June 25, 2021 Epidemiology Latest CDC data indicates that COVID is rapidly becoming a disease of the unvaccinated. #VaccinesWork #GoScience
June 21, 2021 Health Policy I have recommended to my wife and two adult sons to opt for Moderna after receiving 1sr dose of Pfizer (unavailable this week). Mixing works and it is safe to do so. End result = protection #vaccineswork #protectyourfamilywithscience
June 20, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #795, June 20, 2021: To-MAY-to and To-MAH-to, Pfizer and Moderna; Basically the same with the same end result: good for your health and efficacious. Mix away and lets get out of this damn pandemic already. #VaccinesWork
June 14, 2021 Allergy/Immunology What should your #seconddose of #covidvaccine be if 1st was AZ? Factors include wait-time/availability, Delta variant prevalence, occupational risks, and study evidence. Answer seems to leaning to Pfizer or Moderna as 2nd dose of choice.
June 11, 2021 Cardiology CDC and other regulators working to assess risk and if there is a causal relationship between mRNA vaccines and myo/pericarditis seen predominately in a small number of males 16-24 years old after 2nd dose.
June 2, 2021 Health Policy NACI recommends second dose Pfizer/moderna vaccine for those who had AZ as their first dose.
April 9, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Will Covid vaccine mixing be adopted as health policy? They use different delivery systems carrying the genetic instruction set to produce the same spike protein, ergo ongoing studies are evaluating clinical outcomes to determine if assumption is true.
February 28, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Vaccine choice? They all work. They all prevent what matters most: severe disease and hospitalization. No need to wait for one over the other.
December 24, 2020 Allergy/Immunology NEJM study concludes that time required to determine Moderna’s effect on longevity of antibody, B and T cell response. However, the vaccine works. Worst-case scenario is that we will require a booster.
October 4, 2020 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #759, October 4, 2020: “Cold, it’s so cold!”