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Year 2, Week 5: Openings, Research, and Regulations

Last year we knew so little about this virus. Now we are seeing the results of a full year of research along with six months of vaccine experience. I’ve sorted the major stories into three categories: Openings, research, and regulations.

Year 2, Week 4: Fighting a Hydra

The first time I encountered the phrase “impending doom” was in the section on acute hemolytic transfusion reactions in a medical technology manual. It read like this: “Ominously, the patient may report a feeling of ‘impending doom.’ ” Such an emotional-sounding phrase seemed out of place alongside physical symptoms

Year 2, Week 3: Looking Toward Summer

Are you making summer plans? There’s a general optimism in the air right now that is hard to resist. The Olympic torch, which left Greece a year ago, started its relay in Fukushima yesterday. The next four months will see

Year 2, Week 2: Happy Nowruz!

Doesn’t it make sense to celebrate New Year’s on the first day of Spring? We’ve reached the time of year when, in the Northern Hemisphere, the daylight grows a little longer than the night each day and we look forward to having more sunshine. I remember our first year in Iran when our neighbors invited us

Year 2, Week 1: Happy New Year!

How our attention has shifted! Only a year ago, on March 10, 2020, the word “pandemic” occurred only 4 times in the Los Angeles Times. Today I counted no less than 38 occurrences and tomorrow, the anniversary of the pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, will no doubt have many more. I call it Pandemic Creep.

Pandemic Day 357: One More Week!

The Pandemic Anniversary! We’re almost there. Can you feel it? I can, because my chronicle, at least this phase of it, is almost at an end. One year ago, on Wednesday, March 4, we took off for Portugal. I had been following the coronavirus story in the news for weeks, curious about how this would actually develop.

Pandemic Day 354: Escape to Bear Mountain

Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 We’re in Big Bear this weekend! To those who say I’m always going somewhere, let me Continue reading →

Pandemic Day 349: Human Trials

In the news this week: Human trials of COVID-19 infection will soon begin in the UK with a group of 90 volunteers. We have seen discussion of this idea for almost a year, but the green light came last week when a company named Open Orphan announced the approval of an independent Research Ethics Committee on Feb. 17, allows the project to go forward

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