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18 May 2022: State of COVID in LA County

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Post published:May 18, 2022
Post category:May 2022

It is increasingly difficult to ascertain the contours of the COVID-19 epidemic / pandemic / endemic event in Los Angeles County due to profound shifts in how the Health Department collects and tracks testing data. Until…

3 May 2022 Blog Post: On Roe v. Wade

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Post published:May 3, 2022
Post category:May 2022

Yesterday’s leaked Supreme Court majority opinion on overturning Roe v. Wade is, once again, an example of politically appointed officials without public health training making public health decisions. We saw this in the early days of…

May 2022 Newsletter

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Post published:May 3, 2022
Post category:May 2022

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28 April 2022 Blog Post: Dissecting Headlines

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Post published:April 29, 2022
Post category:April 2022

Percentages make great headlines, like this one from Fox News Los Angeles, blaring “COVID cases in LA spiked 62% in the last week” (link: https://www.foxla.com/news/covid-cases-in-la-county-spiked-62-in-the-last-week), but readers should demand additional information. As Hans Rosling points out…

Another rare virus puzzle: They got sick, got treated, got covid again

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Post published:April 27, 2022
Post category:April 2022

Shortly after he served on a jury in March, Gregg Crumley developed a sore throat and congestion. The retired molecular biologist took a rapid test on a Saturday and saw a dark, thick line materialize —…

26 April 2022 Blog Post: On Paxlovid

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Post published:April 26, 2022
Post category:April 2022

During medical residency training, much of your time (especially during internship year) is spent ‘presenting’ cases, first to your more senior residents and then to attending staff physicians. This process is, at its core, storytelling with…

19 April 2022 Blog Post: Different States, Different Standards

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Post published:April 19, 2022
Post category:April 2022 / Uncategorized

My blog posts generally tend towards more “sciency”, statistically based observations and viewpoints so today’s will be somewhat of a departure. What follows will be somewhat of a departure - but there will be mathematics at…

April 2022 Newsletter

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Post published:April 1, 2022
Post category:April 2022

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29 March Blog Post : Much Ado About BA.2

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Post published:March 29, 2022
Post category:march 2022

Goodness, you’d think that BA.2 was fast upon us based on press reports. Granted, moving forward cautiously does make sense - particularly since the pandemic to date has consisted of a series of spikes and lulls.…

18 March 2022 Blog Post : On COVID Deaths

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Post published:March 18, 2022
Post category:march 2022

Death is never comfortable to talk about, but as we approach 1 million US deaths from COVID-19 (now at 969,000), it is instructive to look at mortality due to SARS-CoV2 infection. Conceptually I break the pandemic…