Medscape Blogs - Dr Judy Stone

• The Gridiron Club Dinner Was a Predictable Superspreader Event Relying on people being "thoughtful about their own risks and the risks they pose to others" is absurd and throws the vulnerable under the bus.
  Medscape Blogs, April 13, 2022
• Run Into a Rabid Animal? What to Know Rabid animals are a summertime hazard. Here's how to protect yourself.
  Medscape Blogs, April 11, 2022
• On the Receiving End of Care It's better to be giving care than receiving it.
  Medscape Blogs, April 05, 2022
• Politicians Overrule Board of Health's Medical Officer Politics trumps science once again.
  Medscape Blogs, March 17, 2022
• COVID and the Holocaust Comparing mask and vaccine requirements to the Holocaust reveals a shocking ignorance about history.
  Medscape Blogs, February 01, 2022
• Some Prisoners Face Risk for COVID From the Community Two years into the pandemic, prisoners are still not being cared for adequately.
  Medscape Blogs, January 13, 2022
• CDC's Isolation Guidelines Are Inadequate The cynics among us doubt that this was based on evolving science but rather suspect that it was in response to pressure from the airline and other industries.
  Medscape Blogs, January 05, 2022
• COVID Misinformation From the Top Offers False Cheer Most vaccinated people will not die from catching COVID at family gatherings, but how much risk are we willing to take?
  Medscape Blogs, December 30, 2021
• Travel Bans: The Latest Security Theater Partial travel bans discriminate and may drive the truth underground.
  Medscape Blogs, December 03, 2021
• Composure Despite Antisemitism and COVID Politics One doctor and author shares how her parents' experiences in concentration camps inspire her to remain equanimous amid a politically divisive pandemic.
  Medscape Blogs, November 15, 2021
• Transparency in Communications Is Essential for Trust Trust is built on transparency. But when hospitals hide information, fear and doubt run rampant and the community suffers.
  Medscape Blogs, October 04, 2021
• State Government Penalizes Vaccinated by Rationing Regeneron Why should vaccinated people be penalized for doing all the right things?
  Medscape Blogs, September 23, 2021
• GOP Governors' Hypocrisy on COVID Endangers Their Citizens Hypocrisy reaches news heights as a Republican governor bans and restricts COVID vaccines and mask mandates. An ID specialist takes a look at how duplicity is feeding election coffers.
  Medscape Blogs, September 01, 2021
• EpiPen: Price-Gouging of Essential Medicine An infectious disease specialist is seeing red after experiencing price gouging of essential medicine firsthand.
  Medscape Blogs, August 26, 2021
• Politics Trumping Science Is Increasingly Disheartening As political parties battle across America over COVID health policy, one ID specialist feels helpless -- and her frustration is growing.
  Medscape Blogs, July 30, 2021
• Even ID Specialists Can Get Tick-borne Diseases Tiny arachnids are rearing their heads once again. This infectious disease doctor finds out the hard way how dangerous ticks can be.
  Medscape Blogs, July 13, 2021
• Muddled About Masks The maskless masses are growing as the Delta variant spreads. Is the CDC making a mistake relaxing mask mandates?
  Medscape Blogs, July 01, 2021
• My Body, My Records The hurdles of red tape one doctor had to jump over to get her own medical records.
  Medscape Blogs, June 02, 2021