I saw a headline a day or so ago about what people can do to protect themselves from the Delta variant when they are already vaccinated. I considered the suggestions and thought about the latest upsurge in new cases, hospitalizations, … Continue reading

Not All Pandemics Are Treated Alike

I read an article recently about the killer pandemic of 1969. It compared the Hong Kong H3N2 pandemic to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-four-news was non-existent in the late ‘60s. However, little news was published about it. We hear daily … Continue reading

Can Social Distancing Solve Coronavirus Spread?

I’ve been asked by several friends recently what my expectations were of ending the quarantine and getting back to work as it used to be. I am not a physician, nor do I work for any pharmaceutical companies. I am … Continue reading

A Quick Update on the Chinese coronavirus 24JAN20

I wrote an article a few days ago about the new Chinese coronavirus expressing my opinion that it was unlikely to spread rapidly, mainly because it appeared to not spread from human to human. Some of the reporting misled me. … Continue reading