Covid-19 Treatments
ICAN vs V-safe Covid Vaccine Data Legal Battle
More COVID vaccine transparency was made to the public after a legal victory on August 22, 2022, requiring the CDC to release its v-safe COVID vaccine data. This is reminiscent of the legal battle for the release of vaccine data from Pfizer, resulting in a court ordered release of the data. What is V-safe? With…
Read MoreBivalent Boosters for Covid. What Should You Do?
On August 31, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized bivalent COVID-19 vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer for emergency use as a booster dose in individuals previously vaccinated. What is the emergency? According to the CDC’s COVID Data Tracker, cases, deaths and hospitalizations are trending down In the FDA’s press release, they amended…
Read MoreCourt Ordered Vaccine Data Released by Pfizer
A group called the Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency (PHMPT) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the data used to evaluate and grant Pfizer authorization for use of their COVID-19 vaccine. After one month with no reply from the FDA, the PHMPT sued…
Read MoreNew COVID Medications vs Ivermectin
New Oral Pharmaceutical Agents For Mild to Moderate COVID-19 As it is becoming more clear vaccines do not stop the spread of COVID-19, but may be instrumental in shortening the length of illness, symptoms, and decrease hospitalizations; two large pharmaceutical companies, Merck and Pfizer, have come forward with press releases regarding two new investigational oral…
Read MoreCovid or Vaccination. How Immune are You to Getting Covid Again?
Quantitative Testing for Covid-19 S1-RBD Neutralizing Antibodies Now available at RMC This test detects and quantifies the amount of Spike 1 Protein-Receptor Binding Domain (S1-RBD) neutralizing antibodies available to fight Covid whether the antibodies are induced by natural immunity or by vaccination. People ask all the time, “Which is better, your own immunity, getting the…
Read MorePfizer Animal Trial Results
Animal models play a critical role in all vaccine trials as a means to ensure vaccines are effective as well as safe. The kind of animal used is also critical. They must show a similar course of the disease as do humans. For example, standard laboratory mice are not susceptible to Covid-19 infection because they…
Read MoreIvermectin, Clinical Use
Last week I wrote a blog entitled, Ivermectin, Cure for Covid-19? This week I am presenting the first Covid-19 positive cases treated with Ivermectin at RMC, and posing serious questions about the course of this pandemic and medical care in the US. I read voraciously so I can deliver to you the latest treatment modalities…
Read MoreHydroxycholoroquine Risks and Effectiveness in Covid 19
Outside my practice I have been remotely following two young patients, both of whom have tested positive repeatedly for Covid-19 longer than 30 days. A 24 year old male initially symptomatic with loss of taste was treated with zinc, quercetin, vitamin D and vitamin C with resolution of symptoms within 2 weeks, and a 15…
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