tracing – Health

Health Insurance and Demand for Masking, Testing and Contact Tracing – New Data from The Commonwealth Fund

The coronavirus pandemic occasioned the Great Lockdown for people to shelter-at-home, tele-work if possible, and shut down large parts of the U.S. economy considered “non-essential.” As health insurance for working-age people is tied to employment, COVID-19 led to disproportionate loss of health plan coverage especially among people earning lower incomes, as well as non-white workers,… Read More »

Government advisers warned that PHE’s contact tracing capacity would be ‘exhausted’ in TWO WEEKS

The SAGE files: Government advisers warned in February that PHE’s contact tracing capacity would be ‘exhausted’ in TWO WEEKS, that there was no evidence for stopping hand-shaking and studies on face masks were ‘weak’ with mixed results Government published papers that were presented to SAGE in March/April They cover international flights, face masks, social distancing… Read More »