Dr. McBride I am so incredibly thankful for you and this newsletter/podcast! The news was getting my anxiety going again. This nuanced interview with two incredible doctors was incredibly helpful. Truly what we need and so grateful! If I could hug you I would.
Hi Dr. McBride, thank you for this very informative interview that presents a balanced approach to treatment and diagnosis of the respiratory illnesses that are going around right now.
I recently got COVID overseas, and it has been 4 weeks since the onset of symptoms. I was given an antiviral drug at the hospital (Molnupiravir). My symptoms lifted after about a week, with the exception of coughs. But during the last two weeks I developed new symptoms, such as extreme fatigue (the type of which wasn't there when I was first infected) and loss of the sense of taste. When I heard Dr. Doron talk about post-COVID symptoms a way that sounded like a dismissal of their direct connection with COVID, I was taken aback TBH. In my case, I have had no other health conditions or recent infections that would have contributed to those symptoms. So may I assume that I have post-acute COVID at least? Perhaps knowing it doesn't matter from doctor's point of view because there isn't a treatment protocol that gets to the root of the problem? I don't know. But to each individual who is experiencing symptoms long after the acute phase, it is concerning and debilitating as the symptoms interfere severely with normal daily activities and function. I have read quite a lot of similar cases and how people suffer (a lot more severely than I do). Is this all not real?
I’m glad I listened to the interview, as the article reads like standard CDC messaging. My understanding about masks: they’re pretty good at containing respiratory droplets, and that’s about it. Covid, (and perhaps other respiratory viruses?) is spread mainly by means of aerosolized viral particles, isn’t that correct? And even high quality masks that aren’t fit-tested, have gaps larger than the microscopic particles we’re trying to avoid, right? And since we can also catch viruses through our eyes (large mucosal surfaces) how can anyone suggest that the protection offered by masks is anything better than marginal, especially when worn for hours? I’ve read that they even fail to keep microbes off patients, when used in surgery. Is it time to really re-think masks? Is their use anything more than performative, in most cases?
Dr. McBride I am so incredibly thankful for you and this newsletter/podcast! The news was getting my anxiety going again. This nuanced interview with two incredible doctors was incredibly helpful. Truly what we need and so grateful! If I could hug you I would.
Awwww.. thank you!
Hi Dr. McBride, thank you for this very informative interview that presents a balanced approach to treatment and diagnosis of the respiratory illnesses that are going around right now.
I recently got COVID overseas, and it has been 4 weeks since the onset of symptoms. I was given an antiviral drug at the hospital (Molnupiravir). My symptoms lifted after about a week, with the exception of coughs. But during the last two weeks I developed new symptoms, such as extreme fatigue (the type of which wasn't there when I was first infected) and loss of the sense of taste. When I heard Dr. Doron talk about post-COVID symptoms a way that sounded like a dismissal of their direct connection with COVID, I was taken aback TBH. In my case, I have had no other health conditions or recent infections that would have contributed to those symptoms. So may I assume that I have post-acute COVID at least? Perhaps knowing it doesn't matter from doctor's point of view because there isn't a treatment protocol that gets to the root of the problem? I don't know. But to each individual who is experiencing symptoms long after the acute phase, it is concerning and debilitating as the symptoms interfere severely with normal daily activities and function. I have read quite a lot of similar cases and how people suffer (a lot more severely than I do). Is this all not real?
I’m glad I listened to the interview, as the article reads like standard CDC messaging. My understanding about masks: they’re pretty good at containing respiratory droplets, and that’s about it. Covid, (and perhaps other respiratory viruses?) is spread mainly by means of aerosolized viral particles, isn’t that correct? And even high quality masks that aren’t fit-tested, have gaps larger than the microscopic particles we’re trying to avoid, right? And since we can also catch viruses through our eyes (large mucosal surfaces) how can anyone suggest that the protection offered by masks is anything better than marginal, especially when worn for hours? I’ve read that they even fail to keep microbes off patients, when used in surgery. Is it time to really re-think masks? Is their use anything more than performative, in most cases?