Interview with Atul Gawande (The New Yorker), includes link to Atul’s recent article on this topic.
Coronavirus
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Atul Gawande on how the U.S. could solve its coronavirus-testing mess, and what that mess reveals about the sorry state of America’s public-health infrastructure.
It doesn’t look like the Trump Adminstration has a handle on the coronavirus…better wear your mask, wash your hands, and practice social distancing! It’s up to us…
Source: The Lincoln Project
Everyone has an opinion about how and if schools should reopen for this coming school year. We’ve heard from the governors, the pediatricians, the parents, the education secretary, and the president. Everyone has a “study” and “research” to back up their claims, but unfortunately (as alway…
Excellent summary of the issues on the ground in the public schools with coronovirus.
Not wearing a mask? What’s up with that?
Today, the state of Oregon put a statewide order in effect for all residents to wear masks in public places. Governor Kate Brown took the action based on increasing coronavirus cases. I have been wearing a mask for months when I leave the house, but I almost never see someone else wearing a mask when I walk my dog in the neighborhood. Why? There is a golf course in our neighborhood, but for months, I have never seen a golfer wear a mask – until June 29th – and only one person of hundreds (and of course not practicing social distancing). Why?
Our top health experts are telling us to wear masks. Our president is not showing any leadership on this topic. Nancy Pelosi as well as Mitch McConnell are demanding action on masks. The CDC has made it clear that wearing masks can help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
If you won’t wear a mask because it infringes on your personal liberty, wear it to protect your neighbors, your family, your co-workers – from you in case you have the coronavirus. Think about it.
Boeing laid off 6,770 workers Wednesday, part of a plan to reduce 16,000 total jobs because of the rapid decrease in air travel during the Covid-19 pandemic.
5700 took the buyout, now 6770 are shown the door….
Convocast Episode 7 is out!
Just released episode 7 of Convocast, my asynchronous podcast with John Philpin. In this episode, I talk about how the coronavirus has affected my work situation.
A terrific video expressing the feelings of many at this time – when I saw it, it was at 1.2M views, today it is 7.5M views – wow!
More: TikTok channel, YouTube channel
In the social media fog of war it can be easy to lose the thread as to just how the COVID-19 crisis came to our shores and what the Trump administration did and didn’t do to respond. This timeline provides a look at the key inflection points in the crucial ten-week period where the United […],In the social media fog of war it can be easy to lose the thread as to just how the COVID-19 crisis came to our shores and what the Trump administration did and didn’t do to respond. This timeline provides…
An awesome documented timeline of the mis-steps of the Trump administration on COVID-19!