As I read through legislation(s) recently passed in an effort to keep the economy stable, support small business, and in the most recent legislation support health care entities hit hard by COVID-19, I am struck by the focus on the here and now without regard to the reality that this represents a single pandemic and […]
Author: janwesterman
Mass Testing for COVID – 19
Controversy abounds over this topic. Smaller countries that subscribed to this process early on seemed to have gained control of of new cases as they isolated patients with positive tests but no symptoms (around 50% of those testing positive. Keeping these asymptomatic patients quarantined controlled the increase in new cases. South Korea was successful in […]
Social Distancing-A luxury
Very interesting to see that social distancing still favors the wealthy. Going to catch some heat for this post. Reading the Wall Street Journal article on prior generations experiencing pandemics as a routine part of life leaving them better prepared (less anxiety, fear, and panic) than we are now. Discussion about The Colera epidemic effecting […]
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More or less government involvement in healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Wall Street Journal Articles today reviewed the plans by Democrats to use the pandemic to argue for increased government involvement in healthcare. Interestingly, another article discussed the reasons for Italy’s systematic failure in addressing the beds/population statistics which have been defined by the government. The UK has opted to adopt a delayed approach and plans […]