Treatment of Severe COVID Illness

A Pediatric Rheumatologist’s Approach to Severe COVID-19 Illness Severe life-threatening and life-taking COVID-19 illness has been devastating for many patients and families. More successful treatment is desperately needed. [1, 2] In this article a pediatric...

Vaccine Concerns

Are SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Safe, Effective, Necessary, and Wise? Before embarking on mass administration of a vaccine, it is best to demonstrate that such vaccination is adequately safe, effective, necessary, and wise. Although the currently available COVID vaccines may...

Interview with the Human Immune System

An Interview with the Human Immune System Regarding COVID Vaccines As a pediatric rheumatologist, I have developed great respect for the human immune system. To me, it seems astonishingly competent and fascinatingly clever—perhaps wiser and more reliable than...

Spiritual Appreciation of the Human Immune System

A Scientific and Spiritual Appreciation of the Human Immune System A COVID Prayer The first inhabitants of Africa and North America intuitively appreciated the gifts of the natural world—all living things, including the tiniest insects; the rivers, lakes, and...

Marek’s Disease—A Cautionary Tale?

Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic, Is Marek’s Disease A Cautionary Tale? Note to Reader: On March 28, 2021, I originally posted the essay that appears below. Since then, Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche has helped the medical community to realize that the Marek’s disease...