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What Comes After COVID

March 28, 2022 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

Yan Xie and Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly (the latter is the Director of Research, VA St. Louis Health Care System) combed through the Veteran’s Affairs national database, examining the records of some 181, 280 participants who developed COVID-19 between 1 March and 30 September 2021, and survived at least 30 days of the illness. These were compared to two control groups- 4,118,441 during the same time frame and a similar one (4,286,911 from 1 March 2018 and 30 September 2018) that manifested no evidence of COVID-19. None of the participants had diabetes before inclusion in the cohorts.

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Waning? Waxing?

February 8, 2022 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 7 Comments

An early warning system.

First, I’ll describe it. Then, I’ll tell you why this adds fuel to my admonitions that many in power love to disregard.

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PASC

February 1, 2022 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

Is there a way to predict which unlucky soul(s) will develop long-term covid? It’s bad enough if one contracts the disease, but to have it linger and maintain symptoms for what seems to be forever is simply terrible.

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Masks, yet again

January 27, 2022 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 14 Comments

Here we are again. Shaking in our boots because of COVID-19.

Sure, this new variant (omicron) seems far less lethal, but it’s more prone to infect us. (That’s what happens when the SARS-CoV-2 virus adopts characteristics of the common cold virus. That’s what can happen when an uninoculated subject is invaded by the SARS-CoV-2 virus while suffering from – or about to – the common cold.)

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What’s behind that mask you’re wearing?

January 5, 2022 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 22 Comments

What hath the pandemic wrought?

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The shot heard round the world?

January 4, 2022 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 10 Comments

How best to introduce this blog post? I have pondered for days- which is why this has remained in my queue for so long. Well, cerebrations and deliberations are over…

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Time for Correction

December 22, 2021 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 7 Comments

Mea culpa.

Yes, I didn’t know enough.

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Put Yourself in the Corner

December 21, 2021 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

Having lived seven decades with respiratory issues, I have long known the rule (ok, this is going to be gross) that if on the first day you feel congested your mucous is green, you need an antibiotic. If the first day of congestion your mucous is clear, you are either suffering from allergies or a virus- but after a few days if it gets viscous and cloudy- or even green, it’s no longer allergies.

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Oh, my… (no, omicron)

December 6, 2021 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 10 Comments

We’ve discussed antibiotic resistance here often.

It comes about because we feed animals antibiotics to improve their yield. Yet, it also gives the microbes a chance to find ways to beat the antibiotic’s actions.

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A bigger arsenal

November 18, 2021 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

You know, we have some pretty great products that can keep us very safe during this pandemic.

Between the Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, and Janssen (J&J) vaccines, the odds of us getting COVID-19 are very low. Of course, given the plethora of Anti-Vaxxers, we- the entire population- can still be at risk. Because no vaccine is 100% effective- effectivity is based upon dosage and frequency of contact.

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