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Sept. 1, 2021

1. Vaccination status may be a factor in triage.
2. Boosters may be needed at 5 months.
3. China decimated Delta, cases now at zero.
4. New variant in South Africa, C.1.2 may evade vaccines.
5. US Surgeon General urges masks, increased ventilation and regular testing in schools.
6. Childhood Vaccinations.
7. Prior infection plus vaccination, provides the greatest protection.
8. Lambda Variant, Mutations, Opening Schools and more.   
     

Aug. 1, 2021

1. The VA's Fourth Mission - Can this be The Foundation for a National Public Health System?
2. The Lambda Variant in Peru.
3. The Delta Variant.
4. Vaccine Infection Breakthrough.
5. Are Booster Shots for the Elderly Needed?
6. VA Mandates Vaccines for Employees.
7. Everyone, even the Vaccinated, Needs to Wear A Mask.
8. Pfizer Vaccine 39% Effective with Delta Strain.
9. 120,000 Children Have Lost a Caregiver.
10. One in Five Americans Believe Microchips are in COVID Vaccines.
11. Patients Older than 60 who Have Been Vaccinated More Than 5 Months Ago are at Highest Risk for Breakthrough Infections.  
   

July 1, 2021

1. Delta Variant spreading fast in the United States.
2. Are restrictions being relaxed too soon.
4. Mandatory vaccinations of hospital employees.
3. Long COVID.
5. India in crisis.
6. Facial masks.
7. Wuhan lab.
8. Nearly all Kentuckians who tested positive for COVID-19 were not vaccinated.
9. COVID-19 is here to stay. True herd immunity remains ellusive.
10. Lessons Learned from Around the World -- Conference Presentations from the countries of Australia, Singapore, United States, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and Kenya.   
     

June 1, 2021

1. CDC: Major Mechanism of Spread for COVID-19 Is Aerosolization.
2. KY Nursing Home Outbreak Involving a Dangerous Variant.
3. CDC Unmasks Those Vaccinated.
4. Excess Deaths Indicate Over 900,000 COVID Deaths in the United States.
5. India a Cautionary Tale.
6. Wuhan Lab Leak a Credible Possibility.
7. Reinfections with The Brazilian Variant.
8. Vaccine Immunity Superior to Natural Immunity.
9. Higher Antibody Response with Vaccines.  
  

May 1, 2021

1. Aerosolization of the Virus
2. Dangers of School Sports.
3. Common COVID-19 Myths.
4. Johnson & Johnson Vaccine.
5. It should be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals to be vaccinated.
6. Challenges imposed by COVID-19 Variants.
7. Grief and Loss with COVID-19.
8. What we learned from an outbreak in a highly vaccinated Kentucky nursing home.
9. Antivaxxers and Misinformation.
 
Plus, information on Health Watch USA's & Massachusetts Nurses Association upcoming International Conference on COVID-19. Keynote presentation by Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Deputy Secretary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. For more information go to www.healthconference.org
   

Apr. 1, 2021

1. COVID-19 Variants.
2. Stronger Protections for Frontline Workers.
3. Aerosolization of SARS-CoV-2.
4. Variant Outbreak in Kentucky Nursing Homes.
5. CMS Nursing Home Visitation Guidance.
6. Scientists and Nurses Express Concern Over Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2.
7. More than 2,900 Healthcare Workers Die Each Year.
8. Elimination Vs. Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2. 
  

Mar. 1, 2021

1. Safe Opening of Schools.
2. New COVID-19 Viral Variants.
3. Unsafe Public Behaviors & Antimaskers.
4. Benefits and Risks of Vaccination.
5. The Need for Universal Reporting of All Dangerous Pathogens.
6. White House Disbands Coronavirus Taskforce.
7. Top Scientists: Droplet Precautions Abound, But Few Prevent Aerosolization. Crisis Stop-gap Measures Still Being Practiced.
8. CDC Documents Spread of COVID-19 in Schools.
9. Almost 3000 Healthcare Workers Died This Year of COVID-19.
10. Elimination of SARS-CoV-2 is the Best Strategy.
   

Feb. 1, 2021

1. Coronavirus Variants - More Deadly, More Contagious.
2. Problematic Vaccine Rollout.
3. COVID-19 HAI metric next to useless.
4. Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics - We need to use more.
5. COVID-19 HAI's in England. Up to 25% of total in hospitals.
6. Flying blind in the USA, lack of genomic testing.
7. Brazilian variant crushes the city of Mansus, after it had already reached herd immunity.
8. Natural infection provides some immunity for at least 5 months.
9. Post-COVID lungs are worse than smokers' lungs.
 

Jan. 1, 2021

1. The Australian Experience With COVID-19.
2. A Role for Disinfection.
3. Vaccines & Virus Mutations.
4. Herd Immunity.
5. India Slowed Down COVID With Masks.
6. COVID a Heart Disease? Ask Keyontae Johnson.
7. Many on Both Sides of the Aisle Advocate for Wearing Masks.
8. Health Departments Are Stretched to the Limit -- In Kentucky's Lincoln Trail Health Dept. Staffing Fell 49% Over a Decade.
    

Dec. 1, 2020

1. COVID-19 Will Transform Our life & Healthcare
2. Distortion of Science
3. Opening Schools Safely - Mass, Teachers Association. and Mass. Facilities Admin. Association.
4. Healthcare Workers Not Being Protected - Presumptive Disability
5. Vaccine Consideratinos.
6. Roman Catholic Pandemic Preparedness Response.
7. SCOTUS Strikes Down Church Mandates.
8. Danish Mink SARS-CoV-2 Mutation.
9. Masks work in Kansas.
10. The Need for the Public To Embrace Public Health Strategies.
  

Nov. 1, 2020

1. The False Narrative of Herd Immunity.
2. Concerns with the Vaccine Approval Process.
3. Monoclonal Antibodies.
4. The virus is Airborne, the dangers of indoors.
5. Increased COVID-19 Risks for Healthcare Workers and Grocery Store Workers.
6. MRSA carriage is higher in hospital staff.
7. First case of reinfection in the United States.
8. Universal mask usage could save 130,000 lives.
9. Nearly 300,000 excess total deaths (more than expected) as of Oct 3, 2020.
10. Cloth face masks rarely cause problems in those who wear them.
   

Oct. 1, 2020

1. Kentucky Nursing Homes with Fewer Nurses have More COVID-19 Deaths.
2. A Doctor Charged $10,984 for An Antibody Test.
3. Coronavirus Effects the Heart.
4. Israel Goes Back into Lockdown.
5. College Athletes Have MRI Findings of Heart Involvement with COVID-19.
6. Halloween Recommendations.
7. COVID-19 Primary Heart Disease.
8. COVID-19 Misinformation.
9. It's Airborne & The Need for Healthy Buildings.
  

Sept. 1, 2020

1. COVID-19 and the Kentucky Derby.
2. Hydroxychloroquine Works in Monkeys not Humans.
3. Flu Season a Dud or Devastation?
4. Comorbidities Used As An Excuse for COVID-19 Deaths.
5. Saliva & Pool Testing.
6. 200,000 Excess Deaths.
7. Chloroquine Linked to Serious Psychiatric Side Effects.
8. COVID-19 Reinfections are Starting To Be Reported.
9. Myocarditis is Too Common in COVID-19 Positive College Athletes.
10. Anti-maskers Date Back to 1918.
11. Health Watch USA Continuing Medical & Nursing Education for COVID-19.
12. 2020 International COVID-19 Conference Videos.
   

Aug. 1, 2020

1.  Hydroxychloroquine does not work.  
2.  COVID-19 causing heart damage, concerns voiced about lasting damage.
3.  Fabricated tests at Georgia Hospital to reduce cover rates.
4,  Infections are underestimated.
5.  Children and the Coronavirus.
6.  Plastic visors did  not work
7.  HCA profits jump after getting Federal money.
8.  Need for a National Reporting System.
9.  Experience in Other Countries.  
10. Opening of Schools.
11. Hydroxychloroquine Works in Monkeys NOT Humans.
    

July 15, 2020 - COVID-19 Through the Eyes of the Frontline -- Conference Presentations. 

1.  The Perfect Storm, The History of the Ineffective Disease Policy - Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS.
2.  Netherlands from the Front Lines - Christina Vondenbrouke-Grauls, MD.
3.  Singapore from the Front Lines - Matthias Maiwald, MD.
4.  Spain from the Front Lines - Jesus Rodrigues-Bano, MD.
5.  United States from the Front Lines - Elaine Bernard, PhD
6.  Closing Remarks - Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS.
 

July 1, 2020

1.  WHO new mask guidelines.
2.  Physical distancing, face masks and eye protection.
3.  Post COVID-19 Sequella -- Lasting Disability.
4.  Do NOT Gargle with Bleach.
5.  Review of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2.
6.  Hydroxychloroquine No Benefit.
7.  Coronavirus is Mutating.
8.  Feds Mandating Open Notes.
9.  Wealthiest Hospitals Got BIllions in Bailouts.
10. Death Rates from COVID-19 in the USA is likely 25% higher than Estimated.
11.  FDA revokes emergency HCQ order.
12.  Over 94,267 healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19.
13.  Florida Data Chief is Sidelined.
14.  Airborne Lifetime of Small Droplets.
15.  Surgical Masks are Placing Healthcare Workers at Risk.
16.  Cloth Masks Can Stop Up To 90% of Droplets.
17.  New Modeling Shows if Over 80% of the Public Wears a Mask The Epidemic May Burn Out.
   

June 1, 2020

1. Should the Public Wear Masks.
2. What Republican Governors & Leaders Are Saying about Face Masks.
3. Rich Hospitals Poor Safety Plans Leading Up To COVID-19.
4. COVID-19 and Obesity.
5. False Narrative of Herd Immunity.
6. US Pandemic Toll Passes 100,000.
7. 66,000 Healthcare Workers Have Contracted COVID-19.
8. The USA Compared to South Korea.
9. COVID 19 Data Integrity Questions in Florida and Georgia.
10. Loud Speech produces droplets of the COVID-19 virus.
11. The Public Wearing Cloth Masks May Help to Stop the Epidemic.
12. Health Watch USA and Mass. Nurses Association Announces COVID-19 Conference -- Seeing "Through the Eyes of the Frontline: COVID-19".
    

May 1, 2020

Resources in the Newsletter:
1. New Estimates from Yale School of Public Health has the total COVID-19 deaths at over 100,000.
2. Another failed trial for Hydroxychloroquine. It may even make COVID-19 worse.
3. New Polling shows 80% feel eating in dine-in restaurants is a bad idea and over 90% feel large groups attending sporting events is a bad idea.
   
Also, links and resources to major opeds and articles dealing with the Danger of Churches, The False Narrative of Herd Immunity and Hospitals with Over a Billion Dollars in Net Assets Receiving Bailout Checks. Health Watch USA Totals for April: Eight articles & OpEds, three News Articles and 19 Radio Segments.
     

April 1, 2020

1. The United States Has Squandered Resources To Fight COVID-19
2. U.S. COVID-19 Response: Denial and Dysfunction
3. Nursing Homes -- Islands of Isolation
4. Churches The Deadliest Place in the COVID-19 Epidemic.
5. Numerous Health Watch USA(sm) Radio Sound Tracks and Articles Regarding COVID-19
6. Untimely Reporting of Outbreak Data in The United States.
7. The Need for Universal Healthcare
8. The Importance of Patient Engagement.
  

Mar. 1, 2020

1. Is the US any better than China in Infectious Disease Transparency (PACCARB Public Comment).
2. Do we have adequate infectious disease policy in nursing homes (PACCARB Public Comment).
3. OpEd Coronavirus biggest challenge our healthcare system is facing.
4. Infection Preventionists will be front line in the Coronavirus epidemic.
5. Kentucky considering a law to allow doctors not to see patients if they have religious or other conflicts.
6. CMS Cracking down on healthcare facility accrediting organizations.
7. Association between RN staffing and hospital mortality.
8. "Pence Will Control All Coronavirus Messaging From Health Officials"
9. Is your hospital being penalized by Medicare?
    

Feb. 1, 2020

1. Director Steve Burrows Discusses the HBO Documentary "Bleed Out".
2. Mobil Telephone Interruptions and Medication Errors.
3. Drug Resistant Bacteria in Nursing Homes.
4. Dr. Joycelyn Elders on Vaccinations.
5. The Importance of Infection Preventionists.
6. Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Airplane Sewage.
7. MRSA in Pigs.
8. CDC Invests in Innovation in Combating Antibiotic Resistance.
9. Risks of Quinolone Antibiotics.
10. WHO Warns New Antibiotic Pipeline is Running Dry.
11. Antibiotics Prescribed More During Telemedicine Visits.
12. Pharma Cutting Back on Overselling of Antibiotics.
13. CDC responds to HW USA's request for UDI Patient Information.
14. Maternal Mortality in the United States.
15. FDA Approval May Becoming More Lax.
16. Marijuana and the Risks for Lung Cancer.
17. Surprise Billing, A moral Test for Physicians.
18. Insulin Price Hikes are Killing Kentuckians.
   

Jan. 1, 2020

1. Health Watch USAsm 2019 Patient Advocacy Report
2. Keynote Speakers for 2020 Conference -- Oct. 26. Lexington, KY
3. Infection Preventionists Are Underutilized and Underappreciated.
4. HW USA Action Letters Regarding the Retension of the Universal Device Indicator on Implanted Medical Devices.
5. Rapid MRSA Test.
6. How drug companies over-rely on China.
7. White House Relaxes Nursing Home Regulations.
8. U.S. Health Care Ranked Worse in the Developed World.
   
  

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