Fixing Healthcare March 17, 2020
Are you afraid of the coronavirus? The answer depends on who you ask.
Dr. Robert Pearl recently surveyed readers of his newsletter Monthly Musings on American Healthcare about their fears of COVID-19 and their perceptions of the ongoing news coverage.
The survey, conducted March 10-16, drew nearly 400 responses, 60% of them clinicians and 40% from outside of healthcare.
Pearl says, “I’ll admit it, the results surprised me.”
As you can see in the chart below, the general public isn’t nearly as afraid of the disease as doctors. Rather than patients panicking over this mysterious virus that has killed thousands of people in China, the greatest concern is among healthcare professions.
The threat level vs. the media coverage
Among clinicians,...
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