COVID Update: The CDC Strikes (Idiotically) Again, Excess Deaths, and a Ray of Hope.
The CDC came out yesterday with an update of their definition of what defines a "close contact": https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/m...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Oct 14, 2020
- 6 min
COVID Update: NYC & The World, Flu Shot & Co-Infection Concerns, Reinfection with Possibility of ADE
There has - rightfully - been a lot of focus on the upcoming election, but I figured an update is overdue. And I feel good after I was...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Is it Social or ANTI-Social Responsibility? Balance, NOT Judgment, is Key.
I am WELL-aware I am not perfect; in fact, far from it. But you know what? Neither is anyone else, which is one of the very few...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
Comorbidities & COVID: Nothing New, People. Once. Again.
For the love of all that is good in this world, can people STOP trying to dig and twist and find new ways to try and undermine the...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 29, 2020
- 4 min
Abbott's New Rapid Test: Let's Pump the Brakes a Bit on the Excitement.
I have seen frequently on my social media feed the excitement surrounding Abbott's new rapid test. And clearly the markets agreed, as...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
CDC Guidelines Gone Wrong... AGAIN.
The CDC has updated their guidelines for the public throughout this pandemic, and I think most of us can agree their recommendations have...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
Flu and COVID: Hope for this Upcoming Flu Season?
You have probably read or heard the following regarding COVID multiple times, including this snippet from the CDCs official website about...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 19, 2020
- 3 min
COVID and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
A slightly more practical post for today. One thing I highly recommend and have discussed with my residents, other attendings, and even...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 17, 2020
- 3 min
Immunity and Tongue Piercings. Yes.
Back in college, I used to have 3 piercings: Left ear cartilage Left eyebrow Tongue. For reals. I considered additional piercings - those...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 13, 2020
- 2 min
Scott Atlas Shrugged: A Dystopian Reality
We are living in a country that continues to deteriorate more and more into, and eerily feels like, the dystopian society depicted by Ayn...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 8, 2020
- 7 min
Please Stop and Reflect On Your Own Shittiness as a Human Being.
Please people, stop being shitty human beings to one another. And yes, this is likely to be another TL;DR post for some, but I do not...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Aug 6, 2020
- 2 min
As the Beirut Explosion Demonstrated, It Is NOT What It Is.
"It is what it is." Imagine if, as your physician, I told you, yes, your loved one died, but we tried our best so "it is what it is"....
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jul 31, 2020
- 5 min
Stella Immanuel: Licensed DOES NOT EQUAL Qualified.
If you are part of the TL;DR crowd, then 🤷🏽♂️. If not, here are some of my - knowingly unsolicited - thoughts: People do not want to...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
Science Works.
New York State has an overall 1% daily positive test rate for COVID-19. New York City, one of the DENSEST cities in the country, sits...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
The World is Insane.
I am so tired. For days now, I have been trying to write something, anything. I have drafted multiple posts. But each time I neared...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jul 2, 2020
- 5 min
Two Different Pandemics: EU vs US.
Time for a post. And warning: this is going to be BY FAR my most political one yet. I know it has been a while since I posted about...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
Kindness is My Only Birthday Wish.
Birthday request: Be kind and love your fellow man. Wear a mask. If you say Black Lives Matter and do not wear a mask, you are a...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
Early Reopening: Some States are Dumb.
I don't usually link to articles like this, but this pretty much sums up the mentality of a not-insignificant minority of the population...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
COVID is NOT Over.
It's too hot and humid to be overly eloquent so gonna keep it short and sweet: COVID-19 has not gone away just because it is no longer...
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Manoj Dalmia MD
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
Asymptomatic and PREsymptomatic Infected: NOT THE SAME.
The WHO is full of irresponsible idiots. They, amongst many others, have consistently made reckless statements throughout this pandemic....
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