Hello and hope you're enjoying the summer!   Just sending a brief note to
update you on our schedule and the latest Covid outbreak.

Our office will be CLOSED on July 4th and 5th.
Julia Jones will be taking calls for urgent needs, please call the office for contact information. Please leave non-urgent messages on our voice mail.
On the following Monday and Tuesday July 8th and 9th, Dr. Biemer and Julia will be out of the office. Dr. Miles Hassell will be covering for urgent medical problems. Our office is open and staff will be available to take calls and triage your medical needs.

A few notes about this summer's Covid outbreak. It's clearly blowing up
around the country, with over 40 states showing an upswing in cases
over the past month. The good news is it seems to be mild in most
cases, and I really am only suggesting Paxlovid if you are over 65 and
consider yourself fairly medically frail (or symptoms are severe). For most people (finally including me 3-4 weeks ago) you'll get by without Paxlovid, as it has
many drug interactions and in some cases can actually prolong your contagious
and symptomatic period with a rebound infection. The CDC has revised
its guidance again to suggest that you can be out and about after you
are clearly improving and have not had any fever for 24 hours. Usual
cautions about being in an indoor room with others apply, and it may take
several weeks for your test to become negative again.

Lastly a reminder, we'll have a second open house to say so long to
Kazumi on Friday July 12th,12-2PM. Feel free to drop in before she heads back to Japan. Otherwise, her last day at our office is July 26th. You can continue to stay in touch with her via email, kschoen@drbiemer.com after she moves to Japan.

Thanks and have a great summer, 

Jim, Julia and the crowd in Suite 863