Welcome to Dr. Pate’s
health care blog
My prescription for change
It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
For the past two months, I have been warning of a likely 4th surge of coronavirus cases in Idaho, likely to occur by late March or sometime in April. I have been pleading with our local school districts not to bring back more students to school than can be successfully distanced given the CDC’s predictionContinue reading “It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better”
No, We will not have Herd Immunity by April
Dr. Marty Makary is a brilliant physician and communicator. I am a fan. However, he just wrote an Opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal entitled, “We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April.” He could not be more mistaken. He points to the significant decline in cases, his projection that 55 percent of Americans have naturalContinue reading “No, We will not have Herd Immunity by April”
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
