Tag: COVID-19

• What Impact Will COVID Have On Our Future? If The Black Plague Is Any Guide, The Impact Will Be HUGE

  Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we still have no fixed idea of how to deal with this damned pathogen. That’s less a reflection on the science than it is on the nature of pathogens. And people. It’s hard enough fighting an actual pandemic. Having to battle misinformation, deliberate propaganda and genuine, honest confusion at…

  A L Katz

  January 7, 2022

  Coronavirus, Corruption, Culture, SCOTUS, Trump

  14th Century, A Distant Mirror, Barbara Tuchman, Buboes, Bubonic Plague, COVID-19, DNA, Long Term COVID, Pandemic, Pathogens, Pneumonic Plague, RNA

• America Doesn’t Have A Health CARE System, It Has A Health INSURANCE System; It Ain’t The Same Thing!

  Fact: when anyone walks in the door of America’s “health care system”, the first question we ask isn’t “How can we fix you?”, it’s “How’re you gonna pay for this?”. From the point of view of a for-profit health care system (an oxymoron’s oxymoron which we’ll get to shortly), that’s great. It’s the perfect question.…

  A L Katz

  December 27, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Coronavirus, Corruption, Healthcare, Racism, Slavery

  Confederacy, Corruption, COVID-19, Employer Provided Health Insurance, fiduciary responsibility, Health Care, Health Insurance, James Madison, Slavery, Stolen Labor, Universal Single Payer