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Following on the heels of my last post regarding coronavirus testing, I wanted to follow up with more positive news. We have been following several promising new COVID-19 testing platforms in an effort to continue to provide the most cost-effective, sensitive, and...

I’ve been asked lately a lot of questions around COVID-19 testing. I know a lot of the information out there can be confusing – let me attempt to explain what the currently available tests are and what their results mean.   Plus, we’re excited as a...

As we anticipated earlier, we will likely not experience a 'second wave' of Covid-19 infections.  Unfortunately, the reason why is that the first wave never went away.  Numbers are beginning to approach the early April numbers when social distancing measures...

Just a quick blurb today on an article that is in preprint and will come out shortly.  This is taken from the Johns Hopkins Covid site I had referenced before.  It is a good source of daily information on pandemic numbers and latest research. ANTIBODY...

I'd like to start by expanding on a theme from my last missive.   I believe a vaccine is too risky given the dual pressures of needing to have it today and the complexity of getting something safe to market.  Developing safe treatments on the road to herd immunity is...

I hope you all were able to nerd out on yesterdays message because today's may be a bit worse but it is getting us to the science we all need to understand regarding a Covid-19 vaccine.   We discussed how presenting the human immune system with the three...

There is a bit less uncertainty and I think most of us can breath a little more freely.  We will have to wait a bit on what the new normal looks like.   Regarding medications to fight Covid.  There is no silver bullet.  All data remains equivocal and even Remdesivir...

I hope everyone is well and we are all able to keep anxiety around what is now considered a pandemic under control.  I wanted to reach out and express my opinion on the rapidly evolving Corona Virus situation.   Many of you may be aware of the...

To a greater or lesser extent we all feel sidelined by this pandemic.  At Highland Urgent Care we are seeing and testing Covid patients and in some ways are on the front line.  Somehow I still feel sidelined.  It is the powerlessness we all feel in the face of...