How do you fix a disaster? Start over the right way. As of today, America is on course to have a million cases of COVID a week. That translates eventually to 10,000 dead a week – the equivalent of four 9/11s every seven days. Add in the social mixing of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. […]
COVID-19: Telling Nature What To Do
You’re certain an asteroid will strike the United States. You even know where. On January 28h, 2020, your Deputy National Security Advisor explains it could kill hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions. It may wreck the economy for years and diminish national power for decades. Your response is to do nothing. You tell the public “things […]
Combating Covid Anxiety
Feeling anxious? Join the club. People are not just worried about this pandemic, but the next. Take a look at the National Center for Health Statistics survey of anxiety and depression in this country ( https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/mental-health.htm). In late April about a third of U.S. adults had symptoms of depression and anxiety – 40.2% for those aged […]
Coronavirus Public Health Blog 4.23.20 Defending the Right to Infect
Life was strange. Now it’s bizarre. Isn’t it odd the number one nation in the world for Covid-19 cases and deaths (the U.S.) also has the most demonstrations against lockdowns working to prevent them? Not really. Especially when you find out who’s organizing them. The conundrum is perhaps most simply understood studying a single photo. […]