Eradication is Impossible Herd immunity is not the goal; herd protection is. After all, eradicating Covid-19 is impossible, so there’s no reason to aim for herd immunity. Instead, we need to stop the epidemic transmission of Covid-19, which endangers […]
For people under 20, the attack rate is approximately 20% after exposure. For individuals over 70, the rate of infection is approximately 70% after exposure. Chapter 6: NON-SUSCEPTIBLE PEOPLE [I’d skip this one unless you’re interested in knowing how […]
Chapter 4 Human Coronaviruses and Pre-Existing Immunity [This was my first controversial call that humans had pre-existing immunity due to exposure to other coronaviruses. Remember, this was 2020, before vaccines and before the CDC really lost our trust. This […]
[This is Chapter 2 of From Killer to Common Cold, which was deplatformed from Amazon in 2020. Posting for posterity.] Chapter 2: What Does a Virus Want? Viruses are explosive. They are an aggregation of proteins and genetic […]
In 2020, before the vaccine, I wrote a book predicting Covid would become a common cold. Amazon blocked the sales as instructed by the government, so I wanted to publish it here, on the internet as a testimony to what […]
Why H5 Bird Flu is Not the Next Pandemic As a retired infectious diseases physician enjoying the fruits of financial independence, I can tell you now that the H5N1 bird flu will not be the next pandemic. The […]
Should I Finish This Course of Antibiotics? You still occasionally see a meme describing the need to finish the course of antibiotics your doctor prescribes, or you will cause antimicrobial resistance. The opposite is true. Since 30% of outpatient […]
Free Apps that I Love: Perplexity and Polymarket There is no issue that I don’t run by both Perplexity and Polymarket these days. Here are some examples. Pandemics and Percent of Population Dead I have started to return […]
Ten Reasons ID Physicians Should Quit I quit ID in 2022, and it wasn’t covid that made the decision. I didn’t want to tie myself to the mast of a sinking ship. Once financially independent, you work because you […]