by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 19, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The two currently-approved COVID-19 vaccines use a technique called messenger RNA (mRNA) that could lead to cures for cancer and many other diseases. In 2005, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania discovered that mRNA could be injected to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 28, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
We now have three apparently safe and effective vaccines to help stop the current COVID-19 pandemic. The latest estimates are that the pandemic will not end until 70 to 90 percent of the North American population has some degree of immunity (JAMA, 2020;324(8):732)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 22, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Infection with COVID-19 comes primarily from breathing air in indoor spaces where people with the coronavirus have been, and the more virus you breathe in, the more likely you are to become infected. • Some people appear to be super contagious, and we don’t know why....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 8, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The only way that scientists are going to end this current pandemic is to develop vaccines and immunize enough people to reach immunity in about 75 percent of the population from the vaccines or by having been infected with the disease (Science, June 23, 2020). To...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 5, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
As businesses and activities are re-opening, many people have decided to relax their precautions to avoid infection with COVID-19. If you are a person who is at high risk for complications from this virus, I believe that you should continue to be on guard. You are at...
