Countering COVID Revisionism

Howie and Harlan discuss Howie’s recent bout of COVID-19 and the takeaways from new research on adverse events in hospitals, and they consider claims from Tucker Carlson of Fox News about the pandemic response. Links: “5 COVID mistakes Biden’s new chief of staff must admit” Harlan Krumholz: “A prescription for the US FDA for the regulation of health misinformation” “What older Americans need to know about taking Paxlovid” NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines | Molnupiravir “Efficacy of Antiviral Agents against Omicron Subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB” “China Cautiously Takes to the Road for Lunar New Year” “President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11” Donald Berwick: “Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care” “The Safety of Inpatient Health Care” “Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience harmful events, study finds” “Trends in Adverse Event Rates in Hospitalized Patients, 2010-2019” “Implantable Defibrillator System Shock Function, Mortality, and Cause of Death After Magnetic Resonance Imaging”