We are hearing a lot of talk about how we are now in an endemic and no longer in a pandemic. What does that really mean? From a scientific perspective, it means that nature has…
Posts published by “Dr. William Miller”
While there are a few hot spots still in the world where death rates from COVID are climbing, the overall national picture is one for careful optimism. The indicators that matter most, hospitalization rates and…
Sherwood Oaks Nursing Home in Ft. Bragg has undergone a change in ownership and management that is expected to significantly bolster the facility. The new owners are Lucy Xie and her husband, Ron Baldwin. Both…
On February 15th, the California-wide mask mandate is expiring. This allows people whose vaccinations for COVID are current to be indoors in public without a mask. Unvaccinated persons still must be masked. This does not…
On February 3rd, a community forum was held to discuss how we should address the seismic compliance requirements for our hospital. This was sponsored by the Coast Democratic Club and included a solid line up…
Is a discussion of masks needed at this point in the pandemic? I think so for two reasons. First, unlike two years ago, there are now a huge number of different masks on sale from…
If prior respiratory, viral pandemics are any indication, we should expect this pandemic to begin to fade over the next year. The 1918 influenza pandemic caused by H1N1 went around the world in four distinct…