The topic of the COVID-19 pandemic is hard to avoid these days. Trust me. I’ve tried. After all of the hyperbole, politicization, egotism, proselytizing, and fear (LOTS of fear), we don’t end up any closer to feeling comfortable with the situation. There is a lot to get comfortable with. I’ve written posts about COVID-19 and…
With the COVID-19 pandemic, and the dizzying swirl of rhetoric surrounding its management, healthcare has certainly been front and center in our media intake. The wearing of masks, vaccinations, and other topics labeled as healthcare present as legitimate each day but are we really talking about the same thing? As Managed Care has been teaching…
Reliable information was the first COVID-19 victim. With so many players, from politicians and government officials, to self-described experts and bad actors on the Internet, all have weighed in on how to respond to the pandemic. The resulting confusion and obfuscation have been astounding. Messages with vested interests behind each pronouncement make it tough to…
Being Healthy has certainly been the headline of the year. COVID-19 brought all of its political baggage and started to move in. We learned: about a novel virus – both the real and the perceived threats to ourselves that Public Health measures can help retard the spread of the virus through a population that political…
No matter which side of the electronic cigarette debate you are on, I don’t think we expected to see vaping and deaths together in the same sentence. However, that is just what happened in the headlines in recent weeks. As the media has rushed to tout the deadliness of vaping with the same enthusiasm it…