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COVID-19 – US is only industrialized country without a national policy

Posted on August 14, 2020 by David Posnett

  By: Norbert Goldfield MD – founder of ‘Ask Nurses and Doctors’ (AND)   August 14. ‘Ask Nurses and Doctors’ (AND) notes Negative Covid Tests, Ongoing Anxiety, No Jobs, What Is to be Done? All my symptomatic patients for the … Continue reading →

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Irresponsible!

Posted on July 30, 2020 by David Posnett

Just in case Lee Zeldin and company forget how irresponsible they are, see our prior post about Zeldin in Tulsa, at the Trump rally, and Zeldin on Airforce One without a mask. And now we are seeing the direct consequence: … Continue reading →

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Stepien or Parscale? The Corona virus does not care.

Posted on July 16, 2020 by David Posnett

WaPo reports that  “Trump replaces campaign manager as polls show him trailing Joe Biden in 2020 race”. President Trump announced on Facebook Wednesday evening that Bill Stepien would become his campaign manager, replacing Brad Parscale,… Recent national and swing-state polls … Continue reading →

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They Live in this Country. God Help Us.

Posted on July 12, 2020 by David Posnett

Submitted by Rita Wasserman.   Here is the problem:

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The Scale of Testing Compared to the Scale of the Outbreak

Posted on June 29, 2020 by David Posnett

Fox News, Trump (and Zeldin) are blaming the current resurgence of Covid-19 cases on increased testing.  So let’s have a look at the data!  I highly recommend this website: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing. The following graphs come from this site which has data … Continue reading →

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Lee Zeldin Promoting Massive COVID Super-spreader Event

Posted on June 19, 2020 by David Posnett

The reelection campaign for U.S. President Donald Trump required attendees reserving tickets for a June 20, 2020, rally in Tulsa to agree they will not sue the campaign or event organizers should they be exposed to COVID-19 at the event. … Continue reading →

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Protest in Commack drawing criticism

Posted on May 31, 2020 by David Posnett

Some insightful letters to Newsday: The behavior of a few unruly demonstrators at the recent Commack protest was shameful [“Trump cheers LI protesters,” News, May 17]. If these few were, say, 4% of the demonstrators, the other 96% could have … Continue reading →

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Is the healthcare “free market” working for you?

Posted on May 14, 2020 by David Posnett

Journalist Jon Walker published a new piece for The American Prospect titled, “A Guide to the Nightmare of Getting Health Insurance in a Pandemic,” which detailed the absurdity of the U.S. system. Walker paints a picture of a healthcare system … Continue reading →

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Rampant Asymptomatic COVID-19 in a Homeless Shelter

Posted on May 13, 2020 by David Posnett

I have previously written about “the forgotten” and why Coronavirus infection in these populations affects us all.  I am talking about people in prisons, people in nursing homes and people in homeless shelters.  Outbreaks of COVID-19 in these populations do … Continue reading →

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Is the East End ‘Open for Business’ as Usual?

Posted on May 12, 2020 by David Posnett

Gurney’s Inn, long an iconic resort on Long Island’s eastern tip at Montauk (June 5, 2013) Credit: Doug Kuntz Some East End resorts are planning to open soon. Contrary to some assertions that misinterpret Governor Cuomo’s Executive Orders, resorts are … Continue reading →

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