My COVID Journey

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What percentage of people who had COVID-19 produce neutralizing antibodies?
2. What percentage of people who did not get tested but think they had COVID-19 produce antibodies.
3. How long does it take to develop these antibodies?

Continue reading “Hope for immunity” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What should we do when the COVID-19 restrictions ease?
2. How can we tell if the virus is coming back?

Continue reading “The restrictions are easing, now what?” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What is remdesivir?
2. Will it work in COVID-19?
3. Why is there so much hype for medications that ultimately turn out to be ineffective?

Continue reading “What is remdesivir and will it work?” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What’s happening on the front lines?
2. How is the way doctors treat COVID-19 changing?
3. Is it working?

Continue reading “Good news from the front lines” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What is convalescent plasma?
2. How does donating plasma help?
3. Will it help for COVID-19?
4. What are the potential problems?
5. Why isn’t this happening everywhere?

Continue reading “My plasma donation journey” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. Is this almost over?
2. What has to happen to get us back to normal?
3. When will that be?

Continue reading “When will this all be over?!?” →

Continue reading “Pregnancy and COVID-19” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What are the different types of tests for COVID-19?
2. How are they different?
3. What can they detect?
4. What are potential problems with the tests?
5. Can I trust the results?
6. Should I take a home COVID-19 test?

Continue reading “What’s up with testing for COVID-19?” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. If you recover from COVID-19, can you get infected again?
2. If you can get infected again, after what period of time?
3. What about reports in the news of people recovering but then getting reinfected after a short period of time?

Continue reading “Can you get COVID-19 again?” →

This post will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What is the biggest risk factor for dying of COVID-19 that is being overlooked?
2. How can you protect yourself from dying in future pandemics?

Continue reading “Who has the highest risk of dying from COVID-19?” →