Covid and its variants
Claudewell S. Thomas, MD, MPH, DLFAPA, is an established psychiatrist who is currently retired ,, He received his medical degree in 1956 at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and specializes in social psychiatry, public health psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. Dr. Thomas was board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry... more
The respiratory Syncytial syndrome,the augmented flu syndrome, augmented Ba variants of Covid 19, increased gun.violence, increased stabbings, vehicular homicides and suicides etc.indicate a national crisis which is somewhat reflective of the world situation.World population approaching 8 million.,world temperature within 1 .5 degrees centigrade of irreversible levels,fire and flooding with earthquakes,volcanic eruptions increasingly threaten.World government seems as necessary as it is unavailable
Medicare enrollment should be completed by the end of the first week of December and the elderly in particular should make sure that reimbursability of meds has not changed.I have a valid medical license (voluntary) in California and by completing CME requirements and never receiving money can and do prescribe a few things for family.I habitually prescribed acyclovir ointment for the fever sores that plague young and elderly.I was informed by the helpful CVS pharmacy thatu RX was no longer insurance covered and would cost $600.00.I prescribed acyclovir oral which cost $1.63 and was covered with a total cost of 0 dollars.This is a disturbing reminder that there's an army of lobbyists dictating costs.If the cost of insulin is put back in the hands of big pharma, insulin costs will soar beyond the 38$ negotiated by. The Biden administration administration and people who cannot repeatedly pay "$138 will die.
