I have checked many bags at Hobby, luggage and skis. Want to wait an hour for your stuff? Fly to IAH…..

(Written on 01/14/2022)(Permalink)

Absolutely! I am a frequent flyer to Houston for my job. Hobby is the best for getting into and out of an airport. Plus, they have a cool little tribute between the main terminal and the international terminal to Howard Hughes. As I was born in 1963, my memories of him were of the neurotic shut-in. It is nice to see something highlighting his contributions to commercial aviation.

(Written on 01/14/2022)(Permalink)

I live in CO but I work in TX as an ER doc. I have flown throughout the pandemic. I can assure you, the folks who fly the DEN-HOU or DEN-IAH route with me are all well behaved. I would stress remembering our media thrives on salaciousness and clickbait. A majority of your fellow citizens are polite and compliant with air crews. In fact, yesterday, a majority of them joined me in thanking the aircrew as we disembarked…

(Written on 12/17/2021)(Permalink)

“Personal responsibility” has too long been a stick that Repub voters club other ppl with. Given that a significant majority of antivaxxers and anti maskers, as well as 1/6 insurrectionists, are white, the issue isn’t “personal responsibility”, it is entitlement. I just admitted a 70 plus year old man with Covid. His daughter stated we were not to use either remdesivir or dexamethasone in his care, two drugs proven to help Covid pneumonia. Fortunately, she did not threaten to sue us to force us to use ivermectin. He was already taking it and, surprise, it didn’t work. Isaac Asimov wasn’t the first to note that Americans equate ignorance with expertise, he is just remembered for saying it best

(Written on 12/17/2021)(Permalink)

I am perpetually amazed that the same folks that think a baker can refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding don't think an airline can ban them for refusing to comply with company policy. Those same people seem to be the same ppl who think the 1st Amendment, which prohibits THE GOVERNMENT from infringing on speech, also applies to business.

(Written on 04/30/2021)(Permalink)

I was in the Moderna phase 3 clinical trial. I got my shots in August and September. Since then, I have continued to commute from Colorado to Texas for my job as an ER MD, where I take care of Covid patients. I wear a mask. Masks have been clinically proven to reduce risk of transmission of Covid to another person by 46% and personal risk of acquiring Covid by 23%, source NEJM. We do not give anyone with Covid HCQ, no study has shown benefit and several have shown INCREASED mortality with HCQ use. We do use decadron and remdesivir and, at my hospital, I have ordered several infusions of bamlanivimab for high risk Covid patients. I have TWO coworkers that got Covid twice. In fact, studies are now showing that the risk of recurrent infection is as high as 10%. So, while I am happy the CDC is showing that airline travel is safer once you’ve been vaccinated, the truth is, airline travel during the pandemic is safer than going to a restaurant or a bar. Ppl get Covid by breathing in aerosoliz

(Written on 04/09/2021)(Permalink)

Your doctor is an idiot, then. Recurrent Covid infections are not rare and there is no evidence for virus induced immunity 6 months after a previous infection.

(Written on 04/09/2021)(Permalink)

HCQ does not work AND it is contraindicated for use with remdesivir. So, in a nutshell, your hero Trump was NOT given HCQ when he almost died of Covid in October

(Written on 04/09/2021)(Permalink)

Exactly....a few years ago, an "emotional support" animal almost bit a phlebotomist drawing blood on their human being seen in my ER. A service dog would not have reacted.

(Written on 12/04/2020)(Permalink)

When someone shows up in my ER with an "emotional support" peacock.....and, yes, it happened....

(Written on 12/04/2020)(Permalink)