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 […]
Covid-19 – A Badge of Honor?
Recently, President Donald Trump declared having achieved more Covid-19 tests and cases than any other country provides America “a badge of honor (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52733220). ” If 100,000 deaths (it’s actually more – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-rest/202004/brief-note-coronavirus-deaths) is a “badge of honor,” will 200,00 or 300,000 deaths mark a “return to greatness?” Sadly, the statement demonstrates an administration conceptually incapable to […]
Coronavirus Public Health Blog 4.19.20 – What You Don’t Know Can Kill You
Parents teach their children not to run in front of speeding cars. To survive a crisis, you learn from those who handle it well. As of today Taiwan has had six deaths from coronavirus, South Korea 234. Both learned from previous lethal coronaviruses, SARS and MERS. Both have robust public health structures where epidemic response […]
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 3.29.20 How to Not Get Sick: the Issue of Viral Load
Who gets sick? Much of Covid-19’s prevalence, severity, and lethality may have to do with viral particles you are exposed to – the issue of viral load. Very little is written on this subject because it is difficult to study, but we can learn a little from studies on flu (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676262/). In one frequently cited […]