Coronavirus Update

3/13/2020:  The most significant fact presented at the news conference was the low incidence of positive tests on those with respiratory conditions in Italy.  If I heard correctly, it was 2-3%.  This means that the coronavirus was an infrequent cause of “flu and cold” like symptoms of people seeking testing.

It also has been reported that early testing on ship staff had false positive testing.  This means that they did not at the time have symptoms nor later developed symptoms.  The test reported they had the virus, but no disease symptoms.

Bottom line:  We are still in the learning phase with a pandemic of this new virus.  I think this is a great dress rehearsal should something more severe occur.

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Dr Lanny

Medical doctor, concluded his clinical practice of orthopedic surgery so more time for research and development in cartilage healing. As an orthopedic surgeon he was one of the pioneers in arthroscopic surgery. He has published scientific articles and textbooks, as well as lecturing internationally. His present avocation resulted from a period of incapacity following rotator cuff surgery after which he spend time doing one hand putting. This lead to interest in design of putters and a study of PGA tour player's putting. This resulted in publishing "There is More to Putting than Meets the Eye" with his now friend and partner former PGA tour player, Howard Twitty. He holds more than 40 US patents related to medicine and more than 20 in golf. The most notable to date in medicine is the motorized instrumentation for arthroscopic surgery. In golf, the IP most likely to have an impact is a novel golf grip that enhances the players performance. His Christian up bringing influence remains the focus of his life. He has written several manuscripts, one of which is "A Physician looks at Scriptural Healing." Because of his many diverse interests, he is often asked, "What are you up to now?" The purpose of this BLOG is to regularly answer that question.
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