Tag: masking

What does the data tell us about mask mandates vs. no mask mandates according to the NY Times?

What does the data tell us about mask mandates vs. no mask mandates according to the NY Times? You should observe mask mandates because…   There are numerous narratives depending on your beliefs, some being political while others worrying about the what-if infection or disease. As I have spoken about in this blog, masks are a great barrier to whatever can infect us, but the larger data that has been collected has not shown that masking reduces disease in the general population according to a recent article in the NY Times. In NJ, our governor had been very conservative in his Read More »

Everyone is getting covid including our double boosted president; Some thoughts of wisdom from Dr. C.

Everyone is getting covid including our double-boosted president; Some thoughts of wisdom from Dr. C. Covid, you can run, mask, boost but apparently cannot hide from this ever-changing virus.   The good news is that most of us get a bad cold and then get over it. Unlike many other viruses, this one is more carefully studied and tracked by the scientific community due to the original pandemic version of the virus. It seems that those who never got covid are getting it in mass including those who were boosted, masked, and did everything the experts recommended. Boris Johnson and even Read More »

You can safely go to an indoor concert or show while following this protocol according to a study in the Lancet Journal.

You can safely go to an indoor concert or show while following this protocol according to a study in the Lancet Journal. I’m not ready to go to a restaurant, or a broadway show or an indoor concert yet is a common statement I have been hearing from many people. Part of this is that with covid-19, we have all been through something that was traumatic and some of us lost loved ones due to the virus.   Others are deluged with news reports of the delta or Omicron variant which are not as bad as the original covid-19 virus apparently. Read More »