Health Populi September 18, 2020
On February 4th, 2020, in a hospital in northern California, the first known inpatient diagnosed with COVID-19 died.
On March 11th, the World Health Organization called the growing prevalence of the coronavirus a “pandemic.”
On May 25th, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
This summer, the Dixie Chicks dropped the “Dixie” from their name, and NASCAR cancelled the confederate flag from their tracks.
Today, nearly 200,000 Americans have died due to the novel coronavirus.
My new book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds, launched this week. In it, I track these events and the many forces transforming U.S. consumers, our homes, the healthcare system, and what we’ve learned in...