Why Vaccine Hesitancy Is Rising — And Why Our Health Agencies Aren’t Helping Hello Martha, You wrote: “If anyone is responsible for fueling the greater vaccine hesitancy occurring in this country, it’s our government health agencies.” I’m not sure exactly what you meant, but I can offer a broader perspective — one that many physicians and epidemiologists quietly share. The ACIP Problem: Expanding Recommendations Without Strong Data The Advisory Committee on Immunization Pract

Binary is a word thrown around a lot lately. I know one area that word has no place in—Medicine. Still, we in Medicine fight like children... us against them, no matter the issue. During COVID, because I was on a certain TV channel more than others, one of my best friends and a great physician said, 'You know, EVERYONE thinks you're a Republican now.' I responded, 'That's wrong for two reasons. First, while on TV, I never said anything remotely political. I talked about COVID

“Glad you're back writing. Stinks about the hives. I experienced weird symptoms after my 3rd. shot. I was very hesitant to take the...

Ok, I have enjoyed the peace and quiet of being a busy ID doc. A month or so ago, my wife asked me how work was, meaning rounds at the...

I sort of understand everyone trying to understand what to do with Covid with a few questions. I mean you have all been listening to...

The texts, phone calls and emails from friends, family, acquaintances and even strangers have gone up at the same rate. And Yes, I have...

Many have been asking about Covid vaccine booster shots. The data on these third shots for the mRNA vaccines is accumulating. The main...

Recently, I have received the same question from friends or store cashiers, when checking out - should they vaccinate their kids or...

This morning I read an article Healio News, an online medical news journal. Healio News has several different issues, one for each...

We vaccinate people for essentially two reasons - To protect the individual against infection or severe disease; To reduce the spread of...

I’m not sure I understand why someone who has had covid would need the vaccine? My understanding is the body has now natural immunity...

My analysis yesterday was wrong, since this was an OR not an RR comparison, but Iam pretty sure my were not. Ok, in the Kentucky study,...

In my prior post, I accidently left out discussion of the study done by the DOH in Kentucky and published in the MMWR. This study asks a...

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm And they criticize my study's design?! Kentucky Study Design - Yeah, so they first...

Smitty, Mentioning your brother is anecdotal. Are vaccine reactions statistical This question was cut-off. Presumably, the question was...

During the pandemic, decisions not backed by data have, in some cases at least, resulted from lack of data. Various, conflicting and...

Some of you have asked me why I haven’t posted in a while. A few reasons, I guess – One, It takes time to write a good post. Two, the pay...

The most frequently asked question is "How do you know that people who got more HCQ, got more HCQ because they lived longer?" In other...

A common problem in assessing duration of an antibiotic therapy and outcome is that people who live longer are able to get more days of...

Yesterday, you all sent in a few questions. First, you shouldn’t need HCQ. Please get the vaccine and two weeks after the second dose of...