by Dr. Gene Lindsey | 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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 5, 2020 | coronavirus, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Featured Post, General James Mattis, George Floyd, Inequality, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partnership, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, the difficulties of change
June 5, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Never Been This Late Before Many times during my practice life I would try to have a conversation with a patient about some change in lifestyle or a choice that they might make to avoid some future...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 2, 2020 | chronic disease management, Covid-19, Economic inequality, Featured Post, George Floyd, Governor Charles Baker of Massachusetts, Inequality in Healthcare, Kerner Commission, Martin Luther King Jr, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, pre existing conditions, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Riots of 1967, Social Determinants of Health, The World After COVID-19
There is a certain wisdom in Yogi Berra’s observation that, “It is deja vu all over again.” When I was practicing I would frequently have that thought as I was trying to manage a patient with a chronic disease. Whether the problem was CHF, poorly controlled...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 19, 2020 | Atrius Health, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare as a Right, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Resilience, The World After COVID-19
How long has it been since you felt comfortable standing less than six feet from someone who is not a member of your household? As you look forward to Memorial Day this coming weekend or past that to the Fourth of July, or Labor Day, is it possible for you to...
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...