Dr. Jon's Blog

Pneumonia can be deadly.  Many numbers of people afflicted with Novel Coronavirus will find themselves needing help to breathe.  Unfortunately, there will be a period of time in which those services are in short supply.  Normally, respiratory distress is a call to the hospital, but if...

For the past three nights I've gone live on Facebook.  In case you missed it, there are links here:

Live Video 1: 11 March 2020

Live Video 2: 12 March 2020

Live Video 3: 13 March 2020

ACE Inhibitors (i.e. LOSARTAN and LISINOPRIL)  are a class of drugs used to lower blood pressure.  Unfortunately, they come at a cost.  ACE-inhibitor use leads to an elevation of ACE2 in the tissues that present it, especially the heart.   They can increase ACE2 as much as 5-time...

"One slide in a leaked presentation for US hospitals reveals that they're preparing for millions of hospitalizations as the outbreak unfolds" (business insider)