The responses to Covid will be deemed a complete failure in at least one respect – the total lack of consideration of secondary impact of the lockdown. I rarely heard health pundits who advocated lockdown discuss thr secondary and tertiary costs. Long after it was clear hospital capacity wouldn’t be overwhelmed the public health experts …
Weighing Sweden’s Coronavirus Model The global economy needs a leader as lockdowns are lifted and countries fear a second wave if lockdowns are relaxed to quickly. The Swedish model can be that model and happy to see WHO endorsing it as a legitimate approach. The worst case scenarios never materialized in terms of Covid disease …
As we approach the end of the six week lock down in the UK and talks of extending until June, it’s time for a reality check. Below are some facts that reveal the hypocrisy of the UK lockdown. These stories are replicated in many other places (in fact in a number of ways, the UK …
COVID-19: Tackling a dual economic and health crisis https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/covid-19-tackling-dual-economic-health-crisis-rod-dubitsky
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/26/coke-crisps-convenience-how-ads-created-a-global-junk-food-generation
https://www.propublica.org/article/this-doctors-group-is-owned-by-a-private-equity-firm-and-repeatedly-sued-the-poor-until-we-called-them
84% of care home beds in England owned by private firms https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/19/84-of-care-home-beds-in-england-owned-by-private-firms?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-read-a-medical-bill-or-explanation-of-benefits-clear-health-costs/
Obamacare at Stake as Appeals Court Hears Case Backed by Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/health/obamacare-appeals-court.html
French medics warn health service is on brink of collapse On the challenges of maintaining quality, universal health insurance. Even for a country that’s touted as having one of the best healthcare systems in the world, budget and staffing challenges abound. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/11/french-medics-health-service-collapse-doctors-nurses-protest-outside-french-health-ministry-strikes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress