Is The Herd Coming?
Earlier this year, when the coronavirus first started to spread, almost nobody was immune. With no resistance, the virus spread quickly across communities around the world. The numbers suggest the virus is slowing down now, but at the same time, we can still see flareups and hotspots. What will it take to stop the virus […]
The Path to Global Immunization
Humans have been very fortunate to have been protected by vaccines for more than two centuries. The path to get from the identification of an infectious disease to have an effective vaccine is complex, to put it mildly. The issues include research and development, testing, procurement of dependable funding, scaleable manufacturing, equitable distribution, assured safety, […]
The Future of Flu Vaccine
It seems we like to shorten a name to make it more friendly: Rosemary becomes Ro, Timothy becomes Tim, and influenza become the flu. As I enter my fourth day with the flu, I can attest there is nothing friendly about it. I am hardly alone. My wife has it also, and there are more […]
Cancer Moonshot 2020
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiung is an amazing human being. A simple list of his accomplishments would fill this blog. Among many other things, he is leading an five-star group of companies, institutions, and scientists in an initiative called Cancer Moonshot 2020, announced in January 2016 in a White House Memorandum. The Cancer MoonShot 2020 Program is a comprehensive cancer […]
Synthetic Vaccines
A fellow student in the healthcare doctoral class I am currently taking — Community Health and Epidemiology — posted some thoughts and research about flu vaccinations. His post reminded me of my 2 years, six months, and 22 days in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971 during which time I received many vaccinations. (I […]
