Sobering article on how there will be a wave of disability & death from other chronic diseases after pandemic (happened in 1918 too). Will be tempting to keep testing asymptomatic after vax, but must turn attention to other health conditions after mass vax https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948824">https://www.medscape.com/viewartic...

White House reports 88,000 overdose deaths during this pandemic (San Francisco has had 3 times as many overdose deaths than those from COVID-19 during pandemic). Another sobering reality of this painful time. https://www.healio.com/news/primary-care/20210402/white-house-overdose-deaths-reach-88000-during-covid19-pandemic">https://www.healio.com/news/prim...

And great article about @DrLeanaWen about the epidemic of obesity in US & its increase in the pandemic: "concerning study in which 42% of people self-reported gaining weight since the pandemic began; average addition was 29 lb; 10% reported gaining >50lb" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/11/deadly-covid-19-pandemic-is-obscuring-another-obesity/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...