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A weekly column appearing in local newspapers and blogs. It deals with COIVD issues of interest to residents on the Coast as well as to a broader audience.
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COVID Fatigue
Let’s talk about COVID fatigue. I am not talking about the lack of energy that some people feel after having an infection with COVID,...
William Miller, MD
Jul 11, 20224 min read
COVID Omicron BA.4 & BA.5.
Reports are flying around about the two newest subvariants of Omicron, namely BA.4 and BA.5. To begin with, we should be reminded that...
William Miller, MD
Jun 13, 20223 min read
Is Omicron BA.2 a Cause for Concern?
BA.2 is a new subvariant of Omicron which was first identified in the Philippines in November. The original variant of Omicron is...
William Miller, MD
Mar 28, 20224 min read
Masks in the Age of Omicron
Is a discussion of masks needed at this point in the pandemic? I think so for two reasons. First, unlike two years ago, there are now a...
William Miller, MD
Jan 31, 20224 min read
End of 2021- COVID Updates
As our second year of the pandemic draws to a close, a few updates on where things stand are in order. Omicron, the new variant, is...
William Miller, MD
Dec 27, 20214 min read
Omicron Update
We are now just over a month since the new variant, Omicron, was identified in southern Africa. Since then, it has rapidly become the...
William Miller, MD
Dec 20, 20214 min read
The Omicron Variant
The news media has been buzzing with articles about a new COVD variant, B.1.1.529, which was first identified about two weeks ago in...
William Miller, MD
Nov 29, 20214 min read
The New Delta Variant
Like all viruses, the coronavirus that causes COVID is constantly mutating. Most of these mutations have no effect on the virus. However,...
William Miller, MD
Jul 5, 20214 min read
Update on COVID Variants
There has been a tendency to name epidemics after where they were first discovered. An example is calling the 1918 influenza pandemic the...
William Miller, MD
May 31, 20214 min read
COVID Variants
Just when we started to think we were getting on the other side of this COVID pandemic, now we are hearing about it mutating. Is that a...
William Miller, MD
Mar 1, 20215 min read
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