Politics, Science, and Other Assorted Musings
I love helping people understand issues and look at them from a different perspective. In this blog, I hope I can offer you some new insights—bridging the gap between basic science and your medicine chest—as I am still a practicing physician, as well as having had broad clinical research experience. I'm interested in developing new medicines and treatments, as well as caring for patients—and explaining these topics for you.
As medicine has evolved, so have my interests. I have also become increasingly interested in health disparities, social justice issues, and ethics. I invite you to join me as we explore a variety of territories. I hope that reading these posts will encourage you to learn, engage, and above all, work for the forces of good.
If there are topics you'd like to see me cover, please let me know—I welcome your input as to what you would like us to discuss in this column.
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Quick links News Diagnostics Drugs Devices Epidemiology/Infection control Tips Politics Feel good du jour Comic relief Perspective/Poem Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Tidbits will likely be a bit shorter and a little less frequent for the next little bit. I have been immersed in it and I need to spend a little more time on self-care, which for me means seeing the spring flowers emerge and digging in the dirt. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. News Handy Resource: Smart Dissent Be Smart. Stay Informed. Actively Dissent. Smart Dissent is a database of 750+ actions by Trump & @GOP sorted by topic. We have pages on Education, Healthcare, Immigration, Environment, Regulations, Foreign Policy, Economy, Justice, Taxes, Budget & more. http://www.smartdissent.com/ ~ ~ ~ Controversial ‘human challenge’ trials for COVID-19 vaccines gain support Challenge studies take volunteers who have received an experimental vaccine and deliberately expose them to the infectious agent (in this case, the SARS2-CoV virus, to see if the vaccine provides…
Read MoreQuick links News Diagnostics Drugs Devices Epidemiology/Infection control Tips Politics Feel good du jour Comic relief Perspective/Poem Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Tidbits will likely be a bit shorter and a little less frequent for the next little bit. I have been immersed in it and I need to spend a little more time on self-care, which for me means seeing the spring flowers emerge and digging in the dirt. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. News The new multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children syndrome disproportionately affects Blacks (38%) or Hispanic/Latino (38%) https://www.healio.com/news/pediatrics/20200722/syndrome-linked-to-covid19-disproportionately-affects-black-hispanic-and-latino-children ~ ~ ~ Bad Omen: Nearly 60% of US parents say they won’t vaccinate their kids against HPV which is associated with 34,800 new cancer cases a year, causes more than 90% of all cervical and anal cancers, 60% of penile cancers, and about 70% of all oral cancers. Jul 21 Lancet Public Health study and commentary https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/07/news-scan-jul-23-2020 ~ ~ ~ Long-Haulers: And more: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/a-specialist-sounds-the-alarm-on-long-term-covid-19-effects.html ~ ~ ~ In Baltimore, a struggling,…
Read MoreQuick links News Diagnostics Drugs Devices Epidemiology/Infection control Tips Politics Feel good du jour Comic relief Perspective/Poem Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Tidbits will likely be a bit shorter and a little less frequent for the next little bit. I have been immersed in it and I need to spend a little more time on self-care, which for me means seeing the spring flowers emerge and digging in the dirt. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. News Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets Chilling story. People in camouflage were driving around the area in unmarked minivans grabbing people off the street. The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to “quell” nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks. Officers from the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group…
Read MoreQuick links News Diagnostics Drugs Devices Epidemiology/Infection control Tips Politics Feel good du jour Comic relief Perspective/Poem Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Tidbits will likely be a bit shorter and a little less frequent for the next little bit. I have been immersed in it and I need to spend a little more time on self-care, which for me means seeing the spring flowers emerge and digging in the dirt. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. News The administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC in reporting data. Now they are to send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in Washington, controlled by the regime. Want to prove that cases are falling and all is well??? Now they will control the data and only report what they want. I’m sure everything will be rosy before the election. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ COVID-19 can be transmitted in the womb, reports pediatric infectious disease journal Case study provides…
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