Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Why some people refuse to get vaccinated, but are fine with taking large doses of drugs commonly used for horse de-worming. Out of 163,000,000 people fully vaccinated, there have been 1,263 COVID deaths…yet anti-vaxxers still refuse to do the easy, … Continue reading Help me understand…
Read More...Sorry loyal readers – been swamped w a big project; auditing the Federal work comp program’s pharmacy program. Here’s what happened this week while I was immersed in data, workflows, job descriptions, reports and contract terms. COVID Florida – from … Continue reading Friday update
Read More...if you think COVID is overblown, just the flu, not going to hurt you, came from a Chinese lab, or part of some bizarre plot by the New World Order. it doesn’t matter if you haven’t been vaccinated because you … Continue reading It doesn’t matter
Read More...27 payers were kind enough to participate in this year’s Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation. I’m working thru the data now…here are a few highlights. (The Survey falls under CompPharma, a workers’ comp pharmacy consultancy; as … Continue reading Latest data on WC drug spend, opioids, generics and PBM ratings
Read More...What you need to know about the Delta Variant Delta is more transmissible than the original COVID and the Alpha variant. It may be more dangerous as well; a Scottish study found Delta victims were about twice as likely to … Continue reading The Delta Variant – key facts
Read More...For my friends out there who remain unconvinced COVID vaccinations are a good idea, please think again. Breakthrough infections – fully vaccinated people contracting COVID – accounted for only about 1 in every 700 hospitalizations. Put another way, people who … Continue reading You bet your life.
Read More...You are as done with COVID as I am. COVID is not done with us. Here in New York’s Finger Lakes everything is open; had a great family night out yesterday, no masks required for those of us fully vaccinated, … Continue reading The Delta Variant
Read More...Doing my best to avoid work on Fridays…so moving this occasional catch-up post to Thursdays… COVID Promising news on the effectiveness of a drug to help infected patients fight off the virus was reported by the Economist. The good news … Continue reading Thursday catch-up
Read More...Is going to be a lot clearer when Congress finishes work on the Connect for Health Act. The bill has Bipartisan backing from 57 Senators, and would: permanently remove geographic restrictions on telehealth, allow patients to do visits from their … Continue reading The future of telehealth
Read More...There are two selfish reasons the US should send as many vaccines as possible to other countries. Variants. The more the virus reproduces, the greater the chance it produces a much deadlier and more transmissible version. Each person vaccinated lessens … Continue reading Risk management 101
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