by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Jan 6, 2024 | COVID
The last missive I wrote was right after Thanksgiving and things were relatively quiet. Not any more, not by a long shot. This month, with all the holiday visiting and the new JN.1 variant and the indoor time we now have tons and tons of cases, lots more...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Feb 1, 2023 | Oldster
How old are you? 68 and a half. I love that half. Everything I feel about aging stems from being a cancer doctor. For 35 years, I spent every working day in the presence of people doing everything in their power to live one more year or see one more...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Apr 17, 2022 | COVID
No question our BA.2 Omicron bit-of-a-surge is happening in the Northeast, and soon other parts of the country. The fact that BA.2 is sooooooo transmissible means Covid is once again playing havoc with our plans and our daily lives.The good news is we’re not seeing a...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Apr 10, 2022 | COVID
Building The Plane While We Fly It, Part 706 Our lull in the middle of mild storm clouds continues. In Massachusetts the number of cases has ticked up a bit. The number of people in the hospital is stable and a fraction of what in was in January (like 200 vs 3000) ....
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Mar 27, 2022 | COVID, Uncategorized
Will It Cripple Us Again? Weare still in the middle of a wonderful Covid lull but there’s probably some storm clouds gathering, mostly in the form of that Omicron variant called BA.2. Numbers of cases, deaths and hospitalizations are going down in the US but...