Lavidge just sent a press release about my book, TO BE OF USE, which was released yesterday. We are already hearing back from several media outlets. This is the formal beginning of the marketing campain, and this is my first blog. I will be sending out something weekly regarding the book itself, responses that I have received, other noteworthy observtions, and commentary. I will also answer questions. I plan, if there is sufficient interest, to set up a real time chat format for those who want to have an interactive experience with me about the book or anything else that is appropriate. 

     One thing I will not do is practice medicine, so please do not submit personal medicadl questions. 

     My comment for this week regards the current frenzy over the various Coronovirus vaccines and the potential problem of dealing with people who are vaccine averse. I believe that, as time goes by and we see evidence of the benefit of the vaccines and the rarity of side effects, this problem with become managable. Certainly, we have just experienced a period of public disregard for science, data, and facts, so it should be no surprise that this might spill over into the issue of vaccine acceptance. We have seen the devastation associated with reliance on political views and emotional responses instead of science. Now it is time to return to reality and take appropriate measures to end this nightmare.