Bianco Primary Healthcare Blog
Am I “High Risk” For A Sever Case of COVID-19?
Those individuals that are at higher risk for worsened symptoms, complications or death are those that are age greater than 60 years, those with obesity, high inflammatory markers (CRP or ESR), heart disease, lung disease (including smokers), diabetes and high blood...
How Deadly is COVID-19 And How To Avoid Getting It
The good news here is that the virus is not very deadly from an epidemiological standpoint. The overall death rate (including asymptomatic patients) is certainly less than 1%. That means if you get this virus you have greater than 99% chance of surviving!! I will take...
Do Masks Work To Stop The Spread of COVID-19?
How effective masks are against COVID-19? This question seems to be a major topic these days with a lot of “experts” touting the effectiveness of masks and most major stores now requiring their use. The answer to me is “it depends”. The “evidence” in favor of...
What are IgG antibodies? How does this Covid-19 antibody test work?
When our bodies see a foreign invader (coronavirus in this case), our immune system mounts an acute/immediate reaction through IgM antibodies to eradicate the problem. Once the infection is gone the IgM antibodies are no longer produced and do not linger in the blood....