Discussions about vaccines are beginning to populate the news media with headlines stirred by both name-brand experts and our politicians, all suggesting a timeline for when an effective vaccine will be available to the general public. Politicians and journalists opine…
The Hastings Center is the oldest independent, nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research institute of its kind in the world. The author’s approach regarding our responsibility in a pandemic is frequently referenced as the “fair Innings” argument. Elders have had more “innings” in…
“I’m going to have to make a decision, and I only hope to God that it’s the right decision,” President Trump said on Friday during his daily news briefing on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more…
Scores of Americans are in critical condition from the Covid-19 virus and so is our country. Covid-19 has eviscerated New York City and marches toward other urban areas across the United States. Dire predictions of anywhere from 100,000-240,000 US deaths…
The news media are not the best source for scholarly thinking around the allocation of scarce resources. Hyper-ventilating commentators who trigger hysteria about rationing do not allow for a productive discussion that helps the general public understand how healthcare professionals…
Rather than writing about how we have confronted the issues of medical triage and rationing in our lifetime, I thought it would be meaningful to reprint a 2016 New York Times article that coalesced the various responses from the lay…
During the holidays, there’s a prevailing sense that everyone is living a Hallmark movie with the ideal family and with perfect celebrations. But this is far from the truth. The US is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness with some labeling…
The epidemic level of loneliness has warranted the emergence of the issue as a serious American public health hazard. Sixty million people currently suffer from loneliness that is both chronic and severe enough to be a major source of unhappiness,…