April 1, 2022 UPDATE / CORRECTION, April 2: It appear that at least part of the local case surge discussed below is from a batch of previously unreported tests administered in January. I've changed the text to reflect this info and added a link with details. I apologize for passing along any incorrect information. According… Continue reading A pandemic diary: The colors that give me the blues
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A not-endemic diary: Unmasking the facts
February 10, 2022 Source: CDC 2/10/2022 My neighbors love to walk. From my desk in front of the window, I see a parade of them: solos, couples, pairs of women, and lots of folks with dogs. Yesterday while taking my own stretch break, I spotted four people and their pups out enjoying the sun on… Continue reading A not-endemic diary: Unmasking the facts
A pandemic diary: Covid and tinnitus update
January 29, 2022 Photo by Kindel Media on Pexels.com Last spring, we began hearing about Covid patients who were suddenly afflicted with tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in one or both ears that sometimes persisted after other symptoms went away. Others who already had tinnitus found it had gotten worse. Like a lot of things… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Covid and tinnitus update
A pandemic diary: Bunker hill revisited
December 22, 2021 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/07Albanisch_makedonische_Grenze02.jpg It's roomier than it looks. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) I'm glad my wife and I never stopped taking pandemic precautions. We spend very little time in public spaces, wear masks everywhere except the house, go through barrels of hand sanitizer, and got boosted as soon as we had the chance. Some… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Bunker hill revisited
A pandemic diary: Old man opens a can of whoop ass
December 16, 2021 This is a hill. I'm not over it yet.* Along with the news about omicron and the prospect of a new surge in cases, we've learned another sad fact about the pandemic. As reported by the New York Times, of the 800,000 Americans who've left us because of Covid, 75 percent -… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Old man opens a can of whoop ass
A pandemic diary: The kids will be all right
Photo by CDC on Pexels.com The word that young children will soon get Covid shots reminds me of when I received my second and final round of polio vaccine. I had the Salk type, the first one approved for the US, when I was too little to remember it. I suspect I didn't care much… Continue reading A pandemic diary: The kids will be all right