Category: Coronavirus

Wuhan Virus

Winston July 3, 2020 Thank you for sharing your friend’s newspaper opinion piece on the current epidemic with me.  Congratulations to her on her writing success. She is very emotional in her response, which is not unexpected for a non-medical person.  Unfortunately she mixes politics with the natural history of infectious disease. Her thinking is complicated by… Read more »

Science’s Ugly Face and Coronavirus, Spring 2020

I am reminded of a cartoon from the 1960’s.  People can be seen bowing before an altar, an empty altar, with the name ”Nothing” on it.  On the top of the altar, there is nothing.  It is empty. In the rear looking towards the altar, one person whispers a question to a second person,  “Is nothing sacred?” Science is not… Read more »

Coronavirus Risk and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Are you at increased risk of a serious coronavirus infection if you have obstructive sleep apnea? No one knows, although one day that information will be available. What do you do when placed in a situation with an unknown that can affect you drastically? What we always do; look for information and compare it with… Read more »