Can "public" health survive in the US? Do Not Resuscitate #360 Sep 6 2024

it’s time to reexamine the sorry state of our public health establishment, which in the best of times should provide a strong sense of a collective commitment to “promoting the general welfare” as a balance to the pursuit of individual self-interest. But these, needless to say, are not the best of times, and the profound discrediting of the very idea of public health bodes ill not just for the goal of a single payer/Medicare for All health system but for the Republic itself.

On "Do Not Resuscitate," I talk about how we spend trillions of dollars making intermediaries rich instead of making ourselves healthier. Links to all the articles mentioned in this episode are listed below along with my email if you would like to get my full weekly digest direct to your inbox. There is also an archive of back issues of all the 360 digests I produced over the last 7 years. 

Aron Solomon, “Summer COVID surge shows we may have to return to 2020 pandemic measures,” The Hill, Aug 29, 2024 https://bit.ly/4ectELN

Beth Mole, “The Covid-19 summer wave is so big, the FDA might release new vaccines early,” Ars Tecnica, Aug 19, 2024 https://bit.ly/47aKcln

Associated Press, “Sprinter Noah Lyles collapses after 200-meter race, wins bronze medal,” Aug 9, 2024 https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-08-09/noah-lyles-200-meter-coronavirus-paris-olympics

Brenda Goodman, “Free Covid tests, treatments will return to help the country cope over fall and winter, US officials announce,” CNN, Aug 23, 2024 https://cnn.it/3ThsSFD

Natasha Korecki & Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner, “The Democratic convention’s surprise guest: Covid,” NBC News, Aug 26, 2024 https://nbcnews.to/3ATGsbN

Emily Baumgaertner, “On the Covid ‘off-ramp’: No tests, isolation, or masks,” New York Times, Aug 27, 2024 https://nyti.ms/4eaExy0

Mary Kekatos, “There may be an increase in COVID cases this summer. Experts say this is why many shouldn’t be concerned,” ABC News, Jun 19, 2024 https://bit.ly/3ARo6rY

Lexi Lonas & Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, “Health experts warn against COVID complacency in schools amid surge,” The Hill, Aug 25, 2024 https://bit.ly/4gfrYDs

Apoorva Mandavilli, “What causes dangerous inflammation in children with Covid?” New York Times, Aug 7, 2024 https://nyti.ms/3ZemO4i

Ariana Eunjung Cha, “‘Unusual’ cancers emerged after the pandemic. Doctors ask if Covid is to blame,” Washington Post, Jun 6, 2024 https://wapo.st/4dFVQHf

Maureen Tkacik, “Why is NIH perpetuating long COVID denial?” American Prospect, Jun 6, 2024 https://bit.ly/4cTBWHA

Hillary Smith, “UK researchers find Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in long Covid patients,” University of Kentucky, Aug 30, 2024 https://bit.ly/3B3k3so

Katie Bach, “New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work,” Brookings, Aug 24, 2024 https://bit.ly/4cMzkew

Philip Marcelo, “Police in a suburban New York county have made their first arrest under a new law banning face masks,” Associated Press, Aug 28, 2024 https://bit.ly/3XfBZHI

Lambert Strether, “Eight reasons mask bans are beyond stupid,” Naked Capitalism, Aug 8, 2024 https://bit.ly/3MBASxn

Maggie Fox, “H5N1 bird flu isn’t a human pandemic—yet. American contrariness could turn it into one,” Scientific American, Jun 5, 2024 https://bit.ly/3Zf0PKt  

David Wallace-Wells, “We’re applying lessons from Covid to bird flu. That’s not good,” New York Times, Aug 7, 2024 https://nyti.ms/4cVcZvn

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