Viewing category: COVID-19 Diary of Tower Shores Dr Mike Silverman

I meet with my chief nursing officer every month or so. Here’s how I know COVID is getting better. I did not have COVID listed as an agenda item when ...

Although the US exceeded 700,000 COVID deaths this week, new cases have fallen 25% over the last 2 weeks. We are likely on the downside of the current ...

Thank you so much to everyone who left their locations for me last week. It’s unbelievable to me how this post finds it’s way around the world. From ...

If you’re a parent of a kid <12, you’ve probably heard the news about the Pfizer vaccine. The Pfizer CEO (and also the CFO) announced this week ...

As I look around the emergency department and the hospital, we are in pretty much the same place we were last week. Our hospital census (the number of ...

Although last Friday I reported that our number of Covid patients had declined compared to the previous week, unfortunately this week I must report ...

The patient told me he was extremely short of breath and felt like he was going to die. He was healthy and in his mid 30s. He’d been getting worse for ...

My first week back from vacation is always hard. I had a lot of clinical time this week and the usual admin meetings, plus post vacation catch up. ...

For the most part, I’ve been on a working staycation, so I’ve had some time to research and write. This might be a good opportunity to grab your ...

Virginia is at an 7% positivity rate. Arlington County around 4%. 5% has always been defined as the key threshold by public health officials to ...