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The Internet has been ablaze with stories about a potential COVID-19 surge that is anticipated this winter. While most of the articles strongly argue for the likelihood of a surge, there is no hard data indicating that the United States is indeed going to experience new infection outbreaks. In fact, most areas in the countryContinue reading “Will there be a new COVID surge this winter?”

These are the most common questions I received this these days, and the answers are finally becoming clear. Many individuals have been infected with Omicron in the last nine months and therefore have an immunity boost from their infection. In fact, data now indicates that hybrid immunity generated this way is stronger than vaccines alone in preventingContinue reading “How long should you wait for a booster COVID-19 vaccine? Is it wise to get the flu vaccine and COVID booster at the same time?”

The United States has new COVID-19 booster vaccines available for administration this fall, and they are different from the original mRNA vaccines. How these vaccines differ from their predecessors and who would be most helped by getting these boosters are incredibly important questions. I hope to answer these and other questions in this blog postContinue reading “The five most important questions about the new COVID-19 booster vaccines. “

This week Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the CDC, admitted what many of us have already observed: the agency’s actions and communications have been inadequate in managing either the COVID-19 or monkey pox outbreaks.  In what the NY Times called a “rebuke to the agency” she said (in a video to the agency’s employees) “To be frank,Continue reading “Dr. Walensky condemns the CDC’s poor communications and promises to reorganize the agency as a fix. Is that really the problem?”

The CDC released new guidelines for managing activities in relationship to COVID-19. The guidelines remove many of the burdens that have been placed on organizations in managing and monitoring COVID in their colleagues, employees, and students. The overall effect is to protect those at risk due to medical issues while freeing up activities, workplaces, andContinue reading “What the new CDC COVID-19 guidelines mean for us.”

Good news on several fronts. First, it appears that the most recent wave of COVID-19 infection in the U.S. has begun to decline. The BA.5 infection wave, which has been with us since early May, has finally begun to peak. While there are still many infections, which have been difficult to quantify due to lesserContinue reading “Two new reasons schools should open fully in person this fall!”

Yesterday, the administration announced that they expect new vaccines for COVID-19 to be available in September, earlier than the October to November timeline that had been previously announced. One thing that was missed by many in the news accounts was the fact that these vaccines may be different from the boosters that everyone was expecting.  LetContinue reading “New booster vaccines are accelerated to September. What does that mean for people considering getting boosted?”

It has been a remarkable few weeks across the world. In the middle of a burst of international summer travel COVID has broken out again. The specific virus causing this outbreak is now identified as BA.5, and it is causing infections and reinfections across the globe. Nearly everyone knows a close friend or associate whoContinue reading “Everyone has COVID-19, but what does that mean? The revealing tale of two presidents.”

A new coronavirus variant called BA.5 seems to be a rallying cry for those who believe mutant viruses will reignite the COVID pandemic. Several “Influencers” have written stories with warnings about the potential severity of disease with this virus, and the likelihood it can infect individuals with prior immunity from vaccines or infections.  The noiseContinue reading “What we really know about the BA.5 virus variant and need for vaccine boosters”