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I am George
I was in a Covid pt's room this weekend and he was having trouble hearing me, so I removed my mask. He already has Covid, we know masks...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Feb 1, 20212 min read


Thank you, Essex County
Today, I went to the Livingston vaccination site (the Sears store in the Livingston Mall and shown below), where I received my second...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Vaccines, vaccines, vaccines...
Is one dose enough? Maybe. We don’t know, of course, since the phase 3 or clinical efficacy trials gave each subject two doses (Pfizer...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Jan 24, 20215 min read
See Forum - Unprecedented Times
I have been asked what is the motivation for the restriction of HCQ only for use in Covid pts. If we have a Covid pt who is already on...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 24, 20202 min read
Unprecedented Times
It’s official. Jersey Medicine is dead. It’s physicians, sheep. By a unanimous vote, the Saint Barnabas Pharmacy and Therapeutic...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Finish it
Let's finish strong. Vaccine are being given to HCWs and first responders throughout the land. I wasn't alive then, but this campaign...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 22, 20203 min read
All things currently Covid
Epidemiology: Covid all but disappeared in NJ over the summer and well into the fall. Then, pts started coming in early November, a lot....

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 16, 20203 min read
Ok, let me explain some things
I understand more than anyone the frustration of severe Covid. I, therefore, give a wide berth to those whom I don't really know, who get...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 16, 20204 min read
Beginning of the End
A few days ago, the data were released on China's Covid vaccine, made by Sinovac and called CoronaVac. This Covid vaccine had to be...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 12, 20202 min read
What about the mRNA vaccine?
There are several different vaccine approaches, mRNA vs. viral vector vs. subparticle vs. inactivated whole virus vs. attenuated virus....

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Vaccine Data
The vaccine data to date shows that they are very effective. Hopefully, this ends the debate on masks as they end the pandemic. The...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Taiwan's Amazing Control and f---ing Masks.
Donnie and I have been chatting about Taiwan's remarkable control of Covid. Taiwan has as many people as Australia and has only 700 Covid...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Dec 3, 20203 min read
Big Brother and your healthcare
As mentioned, I never saw the politicization of a pandemic or any of its treatments coming. I realize I am a little naïve about things...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Nov 27, 20203 min read
Hate bother you, but...
As I sit here in my study, I reflect I how got here and the mist…missteps I have made. During these past 9 months, I have tried to help...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Nov 21, 20203 min read
Ok, ok, already
if you are interested in being prescribed HCQ for whatever reason, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, malaria treatment, malaria prophylaxis,...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Nov 3, 20202 min read
HCQ Survey - lack of interest
24 people responded to the HCQ survey. And a few of those aren't interested in taking HCQ. Unless a few hundred show interest in taking...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Oct 27, 20201 min read
Does anybody remember laughter?
Led Zeppelin asked this question in a similar time perhaps. I am pretty sure I forget it from time to time. If I had any friends, you...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Oct 22, 20201 min read
Masks and Breathing
"Hi Dr. Smith.... so, I do my best thinking while sewing... and this question just occurred to me... are people’s oxygen saturation (?)...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Oct 22, 20203 min read
New, Improved HCQ Survey
I corrected the Google Form so that each question is optional. I meant to do that to begin with, but screwed it up. Anyhow, the new...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Oct 20, 20201 min read
A few things about HCQ -
The Brazilian study was highly flawed and they used CQ or chloroquine, not HCQ. CQ and HCQ are quinolines, a class of drugs (btw, not...

Dr. Stephen Smith
Oct 20, 20204 min read

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