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Clinical science is a process for continually revising ideas about what is best for us should we become ill. It challenges older ideas by comparing old to new tests or treatments. The fuel of science is competing ideas, the grist of science is comparison. Clinical science has four main components; a) measurement, b) options, or […]
What can COVID-19 teach us about science? Read More »
The time has come to vet whether our government officials, Republicans or Democrats, leaders at the CDC, leaders at the NIH, leaders in public health, and talking heads have made an egregious mistake in response to the coronavirus. In rational decision making, we make choices among alternatives that have been tested to see if one
Public health magnificence, or malpractice for COVID-19? Read More »
They are 24 and 21, respectively, and healthy, co-habitating college graduates with good jobs. And they got sick. Both, off-set by just a few days, developed a dry cough and runny nose. Three days into their illness they developed a fever of about 100 degrees. They called to ask if they had COVID. I said
I have friends asking why there is variation in the death rates by country for COVID-19, and if this is the worst pandemic ever seen? They ask, I think, because at my age, and with 45 years practicing medicine, I have seen a few epidemics. They are concerned that we may be overreacting if COVID-19
Are COVID-19 and Flu that different? Read More »
