By Andrew Dahl, M.D. Two weeks ago, there were no effective therapeutics to treat COVID-19 infection. Despite being highly touted initially, convalescent plasma is basically worthless and remdesivir may shorten the length of a hospital stay but likely does nothing for the 96+% of patients contracting the disease who, at…

Two weeks ago, there were no effective therapeutics to treat COVID-19 infection. Despite being highly touted initially, convalescent plasma is basically worthless and remdesivir may shorten the length of a hospital stay but likely does nothing for the 96+% of patients contracting the disease who, at least on initial presentation…

Do not count on a COVID-19 vaccine making a family Thanksgiving or a big Christmas dinner safely possible until 2021. Although we are hearing from various sources that a vaccine will shortly be available, let me tell you the reasons why this is an impossibility. · The effort and progress on vaccine development has been truly remarkable and unprecedented, given that the virus was first described only nine months ago. However, we are far less than half of the way to an immunized population in the United States.

Here is my interpretation of the only data currently available regarding the use of convalescent plasma in the treatment of COVID-19. 1) 35,322 patients with COVID 19 were given at least 1 unit of convalescent plasma “treatment” during the period April 4 through July 4, 2020. …

The AMA is a Believer in Pervasive Victimhood The American Medical Association (AMA) has ceased being a medical organization designed to provide autonomy and authority to physicians. Instead, it is just another media organization which has joined the vast majority of the American press in disparaging America, not recognizing the…

Andrew Dahl: What Every American Needs to Know about Black Power W. Kanau Bell is the producer of the CNN Series, “United Shades of America.”. He recently wrote a piece called “What Every American needs to know about White Supremacy.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/opinions/united-shades-white-supremacy-kamau-bell/index.html I have written this as a rejoinder, recycling some…

When a man believes that he is on the verge of drowning in a raging river, he will reach for anything that is floating nearby, including a ravenous crocodile. Instinct and fear easily overcome any semblance of rational thinking. This is exactly what recently occurred when the randomized clinical trial…

The COVID-19 news of the week has been dominated by the “tremendous news” and “ground-breaking development” regarding the 60-year-old drug, dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, whose use was found to reduce deaths in extremely ill COVID patients. The study, part of the RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) clinical trial by 165…

Beware of language when looking at COVID statistics Headlines abound daily regarding the “number” of “COVID deaths in nursing homes.” In order to understand the wide variations in these numbers in the press, one has to be aware of the absence of universal definitions and the complexity of language used. …