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 […]
Florida’s Covid Winter
Twenty-seven thousand dead. That is the estimate of the Institute of Health Metrics at the University of Washington for the number of Floridians dead by Covid through the end of 2020. Their guess: by New Year’s twice as many Floridians will be dead of the virus than now. Has IHME been accurate? Pretty much. As […]
Does Winter Kill? (11/28/12)
Tis the Season? “This is the winter of our discontent” writes Shakespeare. More than discontent – actual demise. New data analysis performed at UCLA looked from sea to shining sea – 1.7 million death certificates across the U.S. The figures demonstrated that no matter whether you live in cold or warm climates, American cardiovascular deaths […]