Public Health
Coronavirus, Public Health, Sloth, Trump
Trump Played Golf
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Courts, Elections, Law, Legislature, Politics, Public Health, Wisconsin
‘This Principle Is More Important Than Winning’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
In the New York Times, Justice-elect Jill Karofsky writes I’m the Judge Who Won in Wisconsin. This Principle Is More Important Than Winning (‘We must get away from a partisan view of the law‘): In cities like Milwaukee and Green Bay, the wait [to vote] ended up being as long as three hours. And because the…
Coronavirus, Kakistocracy, Public Health, Trump, Unfit
Trump Admin Picks ‘The Dog Breeder’ to Lead Pandemic Task Force
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
One reads from Reuters that Trump Administration, whose leader promised America only the best people, tapped a Former Labradoodle breeder to lead U.S. pandemic task force: Azar [Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services] tapped a trusted aide with minimal public health experience to lead the agency’s day-to-day response to COVID-19. The aide, Brian Harrison,…
Business, CDA, Coronavirus, Economy, Local Government, Poverty, Public Health, Wisconsin
The Reopening Debate Will Turn on Consumer Demand
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The push to reopen Wisconsin will only effectively benefit retail businesses if consumer demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. Consumer demand will only return to pre-pandemic levels if consumers feel safe. Some retail demand will return as soon as shops and restaurants open; the marketplace question is whether consumer demand returns to something like pre-pandemic levels.…
Bad Ideas, Coronavirus, Medicine, Public Health, Trump
More Deaths, No Benefit from Anti-Malaria Drug That Trump Pushed
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care, researchers reported. The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment. But with 368 patients, it’s the…
Coronavirus, Federal Government, Politics, Public Health, Trump
Frontline‘s Covering Coronavirus: A Tale of Two Washingtons
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
What the feud between President Trump and Washington Gov. Inslee reveals about federal-state tensions in the coronavirus fight. In his conversation with Gov. Inslee, FRONTLINE correspondent Miles O’Brien discovers that “what should be a partnership with the federal government is like this hostile relationship.” Inslee describes a scenario in which states are left competing with each other for…
Coronavirus, Public Health, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
Midwestern Governors, Including Wisconsin’s Governor, Form Coalition on Economy During Pandemic
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
America, Coronavirus, History, Politics, Public Health, Trump
How to Handle a Crisis
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Coronavirus, Public Health, Trump
Distracted
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Coronavirus, Public Health
How Social Distancing Works
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Coronavirus, Public Health, Trump
Warnings to the White House
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Inside the Trump administration’s coronavirus response — and missed opportunities to contain COVID-19 before it was too late. Correspondent Martin Smith speaks with global health experts about warnings to the White House that went unheeded, including a health policy expert who said his 2019 study pointing to the threat of a pandemic was met with…