Do Glasses Protect Against COVID?
Dr. Baxter talks this week about Herd Immunity, and 2 studies: one regarding COVID deaths and another that looks at a link between wearing glasses and protection against the coronavirus.
February 24, 2021
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News Updates from Dr. Baxter Feb. 17, 2021
Rather than live-streaming each Wednesday, I’m going to answer a question that’s come in, and give an ‘inside-scoop’ look into the exciting life of an Entrepreneur In Pandemic! This week: Why we think schools are safer from COVID than FLU and A Week in the Life
February 18, 2021
Herd Immunity by March?
A new article says that children are less likely to catch and spread Covid-19. Their viral load might be the same, but because sinuses do not develop until later in life, the ACE2 receptors are far less numerous.
February 10, 2021
COVID Mutations, Slow Vaccine Rollout & “Jumping the Line”
In her first video of 2021, Dr. Baxter covers the realities of a massive vaccine rollout. Is the COVID Vaccine roll-out as slow as we think it is? Are people jumping the line? What role might children’s hospitals play in vaccinating large numbers of adults? What about those new strains? These questions and many more, answered.
January 6, 2021
Who Will and Won’t take the COVID Vaccine and Why?
New research from The Journal of the American Medical Association (“JAMA”) covers concerns people have about taking the recently approved COVID vaccines. Dr. Baxter discusses several of these concerns.
December 30, 2020
Herd Immunity in Graphs & Charts. Not a Rosy Picture. Time to Change a Variable
Adult needle fear and fainting are public health threats that could defeat herd immunity. People are dying from COVID-19.
December 23, 2020
Reaching herd immunity in this “currently vaccinating era” – Math Class In Session!
Reminder when thinking about the numbers: divide the number of available doses by two because this is a 2-dose vaccine.
December 17, 2020
You’ve been EXPOSED to COVID, what now? Your quarantine questions answered
CDC guidance on isolation and quarantine. Isolation: you are sick or test positive and keep away from others. Quarantine: you keep away from others IN CASE you get sick or contagious.
December 11, 2020
COVID mysteries unlocked; Herd immunity math; Home exercise pain relief.
Dr. Baxter discusses these topics and more: Herd immunity plan math; a new paper that unlocks #COVID mysteries; COVID home exercise pain relief.
September 2, 2020