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

Dr. Stephen Smith
Mar 31, 20227 min read
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What 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...

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Mar 30, 20222 min read
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Covid 101
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...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 31, 20213 min read
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Stop with the Sorry's Already
The texts, phone calls and emails from friends, family, acquaintances and even strangers have gone up at the same rate. And Yes, I have...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 23, 20213 min read
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To boost or to not boost
Many have been asking about Covid vaccine booster shots. The data on these third shots for the mRNA vaccines is accumulating. The main...

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Nov 22, 20213 min read
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The Kids Are Alright - Then, Now and Always
Recently, I have received the same question from friends or store cashiers, when checking out - should they vaccinate their kids or...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Nov 10, 20217 min read
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Censorship is bad for Medicine
This morning I read an article Healio News, an online medical news journal. Healio News has several different issues, one for each...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Oct 10, 20217 min read
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The Kids Are Alright
We vaccinate people for essentially two reasons - To protect the individual against infection or severe disease; To reduce the spread of...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Oct 7, 20214 min read
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Q&A
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...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Aug 16, 20213 min read
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Kentucky - Vol. #2v2
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,...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Aug 12, 20212 min read
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Vol. # 2 Kentucky
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...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Aug 11, 20214 min read
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Ok, so someone does want to talk about Kentucky - Volume #1
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm And they criticize my study's design?! Kentucky Study Design - Yeah, so they first...

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Aug 11, 20212 min read
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Q&A
Smitty, Mentioning your brother is anecdotal. Are vaccine reactions statistical This question was cut-off. Presumably, the question was...

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Aug 11, 20211 min read
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Vaccination Mandates after Recovery from Infection
During the pandemic, decisions not backed by data have, in some cases at least, resulted from lack of data. Various, conflicting and...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Aug 10, 20213 min read
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Alright Already
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...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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Covid study question
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...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Jun 9, 20214 min read
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Questions raised about the manuscript
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...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Jun 4, 20212 min read
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Thanks for the Questions.
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...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Jun 2, 20211 min read
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Tonight
I am to appear on the Ingraham Angle tonight. And if you don’t watch certain shows or channels, because you’re better or some such...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Jun 1, 20211 min read
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As Promised
So, it’s not a light read, but we think it’s worth it. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.28.21258012v1 For background, this...

Dr. Stephen Smith
May 31, 20212 min read
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