Death focuses the mind but deeply distresses politicians. Especially when their actions can be blamed for unnecessary deaths. Deaths from Covid-19 already are a political football. Expect the situation to progress with obfuscation, disinformation and eventually outright lying to take center stage. There is a way to cut through the BS: calculating excess deaths. For […]
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. […]
Coronavirus Public Health Blog – Hype or Hope?
Which of these contentions is true: It’s going to disappear. One day – it’s like a miracle – it will disappear. Peak cases in the U.S. will occur in the next four weeks. We have it totally under control. It going to be just fine. This epidemic will peak in the summer, recur in the […]
Coronavirus Public Health Blog 4.5.20 – Why Are Symptoms So Varied?
Viruses go everywhere. Viral symptoms can happen in any organ, and produce elements like fever that are system wide. Fortunately, your immune system works often brilliantly in every part of your body. That’s why in Vo, the only town in the West where everyone was tested for Covid-19, 3% were found to be infected at […]
Coronavirus Public Health Blog 4.3.20 – Measuring Mortality
Death focuses the mind. It also brings forth propaganda. Consider the death case rate for Covid-19. It has became a matter of comparison, even competition, between governments, letting some crow they’ve done a better job. South Korea certainly has. It’s widespread testing and nationally coordinated response engaging high use of integrated data makes their numbers […]