Category Archives: Health Care

From London: If you are over 65 with COVID-19, good luck

Posted on March 30, 2020 by David Posnett

The numbers are normalized per 100,000 population.  Since the US is a far larger country the number of deaths will be far larger. Daily deaths are predicted to peak after around three months if people don’t change their behaviour. Image: … Continue reading →

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Fox News Coverage is Dangerous

Posted on March 30, 2020 by David Posnett

Written by Allison Fisher Research contributions from Ted MacDonald Published 03/23/20 5:17 PM EDT Fox News coronavirus coverage looks eerily similar to its climate crisis coverage — and is just as dangerous There are similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and … Continue reading →

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Advice from a New York City ICU Doc

Posted on March 30, 2020 by David Posnett

Dr. Frugoni in California:  This is the best explanation of how to protect yourselves, family and friends by a knowledgeable and calm doctor working the frontlines in NYC. Well worth listening to the entire 56 minutes. Dr. Posnett: This is … Continue reading →

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Why is COVID-19 Testing Important?

Posted on March 29, 2020 by David Posnett

Earlier today, March 28, 2020 and According to News 12 Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone says 4,138 people in the county have tested positive for coronavirus. Bellone also says 409 people are hospitalized due to coronavirus, with 139 in the … Continue reading →

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Where Were You Lee Zeldin?

Posted on March 27, 2020 by David Posnett

In the March 19 issue of the Western Edition of The Southampton Press, the A section is devoted to articles about the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on Suffolk County and Southampton Town. There are quotes and statements from Governor … Continue reading →

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How to Handle Food and Groceries Coming in to Your Home

Posted on March 26, 2020 by David Posnett

  Watch a doctor demonstrate how to safely bring groceries home during the coronavirus crisis.  This is very useful!  Specially the latter half starting at 5:00 min.

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The Way Forward: Testing for Antibodies to Coronavirus

Posted on March 26, 2020 by David Posnett

If we only knew who had developed immunity to the virus.  Immunity may occur in someone who had the virus (either with symptoms or without), got better and developed IgM and IgG antibodies.  We know that happens.  If you are … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 in Suffolk County

Posted on March 25, 2020 by David Posnett

Patch.com just published the latest local figures for Suffolk County as of yesterday and they were obtained from the official  county site here: conf. cases deaths population 2017 cases per 1000 people * Islip: 395 333700 1.183697932 Huntington: 358 203276 … Continue reading →

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Immune Response in COVID-19 Leading to Disease Resolution

Posted on March 24, 2020 by David Posnett

This is a fascinating little paper in the medical journal Nature Medicine.  It is written by an Australian group arguably the top leaders in the field of antiviral immune responses. It describes a 47-year-old woman from Wuhan, Hubei province, China. … Continue reading →

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Magic Wand Needed!

Posted on March 23, 2020 by David Posnett

If it were possible to wave a magic wand and make all Americans freeze in place for 14 days while sitting six feet apart, epidemiologists say, the whole epidemic would sputter to a halt! Here is another coronavirus curve (from … Continue reading →

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