I participated in a research project this week, testing a home COVID antibody test. I had to do it while being watched via a zoom link by a study monitor, as well as answering a series of questions about the test. Here’s how it went. The package came in the mail. After opening it, I […]

Connecticut continues to have low rates of COVID-19.  Our state only has 56 patients in the entire state hospitalized with COVID, we are averaging only 2.2 new cases of COVID per day per 100,000 people.  Our testing rate is 0.8 % positive for a rolling ten day average, 0.6% over the last three days.  Our […]

From 2012-2014, I kept up a blog called A Paramedic’s Guide to Take out in Hartford.  I haven’t updated it since then, but am considering doing so.  In the meantime, I came across this old entry called Bizarre Foods Hartford, and since all five restaurants are still operating (open for carryout), I thought I’d post […]

Every year on the 4th of July we have a big party at my house. My brother and his family come up from New Jersey. I grill steaks, ribs, burgers, fries, chicken, and also cook fish, scallops, shrimp and sometimes lobster, as well as corn, zucchini, and mashed potatoes. “The tribe,” as my wife calls […]

  The Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition is passing out free wrist bands which say “Don’t Run Call 911.”  The bands also list their phone number 860-888-5931.  One of their harm reduction workers gave me a bag full of them to pass out.  Now after treating an overdose, and giving my harm reduction spiel — […]

I just had my second COVID-19 test.  This was part of a study of health care workers at my hospital to see how many front line providers might be infected.  It comes a little late as infections are way down here in Connecticut.  Our positive testing rate (not infection rate) is less than 1% and […]