Tag Archives: Coronavirus
Coronavirus – From Panic to Reality
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 18th April 2020It is slowly dawning on the world and the US in particular that we are suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. We’re on life support. Our economic survival is 50-50, probably worse. How did we get here and where is here? I’ll start with the newest information which should come as no…
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What We Don’t Know About COVID-19
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 15th April 2020The simple answer to what we don’t know about COVID-19 is just about everything. The Johns Hopkins Tracker that everyone is following presents a lot of data, most of which is uninterpretable. Let’s start with the number of cases. The Total Confirmed is not really that, rather it’s the number of patients with a positive…
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COVID-19 Attack Rates Amid Different Strategies
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 3rd April 2020Much of the world has virtually shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But a few countries have taken a different course. Presented below are the “attack rates” for countries that different approaches to this disease. I’ve defined “attack rate” as the percent of the population that has been diagnosed with COVID-19 up to…
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Corona Uncertainty
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 31st March 2020The country has slowed to the pace of a toddler’s crawl because of the coronavirus epidemic. We have decided to follow the advice of the federal government’s top medical experts. This decision has imposed an economic burden on the country that may cause more damage than the virus itself. Our handling of a very complex…
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Understanding the Implication of a Positive Test For COVID-19
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th March 2020The public and the press have little understanding of what a positive test for any disease means. Iceland has decided to test its entire population for COVID-19, which as can be seen from the data below is an act of well meaning folly. I’ll make this explanation as simple as I can. Any medical test…
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Back to Work by March 30: A Coronavirus Imperative
Written by Robert Luddy | 24th March 2020America has no choice if it is to avoid total disaster. China and Russia are open for business and working at close to capacity, as America shutters most all business and industry in states such as Pennsylvania, New York, California, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In many cases only select manufacturing companies are allowed to operate,…
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Government Is No Match for the Coronavirus
Written by Robert Luddy | 21st March 2020The coronavirus is reminding everyone that you cannot rely on government and that ultimately it is the private sector that will provide the solutions. Many nonmedical government officials and members of the media are predicting massive cases of COVID-19 and death, when in fact no one can predict the outcome. What we do know is…
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