Harlan Gallinger, MDa day ago4 minYoung Children are Less Susceptible to COVID-19 Transmission & to Spreading COVID-19The research is very consistent across the globe that young children appear to be less susceptible to acquiring COVID-19, not only in the...
Harlan Gallinger, MDJun 241 minResearch demonstrates benefit of 1 meter physical distancing, benefit for 2 meters is questionableIf hospitals and long term care facilities would be "High Baseline Risk for Infection," (Blue line) schools would be Low (Green line) or ...
Harlan Gallinger, MDJun 201 minDenmark schools distancing 3 feet and cases continue to decrease!Wanted to share this information in case you haven't seen it. Denmark reduced the distancing guidelines for schools to 1 meter. Element...
Harlan Gallinger, MDJun 182 minFacemasks have not been shown to decrease transmission of respiratory viruses in childrenAfter the SARS outbreak in 2003 (which was also a coronavirus that originated in Asia), there were many studies that looked at respirator...
Harlan Gallinger, MDJun 105 minOp-Ed I wrote that Seattle Times which refused to publishWe need to admit that these 3 months of education have by and large been a failure for a majority of students across the state of Washing...
Harlan Gallinger, MDJun 22 minWhy doesn't Washington have a plan?Our schools have been closed for almost 3 months and our state still does not have a plan to reopen. Why not? Please challenge your Leg...
Harlan Gallinger, MDMay 312 minAsk the Seattle Times to ask our leaders the hard questions!Seattle Times and other local media needs to be challenged to ask different questions about school closures and serology testing. The ar...
Harlan Gallinger, MDMay 291 minEmergency Care is Essential!Heart attacks did not just stop happening with the advent of COVID-19, yet we are not seeing them present to our emergency departments. ...
Harlan Gallinger, MDMay 292 minWhy is the WA Attorney General going after small businesses?It seems that this approach is more politically motivated to sensationalize the news, rather than a collaborative approach to figure out ...
Harlan Gallinger, MDMay 291 minMy Proposal for Phased Re-Opening of Our SchoolsOn April 10, 2020, I sent a letter to state Superintendent Chris Reykdal and Governor Inslee asking for them to consider re-opening our s...