COVID 19

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Pandemics are exhausting. I'm exhausted. But I better pull up my britches because there's more to go. So now over 100,000 cases in the USA. We're Number 1! We're Number 1! Go USA!! Sadly, this is not the occasion we wanted to be number 1, but it was inevitable. We are the largest and most democratic [Read More]

COVID-19 Update

There are so many sources of information regarding the pandemic so I will refrain from being another source of conjecture, guessing, pollyannism, or pessimism. I will have more to post in the future, but for now, let me assess that sadly there is more in front of us than behind us. We will [Read More]

Coronavirus in the United States

Coronavirus has landed in the United States. There are now 13 states reporting disease and 80 confirmed cases. Sadly one skilled nursing facility in Washington has seen 9 of it's occupants succumb to the disease. The CDC has taken some criticism for the rolling out of their test kits. Despite the [Read More]

ABOUT DR. KUMAR

Dr. Kumar’s mission is to educate the public about their health. To that end, he had a call in radio show, The Dr. Kumar Show on TALK Radio 1370 from 2003 to 2009. It received the Anson Jones MD Award for Physician Excellence in Reporting from the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Kumar has also been doing a segment on FOX 7 Austin on Wednesday mornings since 2005. That, too, won an Anson Jones MD Award. He is dedicated to the proposition that people can understand science if it is explained without scientific jargon.