April 14, 2020
Tuesday.
When I was in medical school, there was a part of my psychiatry rotations that had me attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in inner-city Baltimore. I was in my mid-20's. I do not remember being enthusiastic about this requirement. What I remember, however, is being struck by the very personal testimony to the specific struggles of the participant. While I felt uncomfortable listening to people publicly wrestle with controlling the things over which they did have control, the meetings left an impression - how the Serenity Prayer was real for each of them. I think we all struggle with the issue of focusing more on the things we can control. There are entire companies built on this notion (I'm thinking of you, Successories!).
I have been increasingly aware of this notion in the numerous 1st person accounts from healthcare, the various actions of leaders and the organizational pivots to focus on COVID I've encountered in recent days. I find myself wondering how are these people and organizations answering the questions of "Am I doing all I can?" and "How do I measure achievement?" Paying more attention to the various individual efforts at controlling the things they can control is my take away from the last 24 hours of reading.
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FT data.
https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest
And another way to look at this data
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-cases-deaths?country=USA
Here is an overview of the struggles to clarify the sensitivity and specificity of testing at various time points.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200413/will-antibody-tests-help-us-leave-quarantine
As compared to the NY Post article on "buzzing," here is a good example of how to measure and report on newly identified or atypical symptoms of a disease state.
https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/loss-of-smell-and-taste-validated-as-covid-19-symptoms-in-patients-with-high-recovery-rate
and here is the data
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/alr.22579
Going down the rabbit hole of links to find data, I found this older WP fact-check article (from 3/27) that reviews the data behind some of the relative mortality rates between various flu epidemics and COVID. All of these data are incomplete or imperfect in some way(especially with a lack of testing for COVID). However, this article describes the challenges a reasonable estimate of the relative impact of each virus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com./politics/2020/03/27/those-covid-19-death-toll-figures-are-incomplete/
Comfort in understanding. Here is a surprisingly accessible article on the pathophysiology of COVID in a USA Today affiliate newspaper. (I am both delighted and amazed at how well done this is - includes infographics!)
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/04/14/severe-covid-19-infections-hijack-immune-system-science-behind-reactions/2962883001/
Exercise is critical and comes up on our calls. Here is a piece on the nuance of thoughts on viral spreading when running or cycling. Wired seems to be a constant source of interesting and thoughtfully reported information. https://www.wired.com/story/are-running-or-cycling-actually-risks-for-spreading-covid-19/
I love that all aspects of the COVID crisis are being addressed in the media.
https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1248109634428125184?s=12
I am heartened by watching people work together. A long read, but you can see the themes of decisive action and leadership in this story about Kerala, India
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/13/999313/kerala-fight-covid-19-india-coronavirus/
Another story on decisive action.
https://news.yahoo.com/protective-bubbles-how-two-army-generals-stopped-the-spread-of-coronavirus-among-their-soldiers-090047822.html
While this feels a bit morbid, the communication techniques described here are incredibly valuable. It took years of talking to be people about kidney disease to get to an understanding of this process infographic:
https://i.redd.it/9rx5hrxohrs41.jpg
I am not sure what to say about this, but it is my favorite infographic of the last 24 hours.
https://i.redd.it/c1286i65bes41.jpg
------Bonus round - check your data!
I am reading Andrew Marr's History of the World. It is incredibly enjoyable, mixing fact with the political and social context of history. However, there are random snippets of data thrown in that entice me to dig. In one chapter, he mentioned a Lithuanian pagan god of grooming. I found this remarkable. What offering does one make to the god of grooming? What does one pray for? Well, it turns out Andrew Marr and his team should have done a better job fact-checking...
http://www.healthgeomatics.com/beware-of-wikipedia/
I've been at this email long enough to share some personal data. I am a horrible speller. And I have issues with grammar. So I use a grammar checker. And it tracks me. I am now sharing the most recent report, for entertainment purposes. I found the delta between my vocabulary complexity and my spelling error rate to be amusing. The analytics on tone eerily accurate. I'm sure others will find fun things hiding in this data set as well (looking to you Matt Brill).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xyhm1hal6ig4hxj/Adam%20Grammarly.pdf?dl=0
Clean hands and sharp minds, team.
-Adam
When I was in medical school, there was a part of my psychiatry rotations that had me attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in inner-city Baltimore. I was in my mid-20's. I do not remember being enthusiastic about this requirement. What I remember, however, is being struck by the very personal testimony to the specific struggles of the participant. While I felt uncomfortable listening to people publicly wrestle with controlling the things over which they did have control, the meetings left an impression - how the Serenity Prayer was real for each of them. I think we all struggle with the issue of focusing more on the things we can control. There are entire companies built on this notion (I'm thinking of you, Successories!).
I have been increasingly aware of this notion in the numerous 1st person accounts from healthcare, the various actions of leaders and the organizational pivots to focus on COVID I've encountered in recent days. I find myself wondering how are these people and organizations answering the questions of "Am I doing all I can?" and "How do I measure achievement?" Paying more attention to the various individual efforts at controlling the things they can control is my take away from the last 24 hours of reading.
------------
FT data.
https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest
And another way to look at this data
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-cases-deaths?country=USA
Here is an overview of the struggles to clarify the sensitivity and specificity of testing at various time points.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200413/will-antibody-tests-help-us-leave-quarantine
As compared to the NY Post article on "buzzing," here is a good example of how to measure and report on newly identified or atypical symptoms of a disease state.
https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/loss-of-smell-and-taste-validated-as-covid-19-symptoms-in-patients-with-high-recovery-rate
and here is the data
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/alr.22579
Going down the rabbit hole of links to find data, I found this older WP fact-check article (from 3/27) that reviews the data behind some of the relative mortality rates between various flu epidemics and COVID. All of these data are incomplete or imperfect in some way(especially with a lack of testing for COVID). However, this article describes the challenges a reasonable estimate of the relative impact of each virus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com./politics/2020/03/27/those-covid-19-death-toll-figures-are-incomplete/
Comfort in understanding. Here is a surprisingly accessible article on the pathophysiology of COVID in a USA Today affiliate newspaper. (I am both delighted and amazed at how well done this is - includes infographics!)
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/04/14/severe-covid-19-infections-hijack-immune-system-science-behind-reactions/2962883001/
Exercise is critical and comes up on our calls. Here is a piece on the nuance of thoughts on viral spreading when running or cycling. Wired seems to be a constant source of interesting and thoughtfully reported information. https://www.wired.com/story/are-running-or-cycling-actually-risks-for-spreading-covid-19/
I love that all aspects of the COVID crisis are being addressed in the media.
https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1248109634428125184?s=12
I am heartened by watching people work together. A long read, but you can see the themes of decisive action and leadership in this story about Kerala, India
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/13/999313/kerala-fight-covid-19-india-coronavirus/
Another story on decisive action.
https://news.yahoo.com/protective-bubbles-how-two-army-generals-stopped-the-spread-of-coronavirus-among-their-soldiers-090047822.html
While this feels a bit morbid, the communication techniques described here are incredibly valuable. It took years of talking to be people about kidney disease to get to an understanding of this process infographic:
https://i.redd.it/9rx5hrxohrs41.jpg
I am not sure what to say about this, but it is my favorite infographic of the last 24 hours.
https://i.redd.it/c1286i65bes41.jpg
------Bonus round - check your data!
I am reading Andrew Marr's History of the World. It is incredibly enjoyable, mixing fact with the political and social context of history. However, there are random snippets of data thrown in that entice me to dig. In one chapter, he mentioned a Lithuanian pagan god of grooming. I found this remarkable. What offering does one make to the god of grooming? What does one pray for? Well, it turns out Andrew Marr and his team should have done a better job fact-checking...
http://www.healthgeomatics.com/beware-of-wikipedia/
I've been at this email long enough to share some personal data. I am a horrible speller. And I have issues with grammar. So I use a grammar checker. And it tracks me. I am now sharing the most recent report, for entertainment purposes. I found the delta between my vocabulary complexity and my spelling error rate to be amusing. The analytics on tone eerily accurate. I'm sure others will find fun things hiding in this data set as well (looking to you Matt Brill).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xyhm1hal6ig4hxj/Adam%20Grammarly.pdf?dl=0
Clean hands and sharp minds, team.
-Adam
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