Is This Coronavirus Epidemic The Big One?
When a friend asked me if this was the big one two weeks ago, I was not sure. Today I can answer: Yes. This is a big one in terms of lives that will be affected and lost, and economies destroyed. But… …
Hydroxychloroquine Is Ineffective In Treatment Of Patients Hospitalized With Covid-19, According To Small Controlled Trial From Shanghai
Results from a controlled clinical trial from China on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 have shown no significant differences in health outcomes between the control group and patients who received the experimental drug. Thirty patients hospitalized for Covid-19 …
Study Shows Hydroxy Chloroquine Is Ineffective Against Covid-19 — So What Now?
Results from a controlled clinical trial from China on the use of hydroxy chloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 have shown no significant differences in health outcomes between the control group and patients who received the experimental drug. Thirty patients hospitalized for …
Terrified of Quarantine? Here’s What It Actually Looks Like
There have been many unfortunate moments in America’s quarantine history, from the forced confinement of Typhoid Mary to the barbed wire strung around parts of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the midst of an outbreak of bubonic plague. But quarantine in the time …
Wondering What A Coronavirus Quarantine Is Really Like?
Quarantine is an often disquieting term. From the mid 1300s to today, the word has evoked images of the sick and defenseless being dragged from their homes and locked away with dozens if not hundreds of potentially infectious strangers. The reality in …
Coronavirus Mismanagement Is Risking American Lives
It is now clear that the U.S. response to the potential dangers of the coronavirus infection is inadequate, confused, and—worst of all—putting us all at much greater risk than we need to be. Our first mistake was in choosing to develop our …
Solving The Coronavirus Identity Crisis: A Strategy For Prevention
The new coronavirus, like its predecessors, is a beast to be reckoned with. And yet its working name, 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), is curiously tame. So technical and nondescript a label is hardly befitting of an epidemic that will not only harm …
Escalate Federal Action Against The Coronavirus Before It’s Too Late
The 2019 coronavirus, otherwise known as 2019-nCoV, is spreading faster and further each day. This past Sunday, infectious disease experts told The New York Times that a full blown pandemic is increasingly likely, if not inevitable. Why, then, is the response of …
What Governments Must Do To Deliver An Anti Coronavirus Drug Within Months
The world needs an anti coronavirus drug as soon as possible—and there is something the United States government can do right now to achieve that. STAT News recently reported that most big pharma companies have been reluctant to join the search for …
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