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Hey Pellicle did not mean to shout just making emphasis. The more people get vaccinated, the more we will hear about more breakthrough infections however perspective is still important x infections/ ××× fully vaccinated. If you are vaccinated, observe social distancing and mask you reduce your...

NOT fully vaccinated. You need your 2 shots and not only that you need time for your body to unpack the vaccine stuff, sort it out, figure it out. That's one part of the breakthrough infections that folks are not reporting

The MRNA vaccines teach the body to recognize the spike protein of the virus. If the spike mutates into say a trident. The vaccines will be slow to recognize these "new" variants. Data so faris that this virus mutates very slowly and so the vaccines are still very effective.

Not sure if this is a good idea. I was listening to CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna and they were talking boosters that have the delta variant plus. You do not want to be 4 vaccines deep by fall.

This **** is funny and it is not funny. I have a coworker that I have been slowly trying to nudge to take the vaccine. She was dismissive, all about "I take my vitamins" and would go through a list... "my immunity is good, I never get colds or flu"....would go through another list We work...

It's like Nashville Phil Valentine. I feel bad that his family is going through a rough time and he is suffering too. That said, I am angry with him that he worked hard to sow skepticism that has taken countless lives. A free vaccine that may have kept him out of hospital is going to cost him...

By the way if you fill your prescription at a national chain, you can go in and ask for an emergency dose. I went out for a long weekend drive and realized that I left my warfarin, called 24 hr CVS explained to the pharmacist what I needed and he gave me a 3 day dose for free. I believe he...

The government just made the obvious, obvious. I am in NYC and I can tell you March 2020 NYC was eerily empty. Business would have shut down, government or no government. Basic line is that WE are our brother's keeper. We are in it together, we suffered together and we come out together...

The reason for smallpox eradication has to more to do with the disease itself. Only a mother who loves you will care for you with smallpox. It is a devastating disease. Chance a smallpox infection in an outbreak or a vaccine. There is a 95% compliance. You only have to see a picture of a...

Hogwash! "Leaky" vaccines...The smallpox vaccine uses a live virus, protects you for about 5 years. There is booster shots for smallpox. PLEASE TRY AGAIN

The lies that people tell and stick are just out of this world. Reagan gave us Welfare Queens, Today its illegal voting. This is garbage. How much is welfare as a % of the national expenditure? It is in the same ballpark as voter fraud to the general election. It is wasted change...does not...

What people seem to forget is that just like you cannot with certainty predict who is going to die from covid-19. You can only generalise and that is because immunity is a very person specific thing. Some people have a robust immunity others do not. Where you come from, what your ancestors...

Viral mutations are nature like skin colors and hairs on humans. They happen for any number of reason because it is DNA stripping and recombination...anything can happen to proteins. Viruses are particularly notorious to mutations and shifts. We could have a mutation that kills off virulence...

So here is the deal. If you are on 5mg, you can tell your physician that you take 7.5mg or do the song and dance, If necessary, report lower INR and say you have upped your greens and be placed on higher dose. Your doctor will write a refill at your new dose. I am on a 7.5/7.5/5 schedule. My...

Hope all is going well and you are firmly on the recovery track

Can we stop worrying about INRs too much. INR take days to move once you are in range unless you have gastrointestinal issues. Below 2.0 is kinda not ideal and but you have a few days to bring it up, adjust dosage about 10-20% of your weekly dosage and retest in a week. Above 5.0 okay that's a...

Problems of the first world and those of the third. A meter is just as useful as the ability to get regular and unexpired test strips. One without the other does not work.

If it's hard to find meters, would strips be easy in RSA?

The procedure is usually to start bridging under 2.0 and skip a dose before the procedure that would give you about 16 hours period before the procedure, some healing time and restart the same time you had your last dose that's 24hrs without bridging and you also restart Warfarin. Most...

The only thing to be aware of is that if they do remove polyps. They have clips to seal the snips and they do reduce bleeding but bridging takes care of your coagulation so you will experience some bleeding. I had my procedure at 1.7 INR and I started back warfarin and bridging the evening...