COVID-19 fatality rate

by | Mar 5, 2020 | News & Commentary

The COVID-19 fatality rate is very high compared to influenza. The broad expectation is that increased testing will show the actual rate (collectively 3.4% right now according to the WHO) is lower.Crucially, the fatality rate is highly age-dependent and adults,...

Notes on COVID-19 Reddit AMA

by | Mar 4, 2020 | News & Commentary

Some COVID-19 notes from today’s Reddit AMA with a bunch of doctors tracking the virus:• A few infected folks are asymptomatic. They test positive and are infected but have no symptoms.• Around 80% of people infected will have a mild illness, low-grade fever...

Republicans finish polishing the turd

by | Dec 16, 2017 | News & Commentary

The GOP tax bill, written in haste and with no public input other than what special interests and wealthy donors can buy, is an awful piece of legislation. It subverts if not destroys the Affordable Care Act and costs between $1 trillion and $1.5 trillion over 10...