Summaries of a few pieces of coronavirus related research.
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The emerging economic and associated harms of the extreme mitigation measures are horrendous.
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Heard enough about flattening the curve? Well too bad, because here are some more thoughts.
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The current mitigation measures are predicated on some big bets that may not pay off.
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What, another break from coronavirus to talk some other aspect of health care, in this case Medicare Advantage membership following open enrollment.
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A new study casts doubt on the efficacy of current social distancing efforts to prevent virus spread.
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Past epidemics haven't been handled like this.
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Antibody testing could allow for easing of shutdown measures and would give comfort to health care workers and first responders.
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Sometimes you just gotta speak up, and we all should, whatever our perspective.
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A report from Accenture finds that digital health adoption is stalling.
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Some updated coronavirus numbers may or may not give us some sense of likely outcomes or trends.
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The response to the coronavirus epidemic is revealing the flaw of relying too much on experts in any one field.
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A few new items that may help you better understand issues related the epidemic.
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The process by which decisions are being made in regard to the coronavirus crisis is antithetical to democracy.
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About this Blog
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.