by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 29, 2021 | ACA, Biden's Use of Executive Orders, Build Back Better, Covid-19, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality in Healthcare, Pandemic Management, Polarization in America, Public Health, rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
January 29, 2021 Dear Interested Readers The First Week of Building Back Better Reveals That We Have Much To Do From what I read in the papers, the president has been very busy cleaning up after the last occupant of the White House. Elizabeth...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 12, 2021 | Build Back Better, Covid-19, culture wars, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Joe Biden and the Future, Polarization in America, Riots in the Capital, The President's COVID-19 Infection, Zoonosis
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the Oxford Languages “word of the year” for 2020 was “pandemic.” There was so much change in our language usage in 2020 related to the COVID experience that Oxford Languages which is the parent organization of the Oxford English...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 6, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump, Presidential Politics, The President's COVID-19 Infection, the uncertainty of ignoring pandemic prudence
A prelude written after reflecting on this this post I doubt that there is any information in this letter that will be news to you. My guess is that everyone who might read this letter is aware of the events and issues that it covers. These days we all...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 25, 2020 | "Caste." Racism, 2020 Presidential Debates, Angus Deaton and Anne Case, Blunders on the Way to the Pandemic, Covid-19, Featured Post, ignoring prudence while reopening the economy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Pandemic Management, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, The 2020 election, The de emphasis of public health, Trump's to efforts to name a third Supreme Court justice.
September 25, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Milestones, Grief, Continuing Misery, and Rage I wish that Justice Ginsburg’s death had not coincided with the passing of the milestone of 200,000 deaths in this country from COVID-19 because it has been...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 18, 2020 | and healthcare, Boston Medical Center, Covid-19, George Floyd, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality in Healthcare, Public Health, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health
September 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering the Message of Caste in the Context of These Times One of the benefits of retirement is the time to participate in book groups and other gatherings of older folks who are still interested in a wider...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 15, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Authoritarianism, Covid-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Public Health, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
Summer is fading fast into early fall where I live. I have already had a few roaring fires in my fireplace as overnight temps slip into the high thirties. Our fireplace has an elevated hearth where I enjoy sitting as I soak up warmth from a primeval source that...
