by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 5, 2020 | Bill Gates, coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, herd immunity, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Reopening the economy, Social Distancing
During the past six weeks, but especially over the last couple of weeks as the discussion about ending social isolation has gained momentum, the nation has been united in a curious way. We are united by a shared state of confusion and a lack of clarity about...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 1, 2020 | Avoiding the Second Wave, coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Dr. Frank Gabrin, Dr. Li Wenliang, Dr. Lorna Breen, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Pandemic Management, The 2020 elections
May 1, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Too Soon For Me Goodbye to April! We began the month with about 17 million unemployed Americans and finished the month with over 30 million, or 20% of the workforce. The sad fact is that just as we are...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 28, 2020 | coronavirus, Dennis Ross, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Middle East Issues and COVID-19, Pandemic Management, political polarization, Presidential Politics, Tom Friedman, VUCA
Over the past six weeks VUCA, the acronym for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, has passed through my mind on countless occasions as I tried to think about how unexpectedly, rapidly, definitely, and devastatingly the world had changed. Almost as...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 24, 2020 | C-19, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Quality Chasm, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
April 24, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, A Fear Of Slip Slidin’ Away The changing character of the native population, brought about through unremarked pressures on porous borders; the creation of an increasingly unwieldy and rigid bureaucracy,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2020 | Atul Gawande, C-19, chronic disease management, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Pandemic Management, the difficulties of change, The World After COVID-19
Perhaps the most satisfying part of writing is hearing from you. This week I was delighted to hear from two people for whom I have great respect and some past history. One letter was a discussion of what faces us now; how and when to move toward more normal...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Covid-19, Featured Post, Finding Wisdom and Strength In the Arts, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Mary Oliver, Pandemic Management, President Trump, The World After COVID-19
April 17, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Getting Old Already, Let’s Find Ways To Persist I’m giving up the idea of offering analysis about President Trump’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is some debate about whether Abraham...