COVID-19: FDA’s Negativism on HCQ Is Unfounded
I hope that if you get sick, your doctor doesn’t refuse to treat you for COVID-19, saying that he is following the FDA. The FDA has stated that “There are currently no drugs or biological […]
AAPS Counters New England Journal’s Leap into Electoral Politics
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), one of the world’s most respected medical journals, has weighed in on a Presidential candidate for the first time in its 208-year history. It is also only the […]
COVID-19: International Experts Denounce Lockdowns
Around the world, millions of people are shut up in their homes, either out of fear or because of government mandates that have been extended with no end in sight. But now professors from Harvard, […]
COVID-19: Who Is to Blame?
Did you feel frustrated watching the vice-presidential candidates’ debate? According to Sen. Kamala Harris, more than 200,000 premature American deaths are Trump’s fault. According to Vice-President Pence, China is to blame. Biden has a Plan. […]
COVID-19: Do We Have a Coronavirus Pandemic, or a PCR Test Pandemic?
Will the huge rollout of COVID tests help end the pandemic—or assure that it will never end? We have had pseudo-epidemics before. In 2006, much of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was shut down, and 1,000 employees […]
AAPS Urges President and First Lady to Protect Nation with Early Treatment for COVID-19
The announcement that President Trump and the First Lady have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 shows that the need for early treatment to prevent serious illness and death from COVID-19 is extremely urgent, states the Association […]
The Debate, Healthcare, and COVID-19
If you watched the Trump/Biden debate, you likely thought it was a slugfest, but were you able to figure out the candidates’ positions? The press might want to ask for clarification, or follow up on […]
COVID-19: Do You Want to Be First to Get the Vaccine?
Is your life “on hold” pending a COVID-19 vaccine? Do you want to be first in line, a late adopter, or a skeptic? Do we have to give it to everyone to find out what […]
COVID-19: Who Is Responsible for ‘Unfathomable’ Deaths?
You may well ask why the U.S. should be a world leader in per-capita COVID-19 deaths. Our morning paper calls passing the 200,000 mark “unfathomable.” A better question: Why is the death rate about 75 […]
COVID-19 Statistics Are a Means of Manipulation
As mounting “case” numbers are defining “hot spots” and directing public policy, San Antonio ophthalmologist Kristin S. Held, M.D., president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), calls for a careful analysis of […]
