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Update: CDC Emergency Meeting June 23-25, 2021 on COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Including Myocarditis
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) emergency meeting is re-scheduled for June 23-25, 2021 to discuss COVID-19 vaccine safety including myocarditis after Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group assessment. You can find a webcast link and the draft of the working agenda details here. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee report slide…
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Magnetically Speaking
Today I saw the story about a nurse practitioner in the Ohio state legislature who tried to demonstrate how the COVID-19 vaccine magnetized her. However, she was like Teflon—nothing stuck. This occurred during the Ohio state legislature hearing about House Bill 248, which would prohibit mandatory vaccinations. I gather it is still being considered, although…
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When Fully Vaccinated You Can…Reminder
The graphic below is from University of Iowa Health Care. It’s a reminder of what you can do after you’ve been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. You can review CDC guidance here.
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Crazy Like a Fox
I finally got a picture of a fox not far from our property—but not close enough to get a good image. That said, it led me to do a little reading on the web about foxes. The most interesting item is the idea foxes might be able to locate prey under deep snow by using…
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COVID-19 Long Haul: Pizza in the Pan Again?
I remember a scene in the 1979 movie The Jerk, starring Steve Martin as Navin. He was telling Marie (played by Bernadette Peters) about pizza in a cup. They were both eating pizza in a cup. At the time, this was funny because it was ludicrous to think of pizza being served in a cup.…
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Unmasked Means Fully Vaccinated?
We were on our way home yesterday and drove by a couple of restaurants (Wig & Pen Pizza and Vine Tavern and Eatery) with crowded parking lots. We have not seen that since the COVID-19 pandemic hit a year ago. This seemed to coincide with the CDC announcement of the new mask guidance indicating you…
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CDC Updated Mask Guidance for Fully Vaccinated
The CDC updated its mask guidance today for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Aliens Dancing on Remote Controls and Other Causes of Anxiety
I was watching a TV show about UFOs and aliens the other night when I heard my remote control make clicking noises all by itself. Nothing happened on the set; neither the volume nor the channels changed. This has been happening for months and I usually just ignore it. Maybe it was because of the…
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Catatonia: Another Reason to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
My wife and I have been immunized against COVID-19 and we recognize that people can be hesitant about getting vaccinated. However, I’m remembering my last few months prior to my retirement a year ago working as a general hospital psychiatric consultant and I saw one or two cases of catatonia in the context of COVID-19…
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Updated CDC Guidelines: When You’re Fully Vaccinated
See today’s updated guidelines from the CDC about what activities are safer once you’ve been fully vaccinated.
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