by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 12, 2022 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Time to Dig Out the Masks A family of three Covid–19 Omicron variants – the BA.5 family – (BA.4. BA.5. and BA1.12.1)) are burning their way through the US population. BA.5 went from 1% of all infections in May to 21% in June. They are changing the rules...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 17, 2022 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medical access equity, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
You are either Working for the Virus or Working for Your Fellow Man Explanations why people don’t get vaccinated have as much to do with the bias of the reporter as the data available. For instance, Black and Hispanic minority groups were labeled “hesitant.” The plain...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Dec 22, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Main Image credit: Sumanley xulx from Pixabay Dear John, It has been three weeks since the first report of the omicron variant. The newspapers are filled with headlines with contradictory information. If you feel confused, you are not alone. What should one do about...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 29, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Delta is Hunting You and Your Children Ins and Outs of Booster Shots Winter is coming. People will spend more time indoors, and the opportunity to spread Covid-19 is greater. Among the unvaccinated, the Delta variant is turning this into a massacre. Vaccination is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 1, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH The Delta variant of COVID-19 is the fourth major mutation of the pandemic. It has modified spike proteins which attach more efficiently to human cells than the original COVID-19. Its genetic programming is more potent — infected cells...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 18, 2021 | Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Fitness Gear, Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH Just When You Thought you Could Go Outside — It’s Lyme Disease Season 2021! In the last year, three more significant articles were published confirming the safety and effectiveness of permethrin treated clothing against Lyme disease. A two...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Feb 15, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
How to Build a Frankenstein Virus by Accident How could a virus escape a high security lab? Accidents in biosafety laboratories are frequent. The Wuhan Viral Institute has the largest collection of coronaviruses in the world. The WVI has safety issues; humanity is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Is it More Dangerous? Will Vaccines Still Work Against It? A mutated Wuhan virus variant is fueling a growing coronavirus outbreak in Kent, England. It has spread in the background in nearly thirty other countries. Mutations in coronaviruses are normal and occur at a...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Dec 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Exercise, Fitness, Infectious Disease, Outdoors, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal, Weather
Modifying the Rink Works; Masks on the Players Does Not The governors of Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, and other states have closed indoor ice rinks due to because they are COVID infection sites. Community skating rinks are designed to keep a slab of ice...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Nov 19, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
We are Standing on the Cliff with Our Toes over the Edge In the First Wave of Covid, we were led to believe the disease spread through surface contact or people coughing nearby. However, when Covid hit nursing homes, patients confined to their rooms succumbed to the...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Disease, Flu, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Justice Department Approves Pharmaceutical Monopoly to Manufacture Anti-COVID Antibodies James Katz MD The COVID-19 related collapse of the hospitals in Queens, New York, is burnt into the minds of Americans. Who would be the next...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 16, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
On January 24th, Singapore became the first country to mandate mask wearing for all citizens. In February, The CDC and WHO advised “masks do not benefit average citizens.” April 24, the CDC advised wearing a mask to “protect other people.” In June, that changed to...
