Dr. Pissed Off: Welcome to Camp COVID
The newest version of COVID-19 is called Omicron. You will get it whether vaccinated, or not, unless you beat the odds — kind of like the lottery. It does not care if you have already had COVID. Omicron is diabolically contagious, and will find you. If you are vaccinated, the more the safer, meaning get […]
Advice from the Providence LCM emergency room
Last January, COVID-19 hospitalizations at Providence Little Company of Mary peaked at 180 patients. By October, that number was down to eight. Then the Omicron variant arrived. This past Monday (Jan. 3), one year to the month after its patient load peaked, the COVID-19 patient load had risen to 52, according to Andrew Wertz, Director […]
A Letter to the Unvaccinated
by Anita Sircar, MD, MPH, DTM&H Editor’s note: Dr. Sircar is an infectious disease specialist who spent the last two decades studying and treating viruses, internationally. She returned to the South Bay to be with family just before the pandemic arrived. She works at three area hospitals. At one point, she worked 155 days straight. […]
Letter to the unvaccinated
by Anita Sircar, MD, MPH, DTM&H Editor’s note: Dr. Anita Sircar is an infectious disease specialist who spent the last two decades studying and treating viruses internationally, including work with the Center for Disease Control fighting Ebola in Africa. She returned to the South Bay to be with family just before the pandemic arrived. […]
How US Sports League are Planning to Return as Covid-19 Lockdowns Ease
The spread of Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) at the beginning of 2020 has caused unprecedented disruption around the world. Jobs are disappearing, businesses are closing and the whole world seems to have changed overnight. Apart from these essentials, the pandemic robbed us of life’s pleasures such as the ability to eat at a restaurant, go see […]