CMO Covid Blog Orange County Natural Antibodies “Get No Respect”

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Natural Immunity- The Rodney Dangerfield of Covid “When I was born the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father, “I’m very sorry. We did everything we could…but he pulled through.” “My mother had morning sickness AFTER I was born.” Rodney Dangerfield was born Jacob Cohen in New York in 1921.…

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Quantitative Antibody FAQ’s Orange County

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Since the blog last week advising antibody counts to help predict vaccine failures, we have had many questions. Let’s answer a few now. -Caduceus and PDQ Urgent Care and More can draw the counts during an office visit of any type or at their draw stations. Due to high demand, we have specific times we…

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Antibody Quantitative Testing- Orange County CMO Covid Blog

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In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around  I’ll stand my ground And I won’t back down.  Tom Petty  Let’s present the actual real-life case of a Caduceus married couple I will call Donald and Daisy.  (It’s real except their names of course.) They are both in their 60’s. Both were vaccinated in Feb/March (the brand isn’t important). Being fully vaccinated, they assumed they were safe to travel to the…

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CMO Covid Orange County Blog- Shares his story

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It was 3 PM on my second day in the hospital–Christmas Eve- and was due to have a half hour IV infusion of Remdesivir for my Covid pneumonia.  I looked up at the IV bottle. It was a dark glass container, looking identical to an upside down Kahlua bottle. More bothersome – there were three…

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CMO Corner- Orange County Covid Updates for December

Did you know Flintstone Vitamin D is only sold in one city in the United Arab Emirates? Citizens in other cities refuse to eat them. But Abu Dhabi Do! As the Covid numbers spike, I feel it may be time for a little humor…yes, I know what you’re saying…very little! There are three questions I am continually asked,…

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CMO and Caduceus Covid-19 Coronavirus Team August Updates

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I’m not looking to fight with youFrighten you or tighten youDrag you downChain you downOr bring you downAll I really want to doIs discuss Covid with you Ok, so we took some liberty with Mr. Dylan’s poetry.  It’s time to look at the path we have traveled the last five months.  We began Covid testing March 11,…

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NOW OFFERING ORANGE COUNTY MODERATE/HIGH COMPLEXITY COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY TEST-

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OK, another game….Let’s pick something “low” complexity, and then counter with the first “high” complexity thing we think of…Ready?? Low complexity……..floating in your pool on a rubber raft.High complexity…taking on Class V rapids in the Grand Canyon. Got it? Easy huh? OK OK let’s do a few more… Low complexity…driving a Kia to the grocery store.High complexity…driving…

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Covid 19 Universal Antibody Testing

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An Important Message from Our CMO  If you have been following our blogs since the Covid-19 pandemic started, you know our mantra: Test.Test.Test. If you are concerned you have Covid-19, it’s the swab. If you think you’ve had it, it’s the antibody blood test. For possible proof of immunity, it’s the antibody. In doing over 1,500 antibody tests over the last…

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Antibody Testing.. Fact or Schiznick??

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Since there are no sports to entertain us, let’s play a new sport we can do from our homes….we call it “Covid FACT or SCHIZNICK??”  Ok; we COULD call it TRUE or FALSE but what fun is that? We will make a statement about Covid and you have to figure out if it is FACT..a…

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COVID 19 ANTIBODY TESTING- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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Since March 1st, we have evolved— -First there was no test available for Covid 19.– Then came the nasal PCR swab PCR to show us evidence of the live virus.-And now, antibody testing has arrived.  Depending on your age, you can hear Roseanne Roseannadanna in the distance. I know a lot of you are asking, what is an antibody…

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