Pandemic Fatigue and Follies

Pandemic Fatigue and Follies

by | Jun 16, 2020 | Blunders on the Way to the Pandemic, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, ignoring prudence while reopening the economy, Pandemic Management, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, President Trump, The Prehistory of our response to COVID-19, the uncertainty of ignoring pandemic prudence

  In retrospect the admonition to “Beware the Ides of March,” is not an exact fit for the explosion of COVID-19 in America, but close enough. The 15th of March has a long history of being a bad day. In ancient Rome it was both a religious holiday and the day when...
Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2020

Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2020

by | 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...
Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

by | Feb 7, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Featured Post, Impeachment Hearings, Medicare For All, political polarization, Politics, pre existing conditions, President Trump, Social Determinants of Health, The President's Trial in The Senate, The Triple Aim

  7 February 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   What’s Next?   The Valley News, my local newspaper, serves me in two ways, if it is delivered. Delivery has been erratic over the last six months since the delivery man, “Sonnie,” got mad at someone in...