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 […]
CDC Compromised by Bias and Conflicts of Interest,
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which according to its website is “recognized as the nation’s premiere health promotion, prevention and preparedness agency,” is playing a leading role in response to the COVID-19 […]
COVID-19 Shows Peril of Government Takeover of Medicine
Because of the “emergency” of COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is relaxing some Medicare rules, regulations, and constraints—temporarily. The crisis has helped to reveal the consequences of the government intrusion into […]
‘Can COVID-19 Revolutionize the Treatment of Viral Diseases?’
For decades, physicians have been taught—and have told patients—that antimicrobials do not help viral diseases. But when studying the response of COVID-19 to the antimicrobial agents chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), Lee Merritt, M.D., writes, […]
‘Junk Science’ and Roundup Verdicts Examined in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
San Francisco juries have awarded up to $1 billion to persons claiming their cancer resulted from exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup™. In the fall issue of the Journal of American […]
COVID-19: Do You Need to Get the Vaccine?
A COVID-19 vaccine is said to be close, and the Administration is detailing plans to distribute it “free” (no out-of-pocket cost). Do you want to be first in line? The first question to ask about […]
Will your doctor treat you for COVID?
Figure Reprinted from The American Journal of Medicine DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.07.003, McCullough P, et al Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection 2020, with permission from Elsevier. View original article/figure at […]
