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UPDATE: Coronavirus is the only respiratory virus I have ever encountered that causes inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis). One of the great challenges in #COVID medicine is understanding why so
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UPDATE: COVID medicine has changed substantially over the past few months. The questions we're grappling with today are very different than the ones we were dealing with just a few
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UPDATE: A #coronavirus patient is considered contagious as long as they carry "replication-competent" virus. Based on limited CDC data, patients with severe immune impairment are thought to be contagious for
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Here are 3 #COVID19 questions we're trying to answer:1. Why do monoclonal antibodies fail hospitalized patients? Cocktails made by Eli Lilly & Regeneron may be useful for high-risk outpatients, but
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UPDATE: Here’s one way #COVID medicine has changed since the spring: We now know how #coronavirus can invade and destroy muscle. This has relevance for patients who have profound fatigue,
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Here are the most challenging #COVID19 questions I got this week: 1/ 1. When will life return to normal? Some answer this by looking at when we'll hit herd immunity.
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Reassurance isn't what's called for. And it's not what people are searching for. What's needed is honesty. Here's what I say: 1/https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1338629858210033669 1. mRNA vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) ap
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COVID question: "Should people avoid Tylenol after vaccination?" Fever is an expected side effect of mRNA vaccines & the reflex is to treat it. But treating fever can, in some
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UPDATE: We've been clamoring to see the vaccine data for months. That will finally happen on Tuesday (December 8), when Pfizer’s info is released to the public. Here are some
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COVID question I've been getting: Why do I need a vaccine when there's a 99.7% survival rate? It's a fair point (and makes for a lively discussion!). Here is my
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Vaccine Dilemma: When should volunteers who received placebo get the real thing? If vaccines are highly effective, it seems unethical to withhold inoculation from people who bravely volunteered for a
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Common question: Do we vaccinate patients with immune impairment? This group, which includes patients on chemo, transplant recipients, HIV, etc. are at high risk, but there's little data on vaccine
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