COVID-19: Booster Doses – Part 3

In this third post on booster doses I will go into more details about the upcoming booster doses and give my thoughts on what these booster doses mean going forward.

COVID-19: Booster Doses – Part 2

In Booster Doses – Part 1 I wrote about some of the basics of booster doses and the need for “additional” doses (not booster doses) in patients with compromised immune systems. Today I’m going to talk about some of the rationale behind booster doses in patients with healthy immune systems.

COVID-19: Delta is not a delta…

The last time I wrote about variants there was absolutely no evidence that the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) was impacted by any of the then common variants. My assessment is still the same, even with the Delta variant. In other words, the Delta variant is not a delta. 

COVID-19: What to think of the J&J vaccine?

I’m NOT saying that people should NOT receive the J&J vaccine. I’m saying that I limit my recommendation for the J&J vaccine to a relatively small group of people: males and older females who are opposed to receiving the mRNA vaccines.

COVID-19: Future’s so bright… I gotta wear shades

We are in a time of truly extraordinary medical advancement and not enough people are giving it the love it deserves. This is a gob smacking, jaw dropping, astounding, remarkable, dumbfounding, breathtaking, bewildering, shocking, not to mention really darn good achievement of historic proportions.