Over the past few weeks, we have heard in the media how countries have differed in their responses to COVID-19. South Korea was noted for being “ahead” of the US in their successful efforts to contain the spread. However, even when the spread is contained, how fast can people go back to “normal”? On April … Read more
“What happens when a nation systematically cuts or underfunds its public health workforce? We are seeing an answer to that in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping across the United States.”
“I’ve started to refer to the time before this as peace time. Because this feels like a war.”
A compelling investigative reporting piece on what happened with the testing failure in this country, something that in the end historians will note caused many needless deaths. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/03/coronavirus-cdc-test-kits-public-health-labs/?arc404=true
This website gives the predictions of when each state will reach its peak, assuming full social distancing. It outlines how many hospital beds are needed, how many beds are available, and how many ventilators will be needed. https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html
Interview with Yale Epidemiologist and specialist in microbial diseases suggesting that 50-60% of people who are infected don’t exhibit symptoms at all – really puts things in perspective — and, means that many of us have probably already gotten the virus or are carrying it right now. This interview really speaks to the sheer amount … Read more
“We found that countries without universal policies of BCG vaccination [against tuberculosis], such as Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States, have been more severely affected compared to countries with universal and long-standing BCG policies,” noted the researchers led by Gonzalo Otazu, assistant professor of biomedical sciences at New York Institute of Technology. Warning: This … Read more
This article uses the concept of ‘moral injury’ to provide insight into the mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify approaches to help prevent negative impacts on their mental health.
In an article published in The Lancet by physicians from China, they discuss the challenges and effects in the comorbidity of mental health illnesses along with physical illness, in this case specifically COVID-19. In addition, the piece discusses the social difficulties that are experienced among residents including stigma as well as general inability to access … Read more
