As the COVID-19 pandemic rages in our various cities, it is important to remember that as of today there are no proven effective therapies. Still it is very difficult to watch people die despite your care. With about a thousand lives already lost to SARS-CoV-2 in the United States, everybody is scrambling to find therapeutics […]
Travelling In The Time of Novel Coronavirus
January 1 2020 After all the well wishes and reflections with family and friends upon the arrival of a new year full of hope, a Leap Year at that, I plant my pepper seeds, determined to get a headstart in my garden this year and settle in for travel planning. I’m off from work for […]
Life as an Infectious Disease Consultant
It’s been almost two years since I pondered over my career path. The job search was just something else. Juggling different priorities to see which opportunity would meet all the needs and most of the desires was not easy. 2009 was just so miserable. Truly. *Shudder* When I signed that three-year contract to work “in […]
Superbug Sweeps through US media
The news waves are overflowing with reports that “the new superbug” which originated in India has reached the US shores and is “gaining ground”. Here and here. I don’t mean to downplay anything but I’m just a tad annoyed. So let me count the reasons why: First, it was bound to happen. Microbes are smarter than we […]
Rainy Day Reading
What else is there to do on a rainy day but read? Over on WSJ we learn 10 reasons doctors get burned out. It is written by a surgeon about surgeons but I think most other doctors will agree it rings true for them as well. Yet even though I agree with many of the […]