POST 248. April 27, 2022. CORONAVIRUS. “For at-risk Americans without access to a “test-to-treat” drugstore that has a qualifying provider available, this means some will have to make multiple trips to get the pills. You have to develop COVID symptoms, you have to subsequently get a test for COVID-19, get the result of that test, find and go to see a provider, get a prescription, and then fill that prescription. That’s six steps in five days,”…

“Although the cost of the pills is covered by the federal government, obtaining a prescription at the pharmacies that dominate the program can be expensive. Though CVS does not charge symptomatic uninsured people for on-site covid tests, MinuteClinics charge upwards of $100 for in-person or telehealth appointments to examine patients and prescribe an antiviral, if

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CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-248

CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-248 Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands?® https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/ Curated Contemporaneous Case Study Methodology https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2019/12/9897/ Jonathan M. Metsch, Dr.P.H. https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2021/10/jonathan-m-metsch-dr-p-h-2/ PART 1. January 21, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first U.S. case of a deadly new coronavirus that has killed six people in

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POST 247. April 23, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The DOJ lawyers tasked with defending the CDC’s mask mandate authority have warned Biden administration officials that continuing to push the legal fight over the mask mandate could backfire, if the conservative-leaning appeals court upholds the order.”….”A Supreme Court ruling upholding the decision to strike down the mask mandate would make the Florida judge’s conclusions about CDC authority binding nationwide.”

for links to POSTS 1-247 in chronological order, highlight and click on https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/04/coronavirus-tracking-links-to-posts-1-247/ “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that its order requiring masking on planes and other public transit is still needed, setting in motion a Justice Department appeal of a federal court decision that overturned the mandate. “It is CDC’s

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CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-247

CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-247 Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands?® https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/ Curated Contemporaneous Case Study Methodology https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2019/12/9897/ Jonathan M. Metsch, Dr.P.H. https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2021/10/jonathan-m-metsch-dr-p-h-2/ PART 1. January 21, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first U.S. case of a deadly new coronavirus that has killed six people in

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POST 246. April 15, 2022. CORONAVIRUS. “State authorities and health care organizations could pay a high price for reinstating SCOPE OF PRACTICE (SOP) restrictions when the pandemic ends.” (e.g. NPs, PAs, PharmDs +++)

for links to POSTS 1-246 in chronological order highlight and click on https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/04/coronavirus-tracking-links-to-posts-1-246/ At the end of this POST are links to earlier POSTS which together can be used as a CASE STUDY on CRISIS STANDARDS OF CARE/ SCOPE OF PRACTICE 8 Sep 2010 “In a public health emergency involving significant surges in patients and

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CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-246

CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-246 Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands?® https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/ Curated Contemporaneous Case Study Methodology https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2019/12/9897/ Jonathan M. Metsch, Dr.P.H. https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2021/10/jonathan-m-metsch-dr-p-h-2/ PART 1. January 21, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first U.S. case of a deadly new coronavirus that has killed six people in

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POST 245. April 10, 2022. CORONAVIRUS. We can’t react to a wave we don’t see coming. “I keep thinking back to this idea of If we don’t measure it, it won’t happen,”…(As President Donald Trump once put it, “If we stop testing, we’d have fewer cases.”) In reality, “it’s very well happening, and we just don’t see it yet.”

for links to POSTS 1-245 in chronological order, highlight and click on https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/04/coronavirus-tracking-links-to-posts-1-245/ “With masks no longer required and mitigation measures seen by some as a thing of the past, a coronavirus resurgence is spreading among the tight circles of the Washington elite. On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the latest high-profile Washington dignitary

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