Mask mandates

Our conversation begins with the emergence of sub-variant of Omicron EG.5 and its impact, particularly in large cities like Manhattan.

It is bad enough when unqualified pundits offer dumb opinions about science, but bad legislation can cause real damage.

The study, reported in the American Journal of Medicine (AJM), is a meta-analysis of articles posted in “the voice of the CDC,” its weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The indictment being made is that for the MMWR reports:

Reading the medical literature – that is, articles reporting studies of various aspects of health and disease – can be enlightening.  It’s how we docs keep up with new knowledge and progress, after all, but it can also be frustrating – for ex

Since COVID-19 made landfall over three years ago, at least 65 laws have been enacted restricting the powers of the State to mandate public health measures. By comparison, only 17 laws augmented state powers.

As an undergraduate and grad student, I cut my research teeth working on bacteria. I found their resilience to be amazing; they’ll do anything to survive.

In large part, those willing to wear masks and those not are entrenched in their beliefs; probably the same for those on either side of the vaccination and social distancing debates.