Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is predictably chaotic, vengeful, irresponsible, and impulsive.  His actions have worsened the epidemic, they have led to unnecessary deaths and to a very painful economic lockdown.  Coming in the year before he is up for re-election, this seems self-defeating:  if Trump could re-run history I have little doubt he […]

Adding to Run’s post on rural hospital closings comes this information on rural areas and coronavirus (ABC news) Dr. Marynia Kolak is the assistant director for Health Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at the University of Chicago, which recently released a U.S. COVID-19 Atlas, providing county-level data on COVID-19 cases to help locate emerging […]

Coronavirus dashboard for April 5: mandatory lockdowns start to work by New Deal democrat Here is the update through yesterday (April 4) I’ve changed the format, moving the “just the facts, ma’am” data to the top, and comments to the end. The four most important metrics are starred (***) below. Number and rate of increase […]

I told you so on March 2 2020 The first Covid 19 case diagnosed in New Jersey Around 3 a.m. on March 10, Balani arrived at the hospital. The medicine had come in, and she did not want to wait until the morning to administer it. With Balani in the room, a nurse woke Cai […]

One of the serious issues with healthcare today is the lack of universal availability of it across the nation. In citified areas, the availability of it mostly meets the demand of the people requiring it and is in close proximity. If you travel one to two hours outside of the city, the availability of it […]

by New Deal democrat Weekly Indicators for March 30 – April 3 at Seeking Alpha My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha. This was the week when the bottom finally fell out of almost all the remaining data. Clicking over and reading will bring you up to the virtual moment on the economy, and […]

Coronavirus dashboard for April 4: with lockdowns in place, testing still far behind, no action on necessary “test, track, quarantine” plan  – by New Deal democrat Here is the update through yesterday (April 3) I’ve changed the format, moving the “just the facts, ma’am” data to the top, and comments at the end. The four […]

The Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal The Covid-19 pandemic won’t last forever, and at some point we will have to return to figuring out how to respond to the climate crisis.  (What a depressing opening line.  No, I have no desire to live in a world of permanent crisis.)  Is the answer a […]

Remdesivir and Transfer Pricing Part II Now that I sketched out the transfer pricing for Gilead Sciences with respect to their successful HIV and Hep C products (as much as I can say based on publicly available information), it is time to speculate a bit on how Remdesivir may play out. There is a lot we do […]