THE STAY WELL BLOG

Do you think COVID vaccines are safe? Probably, yes, because you’re reading this article. And you happen to be right. We now have concrete research from France, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , that proves not only that COVID vaccines are safe but that they reduce your risk from dying from all other things, too. Of course, there are folks who do not believe this. I know you’re shocked by that (not), but they might want to chime in on this, too. S

Before I tell you about a very interesting study involving an over-the-counter spray and how it might prevent you from getting COVID, I’d first like to chime on the anti-science sentiment around Washington, D.C. I am a physician and a researcher. For about 30 years, I tested medications as part of my practice, including Azithromycin (a commonly used antibiotic), Lipitor for cholesterol, Fosamax for osteoporosis and a number of other medications. So I am a seasoned observer a

Vaccines save lives. Smallpox was eliminated from the world because of vaccines. It killed roughly 200 million to 500 million people worldwide in the 1800s and continued until immunization against it became widespread. When English physician Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox immunization in the late 1780s, it took decades before people believed in it. Don’t get me wrong, the first vaccination had lots of problems, but so did smallpox. Now, let’s go on to childhood i