Why nothing they do makes sense?

While CDC has not committed to a strategy beyond Tamiflu (to which some viral strains in Hong Kong have resistance), Australia faces a major H1N1 outbreak, as the southern hemisphere winter just began. But mathematical modelling suggests the US has already experienced 1 million H1N1 cases. On May 17, Australia moved to a new national…

Wow!  Who saw that coming?  The Constitution did not specify that medical care was a federal responsibility, so for over 200 years it has been left to the states.  Yes, fifty years ago we got Medicare and Medicaid, and now the Affordable (for whom?) Care Act, but the specifics of what drugs and vaccines people…

Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19 Kory, Pierre MD1,*; Meduri, Gianfranco Umberto MD2; Varon, Joseph MD3; Iglesias, Jose DO4; Marik, Paul E. MD5 American Journal of Therapeutics: May Jun 2021 – Volume 28 – Issue 3 – p e299-e318 Conclusions:  Meta-analyses based on 18 randomized…

Thanks to CDC for these weekly influenza stats

Hepatitis B is a serious disease.  It is highly prevalent in many countries in Asia (nearly 10% of Chinese carried the illness in 1992), but fortunately is of low prevalence in the US.  Per CDC, the overall reported US incidence rate for 2013 was 1.0 case per 100,000 population. After adjusting for under-ascertainment and under-reporting,…

https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/pdf–a great compilation of the world literature on decontaminating coronavirus in the environment. What has worked well to kill other coronaviruses on surfaces? Bleach (sodium hypochlorite) 0.21% dilution on a surface for one minute.  Different bottles of bleach have different concentrations, so calculate your dilution accordingly. Hydrogen peroxide 0.5% dilution for one minute Alcohol 70%…