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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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Booster Confusion
As COVID cases continue to decline in the US, while rising in some other areas in the world, a lot of attention is being placed on COVID...
William Miller, MD
Mar 21, 20223 min read
Healthcare Staffing Shortage Remains a Challenge Across the US
On October 4th, I reported on the national shortage of healthcare workers and how this affects us locally. Six months ago, when I wrote...
William Miller, MD
Mar 14, 20225 min read
Endemic versus Pandemic
We are hearing a lot of talk about how we are now in an endemic and no longer in a pandemic. What does that really mean? From a...
William Miller, MD
Mar 7, 20224 min read
COVID Pandemic on the Decline
While there are a few hot spots still in the world where death rates from COVID are climbing, the overall national picture is one for...
William Miller, MD
Feb 28, 20223 min read
A New & Bright Future for Sherwood Oaks
Sherwood Oaks Nursing Home in Ft. Bragg has undergone a change in ownership and management that is expected to significantly bolster the...
William Miller, MD
Feb 21, 20223 min read
Dialing Back COVID Restrictions
On February 15th, the California wide mask mandate is expiring. This allows people whose vaccinations for COVID are current to be...
William Miller, MD
Feb 14, 20224 min read
Why the Seismic Discussion is Important
On February 3rd, a community forum was held to discuss how we should address the seismic compliance requirements for our hospital. This...
William Miller, MD
Feb 7, 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
Rethinking the Numbers
If prior respiratory, viral pandemics are any indication, we should expect this pandemic to begin to fade over the next year. The 1918...
William Miller, MD
Jan 24, 20224 min read
Community Outbreak Continues in Mendocino
The number of new COVID cases continues to rapidly rise throughout the county. This has significantly affected many local businesses,...
William Miller, MD
Jan 17, 20224 min read
North Coast Cases on the Rise
Active cases of COVID in Ft Bragg and the immediate surrounding communities have risen to about 100 from 52 active cases just ten days...
William Miller, MD
Jan 10, 20226 min read
Surge in Local Cases
As we start off the New Year, we are seeing a significant increase in COVID cases throughout Mendocino County and here on the Coast. ...
William Miller, MD
Jan 3, 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
Sherwood Oaks Faces Mounting Challenges
The national healthcare staffing shortage continues to be particularly hard felt at Sherwood Oaks, our local nursing home in Ft. Bragg. ...
William Miller, MD
Dec 13, 20213 min read
Lives versus Livelihood: The Cost of COVID
We can all feel the pinch. Favorite watering holes have gone out of business. We can’t comfortably travel like we used to. Supply...
William Miller, MD
Dec 6, 20213 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
New COVID Treatments on Horizon
A new antiviral treatment that helps suppress replication of the SARS-2 virus is likely to receive Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by...
William Miller, MD
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Local COVID Survivor Tells Her Story
Teresa Vaquera is a lovely, 78 year-old woman who lives in Ft. Bragg, California. She is a grandmother who has 13 grandchildren and 28...
William Miller, MD
Nov 15, 20214 min read
Future of Sherwood Oaks Nursing Home Uncertain
Sherwood Oaks is the local, privately owned nursing home in Ft. Bragg with 79 licensed beds and currently 39 residents. Like so many...
William Miller, MD
Nov 8, 20213 min read
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