Healthcare
COVID-ATTRIBUTED DEATH RATES ARE WRONG Yes. Absolutely true. The exact number of deaths attributable to the COVID-19 virus is unknown. The numbers that we see every day (and that number is now over 75,000 in this country) are tabulated from reported data, primarily...
COVID-19 WILL NOT COME BACK IN THE FALL You heard me right! It will not come back in the fall. This is fake news spread by the current administration and picked up by the mass media. WHAT? you ask. How can that be? Well, it’s actually a trick question. The virus will...
A lot of talk lately has centered on who is to blame for the spread of COVID-19 in the US. Some on one side of the issue blame the administration for ignoring the threat, acting slowly, acting late or using the wrong tactics. Others, on the other side of the issue...
So, there are Governors in several states that are opening up their economies this week. They insist that they are going to do this in stages, following CDC guidelines and will monitor for spikes in the disease so that they know if they need to dial back those...
CAN THE VIRUS LIVE IN THE AIR? Can COVID-19 be transmitted in the air? Should we be concerned that there may be a COVID testing center near you, or that someone had just used the gas pump that you are now using? The best thoughts now are that the COVID-19 virus is...
PREPARATION! PREPARATION! PREPARATION! I was struck at the news conference on Wednesday during the debate about COVID-19 and what to expect in the fall. What struck me was that the argument centered on how strong or even if it “will come back”. Excuse me? The question...
A common question when looking at the healthcare recommendations is: Why have we shut down the country for a virus that is going to kill 60,000 people, but we don’t for other things like traffic accidents that killed 39,000 people in 2019? I was outside yesterday...
HYDROXY-CHLOROQINE TESTS We can expect to see some of the results from the early HCQ tests in the next week or so. Preliminary reports (and these are still just anecdotal) are that there will be little if any significant results found. Unfortunately, with desperate...
Amie and I walk the dog almost every day. It is a highlight of our calendar (well maybe the scotch at happy hour is more highly awaited), and a chance to get away from the news. Our conversation today centered on the production of vaccines and on how we will be able...
There will be sufficient time in the next few years to analyze the decision processes that occurred during the lead up to and explosive expansion of the COVID-19 infection in this country. The current discussion has led me to look back at my previous posts. Below...
I am trying to get a sense of how “reopening the economy” will play out. Here is a list of some basic questions to ask yourself in order to try to get a feel for how you, yourself will reenter society. (if anyone wants to fill in answers and reply, I will try to...
I guess this description was inevitable, but here goes. You have probably heard the term thrown around a lot lately and you will certainly hear it more and more as the new serologic tests and plasma treatments become more common (sorta neat huh, that you now know what...