The Heartbreak of Psoriasis Drugs in the age of Covid-19
Like many of us, I’m seeing more television commercials than usual. I am struck by how many of these are ads for treating psoriasis. Now, I understand that having psoriasis can be a serious problem for many people. It is an autoimmune condition which means...
The Coronavirus Is the Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History
The Coronavirus Is the Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History This piece in Foreign Policy, March 25, 2020, makes the case that this pandemic was widely predicted but those predictions were ignored. This article goes into detail about how this happened. It...
A Little Town in Italy May Hold the Key to Overcoming Covid-19
How mass testing can stop the Pandemic. Vo Vecchio is the town where the first death from Covid-19 was recorded in Italy. It’s a town of 3,300 inhabitants about30 miles west of Venice. After that first death, the city was quarantined and every inhabitant,...
Exercise May Protect You Against Covid-19
Low to moderate activity may help protect you from influenza infections. A study of almost 25,000 people from China suggests that exercise was protective against the H1N1 influenza. Heavier, or more frequent, exercise was no more protective. Nevertheless, it is...
