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TDP

Tommy hasn’t been part of my life for over thirty years, except for the memories. Soon, that’ll be all I have. Tommy is a year and a half older than me, but was always light years ahead intellectually and academically. He was the brightest medical student my later mentor Bill Arnold had seen at UniversityContinue reading “TDP”

masks, droplets, aerosols and all that

You’ve got to pay attention to a professor named Siddhartha. But this is Verma not Gautama and he’s currently studying fluid dynamics at Florida Atlantic University. In this video, he explains and demonstrates clearly what all this COVID particle transmission and control is all about. Notice that masks are all about protecting others from you,Continue reading “masks, droplets, aerosols and all that”

LJ here we come!

I’ve kept a journal devoted to San Diego (La Jolla, mostly) for over 3 ½ years. I started it when my wife and I landed there in January ’17 for my 3 month sabbatical at UCSD. We decided it would be fun to record our impressions of the place, especially the restaurants and bars. WeContinue reading “LJ here we come!”

Clean!

I had a COVID test last week Thursday! The real deal where they stick a test tube brush up your nose halfway to your brain and give it a good scrape. I got hit so hard by some bug in the middle of the night Tuesday, I told enough to the triage nurse the nextContinue reading “Clean!”

lockdowns?

I’m taking the lazy way out today, letting some other writer tell you something I think you’d like to know. I’m still not good for much after some bug hit me so hard Monday night to tally up enough points to earn a COVID test, the up the nose with a test tube brush kind.Continue reading “lockdowns?”

no fat for you, Mr. Corona!

With this pandemic you never know what the next piece of news will be, or what part of the world it will come from. Every once in a while it’s good news, and todays item is very much that. And we shouldn’t be surprised it originates from that little sliver of the Levant on theContinue reading “no fat for you, Mr. Corona!”

Bend me, shape me

Andrew Ripps and his Bendcare company have risen from COVID and will conduct another “Summit” in Colorado Springs, at the luxurious Broadmoor, next week. I was so moved by the summit I attended in January, I set about to compose a response, which I’ve sat on till now. I’m getting it out now, as theContinue reading “Bend me, shape me”

six feet?

It always used to be ten, that being the length of the pole with which you wouldn’t want to touch the ugly girl in school. But ever since the CDC started making announcements in February about what we need to do to protect ourselves from COVID-19, it’s been six feet we’re to be kept apart,Continue reading “six feet?”

head Doc

Anthony Stephan Fauci, M.D., Head of the National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is a hero to many. Not me. But once upon a time he was. Just as I was entering Rheumatology (’82), Fauci had been publishing the results of his breakthrough treatment of the rare, sexy, and serious rheumatic disease polyarteritisContinue reading “head Doc”

Plaquenil yay!

Sorry if I seem to be getting lazy by just posting other’s articles. I’ve posted several times about Plaquenil and Mr. Corona. Me, if I were on the front lines, I’d be taking it just like President Trump is. But this study, conducted by our neighbors at Henry Ford in Detroit, didn’t focus on thatContinue reading “Plaquenil yay!”