Jan 20, 20222 min read
TUBERCULOSIS
I know very little about past outbreaks and pandemics (other than a few half-anecdotes about some notable events like the 1854 Broad...
Oct 21, 20216 min read
"92% EFFICACY"
I was having an argument with someone about how we report our COVID cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths. My issue wasn’t...
Aug 25, 20215 min read
WHAT AM I MISSING?
We act as though seeking or divulging one’s vaccine status is simple and no big deal. I feel like it’s very complicated, more like a...
Jul 31, 20216 min read
VACCINE EQUITY?
Editorials and Twitter threads have arrived weekly on the issue of global vaccine equity. They’re easy to find. Every major news source...
Jul 21, 20216 min read
I'LL GIVE YOU TEN REASONS
As I’ve said all pandemic, I’m in support of very strict, even unpleasant, public health measures for combating COVID. But such measures...
Dec 29, 202014 min read
WILL WE EVER HAVE A COVID VACCINE?
I’ve had nearly every common and exotic shot and oral immunization available. In my youth I was given all the typical ones nearly every...
Mar 22, 20201 min read
THE VIDS: AN ORIGIN STORY
On Friday March 30, 1979 there was a significant anthrax outbreak among the population of Sverdlovsk. Local officials and scientists...