These are a few of my favorite things…to understand the pandemic and the official response

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.09.23290893v1.full.pdf ABSTRACT Background. The CDC recently defined being “up-to-date” on COVID-19 vaccination as having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 bivalent vaccine. The purpose of this study was to compare therisk of COVID-19 among those “up-to-date” and “not up-to-date” on COVID-19 vaccination. Methods. Employees of Cleveland Clinic in employment when the COVID-19 bivalent…

The swine flu pandemic triggered a variety of government responses throughout the world. In the United States, plans to deal with the disease required that a variety of emergency procedures be used. Both the HHS Secretary and President had to declare emergencies. CDC advised FDA, which issued Emergency Use Authorizations. To invoke the Public Readiness…

I am a board-certified internal medicine doctor.  I graduated with a degree in biology from MIT, attended NJ Medical School and the University of Mississippi Medical School. I have practiced in Maine since 1997.   I am passionate about improving the lives of my patients.  I try to find the least toxic methods of treatment for each…

First CNBC set up the story.  It provided facts that actually don’t mean very much. but sound frightening.  It said the virus is 1,000 times more transmissible than the original. In fact, precisely this strategy was used in the early days of Covid.   The variant is highly contagious, largely because people infected with the…

Here is a compendium of very useful info on H1N1, both for clinicians and the public. It appears to be regularly updated. Cidrap has gathered its information from WHO, CDC and other sources.

Here is the BMJ’s corker:  “DHSC has provided no single coherent statement to explain and justify its intended policy, and this undermines the ability of the House to undertake effective scrutiny of the proposed legislation.” And below is the entire article: A House of Lords committee has raised several concerns about the proposed legislation to…