by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Nov 1, 2021 | COVID
Numbers in the US continue to improve: cases flat or falling in 40/50 states. Deaths are down to “only” 1400/day, with about 12 times as many deaths in the unvaccinated as in the people who had already gotten their shots. More in the good news category: seven...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Oct 25, 2021 | COVID
Look at what I wrote in May: “Cases are fantastically lower in many parts of the US. I mean, there’s still 37,000 cases a day which is horrible but it sure is better than the 237,000 after Christmas.” Today: “Cases are definitely lower in many parts of the US. I mean,...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Oct 18, 2021 | COVID
Last month I spent eight days in Ireland. I did a nice “Insider Bus Tour of Ireland” with a local Irish-owned company called The WorldTour. It was great. I chose Ireland carefully. I chose Ireland because their Covid management has been excellent, because they have an...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Sep 13, 2021 | COVID
Covid Delta surges continue to torture many states. While in some places the number of cases is starting to level off, hospitalization numbers remain insanely high. Covid hospitalizations continue to overwhelm health care workers and systems. It’s still overwhelmingly...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Sep 7, 2021 | COVID
Another day, another set of headlines about surges. And schools. And schools. And surges. Covid Delta surges seem to last around 6–8 weeks. They are ramping up horribly in some new states (South Dakota, Ohio, Idaho, Maine) — but are slowly declining in Missouri,...
by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | Oct 18, 2020 | COVID
Hi, I’m back as Robin-Schoenthaler-the-Boston-cancer-doctor-who-writes-about-Covid. (And it’s okay with me if you want to share.) Today I’m going to talk about thinking about Covid science when we think about Covid risk. As we enter into fall/winter there is...
