Newsletter - August 6, 2020
COVID Proves It Does Not Take 10 Years to Develop a New Product
We have been told for decades that it takes about 10 years and more than $2 billion to develop a new treatment, so how does one explain that we may have a working vaccine less than 6 months from the start of the first-in-man trials? It may seem like a myth, a conspiracy to deceive the public; but the truth is a lot simpler....Read More
Grandma May Not Use Telemedicine, and that’s OK.
A couple of reports this week show disparity in the use of telemedicine in older individuals. Adults older than 72 years of age were found to prefer in-person visits over telemedicine highlighting a hurdle in the expansion of telemedicine. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The data can be used to prioritize in-person visits...Read More
COVID Proves It Does Not Take 10 Years to Develop a New Product
We have been told for decades that it takes about 10 years and more than $2 billion to develop a new treatment, so how does one explain that we may have a working vaccine less than 6 months from the start of the first-in-man trials? It may seem like a myth, a conspiracy to deceive the public; but the truth is a lot simpler....Read More
Grandma May Not Use Telemedicine, and that’s OK.
A couple of reports this week show disparity in the use of telemedicine in older individuals. Adults older than 72 years of age were found to prefer in-person visits over telemedicine highlighting a hurdle in the expansion of telemedicine. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The data can be used to prioritize in-person visits...Read More
