Many patients tell me “I just want this thing to be over with.” They “can’t stand this any longer.” The virus is not listening. COVID has upended much of modern life, but it already possesses a “long tail.” This “devil’s prong” will continue over decades, first through statistics of death, destruction and disability, but later […]
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 […]
Covid-19 – The “Narrow View” of Public Health
Recently Admiral Brett Giroir, pediatrician and assistant secretary of Health, declared that Dr. Tony Fauci could not truly understand the national response to coronavirus: “he looks at its from a very narrow public health point of view.” Dr. Fauci did not necessarily “have the whole national interest in mind.”(https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/07/12/us-testing-czar-fauci-doesnt-have-the-whole-national-interest-in-mind/#12f86316569c) Admiral Giroir’s statement helps explain the […]