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Important: upgrade to advice about COVID and Paxlovid
I was telling my brother in law, Dr. Rob (Ret’d), about what I’d learned re getting an Rx for Paxlovid and he stopped me. “I wouldn’t give a prescription over the phone for a patient. I don’t think that’s a … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, The Facts of Life
Tagged COVID, COVID home tests, Dr. Rob, Paxlovid
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This NYT opinion piece makes no sense to me. And I should know
Today, I read the title of Zeynep Tufekci’s opinion piece, “Covid Drugs Save Lives, but Americans Can’t Get Them,” with bewilderment. I then read the piece. Then I read a number of the comments. I became more than bewildered; I … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, The Facts of Life
Tagged bronchiectasis, CMS, COVID, Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, New York Times, Paxlovid, Pfizer, pulmonology, Zeynep Tufekci
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Rationing during wartime
Hanging on my kitchen wall is a framed copy of the New York Times front page from the day I was born. Almost all the headlines are about the war, World War II. So in a way it’s boring. Only … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, COVID-19, Joe Biden and his people, Politics, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged anti-vaxxers, COVID, Kraft mac and cheese, post-World War II rationing, truck convoy, World War II rationing
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