COVID-19 pandemic

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Try this new technique when talking to vaccine skeptics [PODCAST]

September 22, 2021Sep 22, 2021

"When we hear skepticism, our first instinct may be to end the conversation. After all, why spend our time trying to convince someone who has made up their mind? Our second instinct may be to counter the person’s position without…

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“When we hear skepticism, our first instinct may be to end the conversation. After all, why spend our time trying to convince someone who has made up their mind? Our second instinct may be to counter the person’s position without pausing to hear more about their perspective. Unfortunately, trying …

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A Christian physician’s message to Christian vaccine skeptics

Earl Stewart, Jr., MD

September 22, 2021Sep 22, 2021

I think it is remarkably irresponsible to have a balm and refuse to use it. I think it is remarkably irresponsible to have a salve and refuse to apply it. I think it is remarkably irresponsible to have a cure…

I think it is remarkably irresponsible to have a balm and refuse to use it.

I think it is remarkably irresponsible to have a salve and refuse to apply it.

I think it is remarkably irresponsible to have a cure and refuse to accept it.

And you’d think that at some point, reasonably intelligent people would get it. You’ve been somewhere in the sanctuary all your life. You grew up in the church. …

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The unvaccinated and a history of cynicism

David Galinsky, MD

September 21, 2021Sep 21, 2021

The vitriol that characterizes discussions about vaccines, masking, and school policies has been deeply disturbing. I am a physician who is concerned about COVID. At first, I thought that everyone would want to be vaccinated. I thought that the pandemic would cause everyone to isolate and socially distance to protect themselves, their families, and their communities. Now we know it did not turn out that way. As I reflect on …

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Could a pause in screenings increase missed cancer diagnoses?

Miles J. Varn, MD

September 19, 2021Sep 19, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S. in 2020, most hospitals and physician’s offices paused elective and preventive care services to focus on treating large numbers of COVID patients, preserving medical supplies and bed space in hospitals, and reducing the risk of non-COVID patients being exposed to the virus. Cancer screenings were one of the services that were paused. In 2020, this pause resulted in an …

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The unvaccinated are not difficult patients

Joan Naidorf, DO

September 18, 2021Sep 18, 20216

We’re getting into trouble. With headlines like “Why I am angry” and “Burnout rates at an all-time high,” physicians need to take a moment and breath. Unvaccinated people are presenting as very difficult patients that physicians dread. In his landmark…

In his landmark article, “Taking Care of the Hateful Patient,” Dr. James Groves highlighted four distinct patient types that doctors shrink from. Hateful patients are noted to cause negative feelings in …

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Who needs scientists? It’s not like we listen to them anyway. [PODCAST]

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September 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021

"I am a proud science-trained medical doctor and concerned mother. I am not going to remain silent when the biggest tragedies are yet to hit earth yet. Like seriously, I do not want to become like the dinosaurs. History wasn’t…

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“I am a proud science-trained medical doctor and concerned mother. I am not going to remain silent when the biggest tragedies are yet to hit earth yet. Like seriously, I do not want to become like the dinosaurs. History wasn’t too kind to them. Just saying. Scientists say the …

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COVID-19 vaccines: the state of the art

Susan Levenstein, MD

September 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021

Effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccines appeared in record time, with 68% of Italians, 60% of Americans, and 32% of all human beings already having at least one dose. Most of the 138 candidates quit by Phase 2; the German mRNA vaccine CureVac…

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Pfizer-BioNTech: Its messenger RNA instructs our cells to fabricate spike protein, which stimulates the …

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Dying after leaving against medical advice [PODCAST]

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September 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021

"This is where we are: Hospitalizations rising, new variants that are more infectious, and many people believing that this is all a hoax, or that millions of people have conspired together to make injections that harm people rather than helping…

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“This is where we are: Hospitalizations rising, new variants that are more infectious, and many people believing that this is all a hoax, or that millions of people have conspired together to make injections that harm people rather than helping them. Patients leaving AMA and dying because there’s no …

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Giving ourselves grace as physicians

Tammie Chang, MD

September 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021

“We must give others the dignity of their own path.” – Judith Orloff, MD As the Delta variant surges, few words can underscore what we as a physician community are grappling with. We struggle to make sense of humanity around…

“We must give others the dignity of their own path.”
– Judith Orloff, MD

As the Delta variant surges, few words can underscore what we as a physician community are grappling with. We struggle to make sense of humanity around us. As physicians, we trust and believe science. We understand the data. For us, the answer seems simple and obvious: just get vaccinated! Yet, we are dealing with a population unwilling to …

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As we wait for the joy to return to medicine

Jessica Kim, MD

September 15, 2021Sep 15, 2021

We liked science and wanted to help people. "I'll help people," we said, "I'll be a doctor. I'll do no harm and try my best." We studied and studied and were terrified on our first months on the wards. Finally,…

We liked science and wanted to help people.

“I’ll help people,” we said, “I’ll be a doctor. I’ll do no harm and try my best.”

We studied and studied and were terrified on our first months on the wards.

Finally, we made it. We passed through medical school and residency.

So early into the excitement of our careers, the virus has come, and we are scared.

Everyone else is staying home and sheltering in place, …

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How do we explain the unexplainable? Are there words for the things we’ve experienced?

Rachel Basham, RN, CCRN

September 14, 2021Sep 14, 20212

I’m usually good with words. The last year and a half of being a “front line nurse” has left me struggling to find the words. The frustration, anger, trauma, and sadness have so muddied my mind that I find it…

A patient told me the other day, “I know at least 60 people who have had COVID, …

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Is it a badge of honor to refuse the vaccine but choose to die?

Debbie Moore-Black, RN

September 13, 2021Sep 13, 2021

You know that if you don’t get vaccinated and you don’t wear a mask, you potentially will die. You go to super spreader events, big groups at beaches, football games, baseball games … loads of people laughing and clapping, and…

You know that if you don’t get vaccinated and you don’t wear a mask, you potentially will die.

You go to super spreader events, big groups at beaches, football games, baseball games … loads of people laughing and clapping, and shoulder to shoulder.

Your refusal of the mask and COVID vaccination almost seems like a passage. Beating your chest. The survivor. It won’t happen to me.

Until you can’t breathe anymore. Delta doesn’t …

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The end, through the eyes of a critical care nurse

Lauren Bever, RN

September 13, 2021Sep 13, 2021

On the day you die from COVID, many things will happen. A colleague and I will enter the room to carefully prepare and clean your body. We will shut off all the IV pumps. We will turn off the ventilator.…

On the day you die from COVID, many things will happen.

A colleague and I will enter the room to carefully prepare and clean your body.

We will shut off all the IV pumps.

We will turn off the ventilator.

We will silence and turn off the monitor that is screaming at us that something is emergently wrong.

We will remove the breathing tube from your …

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The most patriotic thing you can do right now is get vaccinated

Patricia McGuire, MD

September 12, 2021Sep 12, 202115

I am so tired of the freedom argument with it comes to vaccines. So tired. It didn't really hit me until I learned more about medicine, government, and public health, just how much freedom is taken for granted. I get…

I am so tired of the freedom argument with it comes to vaccines. So tired. It didn’t really hit me until I learned more about medicine, government, and public health, just how much freedom is taken for granted.

I get it. I don’t like it when people try to tell me what to do with my body. All my life, I feel like I’ve gotten an onslaught of advice or orders …

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A summary of state of the art COVID treatment

Susan Levenstein, MD

September 10, 2021Sep 10, 20212

Prevention Our most effective weapons are lockdowns, masks, distancing, ventilation and vaccination, but we can also protect close patient contacts pharmacologically. Subcutaneous REGEN-COV (Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody combo, casirivimab plus imdevimab) lowers the rate of illness by a whopping 81.4%. This…

Prevention

Our most effective weapons are lockdowns, masks, distancing, ventilation and vaccination, but we can also protect close patient contacts pharmacologically. Subcutaneous REGEN-COV (Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody combo, casirivimab plus imdevimab) lowers the rate of illness by a whopping 81.4%. This has been known since April and blessed by the FDA in July, but has yet to catch on.

Outpatient therapy

A year and …

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Clearing the air our kids share: a prescription for healthy schools

Erika Maria Moseson, MD

September 8, 2021Sep 8, 2021

As a pulmonary and critical care doctor and the mother of three children too young to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, life has been harrowing. At the beginning of the summer, however, I was beginning to breathe a sigh of relief. My children had been in school last spring, and by the heroic efforts of their amazing teachers and staff, completed the school year free of sickness or quarantine from COVID-19. …

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COVID-19 divides and conquers

Michele Luckenbaugh

September 7, 2021Sep 7, 20212

On August 25, 2021, the United States achieved two world records: approximately a total of 39 million cases of COVID-19 among our citizenry and approximately 648,000 deaths due to succumbing to COVID. Young, old; male, female; rich, poor — it…

Our numbers have surpassed the data of countries such as India, Brazil, and China. Haven’t we learned anything in almost …

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A person-to-person strategy is needed in the pandemic war

David Galinsky, MD

September 6, 2021Sep 6, 20213

In June 2020, I wrote a short piece about the COVID vaccine that turned out to be prophetic. I said that the vaccine’s immunity might wane over time, that there might be bothersome side effects immediately, and that the public might ignore social distancing and mask-wearing once they were vaccinated. I worried that there would be political pressures to focus more on the economy than on public health.

And I wrote, …

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COVID and Afghanistan: a war on 2 fronts

Nicole M. King, MD

September 4, 2021Sep 4, 2021

I've faced this disease since it arrived. I flew into the storm in order to face it head-on, leaving behind my family and a hospital filled with denial and petulant resistance to the horror that was to come. While in…

I’ve faced this disease since it arrived. I flew into the storm in order to face it head-on, leaving behind my family and a hospital filled with denial and petulant resistance to the horror that was to come. While in New York, I worked alongside men and women who were working at the edge of their capabilities in a heroic and inspiring way. I watched what can happen when a …

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Obi-Wan Kenobi and Charles Darwin have a COVID conversation

Tomi Mitchell, MD

September 3, 2021Sep 3, 2021

By now, many of you would have read my article, "Who needs scientists? It's not like we listen to them anyway." So, let me tell you another fiction story. But, first, I need to give you some background to this…

By now, many of you would have read my article, “Who needs scientists? It’s not like we listen to them anyway.” So, let me tell you another fiction story. But, first, I need to give you some background to this story.

Many of you would know about the theory of evolution by natural selection and how it explains the diversity we see today. It’s an excellent idea, and …

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