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Dire Report from Epicenter Bergamo

Posted on March 22, 2020 by David Posnett

Click and watch this disturbing video from a Bergamo hospital A new report published by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM; arguably the top medical journal in the world) makes the point that hospitals are major sites of corona-virus … Continue reading →

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Doctors Feeling Outrage

Posted on March 21, 2020 by David Posnett

Coronavirus tragedy: Chinese doctor who postponed wedding to treat patients dies of infection.  Feb 21,2020.   From Norbert Goldfield (Ask Nurses and Doctors LLC, AND) Three updates from AND From Andrew Goldstein. If you read anything today – read this. … Continue reading →

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COVID-19: What is the Best Mitigation Strategy?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by David Posnett

Interesting and thorough paper on COVID-19 disease modeling in the UK and the USA with an emphasis on analysis of each mitigation strategy (quarantine, closing schools, etc) or combination of strategies.  It is a 20-page paper.  So I am reprinting … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 is here!

Posted on March 9, 2020 by David Posnett

We now have a confirmed case admitted at Southampton Hospital.  It is time to reassess.   Although there is but a single patient confirmed on the South Fork of Long Island, suspicion is running high. (update 3/11: 6 cases in Suffolk … Continue reading →

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