I am perpetually amazed that the same folks that think a baker can refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding don't think an airline can ban them for refusing to comply with company policy. Those same people seem to be the same ppl who think the 1st Amendment, which prohibits THE GOVERNMENT from infringing on speech, also applies to business.

(Written on 2021年04月30日)(Permalink)

I was in the Moderna phase 3 clinical trial. I got my shots in August and September. Since then, I have continued to commute from Colorado to Texas for my job as an ER MD, where I take care of Covid patients. I wear a mask. Masks have been clinically proven to reduce risk of transmission of Covid to another person by 46% and personal risk of acquiring Covid by 23%, source NEJM. We do not give anyone with Covid HCQ, no study has shown benefit and several have shown INCREASED mortality with HCQ use. We do use decadron and remdesivir and, at my hospital, I have ordered several infusions of bamlanivimab for high risk Covid patients. I have TWO coworkers that got Covid twice. In fact, studies are now showing that the risk of recurrent infection is as high as 10%. So, while I am happy the CDC is showing that airline travel is safer once you’ve been vaccinated, the truth is, airline travel during the pandemic is safer than going to a restaurant or a bar. Ppl get Covid by breathing in aerosoliz

(Written on 2021年04月09日)(Permalink)

Your doctor is an idiot, then. Recurrent Covid infections are not rare and there is no evidence for virus induced immunity 6 months after a previous infection.

(Written on 2021年04月09日)(Permalink)

HCQ does not work AND it is contraindicated for use with remdesivir. So, in a nutshell, your hero Trump was NOT given HCQ when he almost died of Covid in October

(Written on 2021年04月09日)(Permalink)

Exactly....a few years ago, an "emotional support" animal almost bit a phlebotomist drawing blood on their human being seen in my ER. A service dog would not have reacted.

(Written on 2020年12月04日)(Permalink)

When someone shows up in my ER with an "emotional support" peacock.....and, yes, it happened....

(Written on 2020年12月04日)(Permalink)

Good on you! The mask is a public health issue, not a political statement.

(Written on 2020年07月31日)(Permalink)

HIPAA is a law designed to safeguard medical communications and that's it. An airline is not covered under HIPAA, except as an employer dealing with employees.

(Written on 2020年07月31日)(Permalink)

As a doctor, I can tell you the HIPAA law prevents me, as a doc, from discussing your medical care without your consent. It does not bar the airlines from asking YOU to prove your medical exemption. In fact, the ADA doesn't either. The ADA requires public entities to provide reasonable accomodation for disabled folks, but not private businesses. Nor are those private businesses expected to provide any accomodation outside of proof of disability. If you have a breathing condition outside of anxiety that makes mask wearing difficult, you are at a higher risk of Covid complications and have no business leaving home, let alone sitting in a plane.

(Written on 2020年07月31日)(Permalink)

LOL, we have 4% of the world's population and 30% of the Covid deaths, and even those are undercounted.

(Written on 2020年05月23日)(Permalink)