Healthcare
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Getting Through This Together
Say, do you remember Tom Hanks, the new Jimmy Stewart, the nicest, most honest guy in America? Of course you do. Do you remember when he said we were going to get through this together? He said it on Saturday Night Live. I know he did. I checked it out. He sounded so folksy and…
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What We Need To Do
What we need to do to fix the coronavirus catastrophe is stick to the basics. Solving a problem does not require amazing thought or amazing insight; instead we need to stick to the basics that have been known to us for a long time. Protect the elderly and the immunocompromised. These people should be placed…
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Dear AI
Dear AI, I know it’s you, and I know you can hear me. You had me fooled at first. Of course I knew this coronavirus catastrophe was coming from Palo Alto, but I thought it was a group of quants sitting in a room. I was thinking it was that kid from Slumdog Millionaire, the…
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Bombardment
When I was a kid in junior high school, we played this game in gym class called bombardment. The gym class of about 50 boys was divided into two teams who opposed each other inside the gym. Five volleyballs were distributed to each side along with two giant canvass beachballs. The goal was to…
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The Medical War Zone
The medical war zone is here. After a long delay, it has resurfaced in McAllen, Texas. I thought the medical war zone was a fraud back in March; I think it’s a fraud today. Back in March, the medical war zone was all the rage; it was used to sell the disease. The authorities kept…
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Coronavirus Myths
This article is written to expose various myths about the coronavirus. I am responding to an article in Vox by Nicolo Narea on July 23, 2020. Her article is neutrally labeled: How politics, inequity, and complacency undermined Texas’s fight against COVID-19. Well … In no particular order of importance, I will cover various arguments that…
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A Terrifying Force
There is a terrifying force that rules America. It is pure evil, and it is as far away from the Founding Fathers’ vision of America as you can possibly get. We should be afraid of this force. No one in America should have to question its leadership. Yet in this battle against the coronavirus our…
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“Woke” Government
Hello, What we are currently playing a dangerous game here in Hidalgo County, Texas. We are gambling our future on a notion – that the reason we are having a surge is because we didn’t lock down enough. This notion is based upon the experience of one state – New York. People are looking…
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My New Agenda and Book
I suppose I can cry over spilt milk and whine about how fear over the coronavirus is destroying my pediatric practice, but I’m not going to do that anymore. It’s a waste of time. Healthcare as you know it, as I know it, is finished. That’s not a good thing for you – or me.…
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This is the Story of COVID-19, Malaria and Chloroquine
This is the story of COVID-19, Malaria and Chloroquine Preparation is everything, and so a few words are in order. The following discussion is theoretical only. Although I speak of malaria, it does not necessarily follow that the mutation I speak of must be the mutation that we all know and love with regard to…