August 20th, 2021
By Dr. Scot Goldberg, MD
We have had plenty to say here on this blog about Covid-19. We’ve covered plenty of angles from encouraging people to get vaccines, to remembering not to neglect your “other” (non-covid related) health, to myth-busting and more, and I wanted to add some current thoughts. As we have seen this continues to be a fluid situation with the Delta variant now being the dominant strain and causing serious problems around our country. There are still too many people who have not been vaccinated and the CDC is set to approve booster shots soon for those who have.
So what do you do?
Well, for starters we still can’t emphasize enough how important it is to get the vaccine if you have held out up until now. We still feel strongly about this. The vaccines are indeed safe and effective. But beyond that we also say maintain a cool head and get back to the basics that we were using before there was a vaccine – washing your hands, using common sense with social distancing, using a mask indoors perhaps – just make good choices while we’re in this surge.
We also want you to read what we feel is an outstanding article published this week on KevinMD.com. It goes into some detail about the Delta Variant and the vaccine, but there is no slant here. No politics – this isn’t a big media source – just a doctor writing it, in fact a psychiatrist with some really interesting insights on this. We encourage you to digest what is said here and share it with whomever needs to hear it from any standpoint. That includes people who follow the science and those who don’t trust it. Democrats, Republicans, anti-vaxxers & vaxxers, anti-maskers and maskers – anyone. Let’s talk it out. Let’s help each other.
Stay safe and call us with any questions!
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