My middle daughter, who is 20 and a college student, attended a protest rally at the state capitol today.  My wife wouldn’t let her carpool with friends and made certain she had her mask and hand sanitizer.  Even though COVID has almost dropped out of sight in Connecticut, she warned her to keep her guard […]

I got COVID tested a couple days ago.  What I wanted was the antibody test to see if I really did have COVID back in late January/early February when I was so sick or if maybe I had picked it up later from one of my patients and was one of the asymptomatic ones.  While […]

These two graphs from the University of Minnesota show the decline of COVID hospitalizations in Connecticut. COVID-19 Tracking Project Pretty damn dramatic. Only 2% of 5,824 people tested in Connecticut yesterday were positive for COVID — the lowest percentage yet. Daily coronavirus updates: State sees fewest new confirmed cases since March; Lamont pledges financial assistance […]

Many years ago, I watched a long video of a police scene in California, where a man who was reported to be on “angel dust” (PCP), was being held down by police officers.  The officers chatted among themselves while the camera focused in on the man who was pleading for help.  I watched as the […]

If you have Amazon Prime, until June 30, you watch all 24 lectures ( all about 30 minutes) of The Black Death: The World’s Most Devastating Plague by noted professor Dorsey Armstrong for free. The lectures are part of the Great Courses series.  Many years ago, I used to order these lectures on cassette tapes.  […]

I haven’t put an isolation gown on in three shifts.   I even forgot to put a surgical mask on when I got out of my fly car yesterday to go into the Subway to buy a cold drink. (I apologized to the clerk). With the warm weather and the people back out on the streets, […]