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A Novel Approach to Crisis Standards of Care

Bill of Health

For example, if a patient is allergic to the antibiotic penicillin, the drug would be contraindicated in their care. For COVID-19 related interventions, this could be based on the potential for harm, and/or lack of efficacy in a given clinical scenario. One example is the use of hemodialysis.

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We Haven’t ‘Learned the Lessons of COVID’ Until We Remake the Political Economy of Health

Bill of Health

Over the course of the pandemic it has been popular to claim that we have “learned lessons from COVID,” as though this plague has spurred a revolution in how we treat illness, debility, and death under capitalism. We have learned nothing from COVID. This is not to say that there are not lessons that can be learned from this pandemic.