THI Responds to COVID-19 Threat
As part of THI’s work to provide you with accurate information around health issues, THI president David L. Katz, MD, MPH, and our Council members with expertise in this area, are providing links to trusted articles and resources on COVID-19. THI is working tirelessly to bring truth about the Coronavirus to the media, our partners, and the public realm. Please consider making a donation to support our work so we can continue to strategize, mobilize, and analyze information to optimize both public and personal health.
Global Association of Obesity and COVID-19 Death Rates
Objective: To examine the possible impact of obesity on COVID-19 death rates.
Importance: COVID-19 was responsible for an enormous global death toll with large variation among countries.
Design: Measure associations between obesity rates in 2016 and COVID-19 deaths/million
population through 2/25/2021, across countries.
Setting: Global.
#TotalHarmMinimization
Coronavirus Pandemic Risk Models for Total Harm Minimization
#TotalHarmMinimization Policy Suggestions in a Return to Work Context
THI Official Resources
Articles
The recent FDA action, and diverse reactions, regarding aducanumab, or Aduhelm, have likely come to your attention. In brief, despite very questionable evidence and the opposition of its own advisory group, the FDA approved the use of Aduhelm as treatment for patients with Alzheimer’s dementia. Since that controversial first step, the FDA has restricted the intended recipients, and some noteworthy bastions of medical propriety such as the Cleveland Clinic have denounced the action entirely, and declared their opposition to use of the drug.
My positions related to the pandemic are a matter of public record in word and video, from perches humble and rarefied. I respected, from the start, the dangers of the virus, and also the dangers of indiscriminate lockdowns. I favored, and still do, a strategy of total harm minimization- because there always was more than one way for this pandemic to hurt us. I favored, and still do, risk-stratified policies, because rarely in public health does one size fit all. Our “protections” were too severe in some cases, doing more harm than good, and not nearly enough in others.
Interviews / Videos / Podcasts
U.S. News and World Report, U.S. News Reveals Best Diet Rankings for 2021, 1/04/21
6 Ways to Boost Your Immune System, Mo Perry interview with Dr. Katz, Jan/Feb 2021
ZDOGG MD Interview: Science and Sense in Our Covid Response with Dr. David Katz, 12/30/20
Lifestyle Medicine 2020 Keynote Address, David L. Katz, MD, 10/22/20
The Civil Discourse with Paula Marantz Cohen, 7/16/20
COVID Reality Check1, YouTube, 7/9/20
Together During Covid19 with JBS‘s Mark S. Golub, 7/7/20
Bottom Line Inc’s Sarah Hiner discusses re-entering a germ-filled society with Dr. David Katz. Watch on YouTube or listen to the podcast, 6/1/20
Spencer Bailey and Andrew Zuckerman of At a Distance podcast interview Dr. Katz on Understanding Covid-19 in a Big-Picture Context, 5/21/20. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher
Michael Moynihan Asks Dr. Katz: Is Our Cure Causing Another Disease? on Showtime’s VICE, 5/17/20
Dr. Oz Interviews Dr. Katz on the Effects of Vitamin D on #COVID19, 5/07/20
The Choreography of Contagion Interdiction, Rich Roll Podcast, 5/07/20
Roundtable – COVID-19: How New Information Should Drive Policy. U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 5/05/20
Illinois coronavirus: Possible permanent changes to work, school and travel after the COVID-19 lockdown, ABC 7 Eyewitness News, 5/4/20
Working Smarter, not Harder, Michael Smerconish, CNN, 5/01/20
Dr. Katz collaborates with Thomas L. Friedman in a New York Times opinion piece, 4/25/20
Dr. Katz explains #TotalHarmMinimization on Real Time with Bill Maher, 4/24/20
Dr. Katz joins Mark Levin on Life, Liberty & Levin, 4/20/20: Part 1
Dr. Katz on Life, Liberty and Levin, Part 2
What We Are Learning From Global Data on COVID-19 So Far, 4/16/20
Octavian Report: Dr. David L. Katz on What We’re Getting Wrong, 4/3/20
Dr. David L. Katz On A Targeted Response To Coronavirus Pandemic, 3/30/20
CNN’s Smerconish: Should virus shutdown be modified to prevent other fallout?, 3/28/20
PBS News Hour: On balancing medical risk and economic pain, 3/24/20
Catalyst Health, Wellness and Performance Podcast: Corona Virus Perspective, 3/18/20
MikeInspiresMe.com podcast: Dr. David L. Katz Interview, 3/17/20
Guidance from THI Partners & Council Members
Take Time for Self-Care by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Choices to Boost Immunity by the American College of Lifetsyle Medicine
How to Build Your Immunity Against the Coronavirus, Naturally by John La Puma
Coronavirus Protection (Word Document Download) by Leo Galland
5 Ways Nutrition Could Help Your Immune System Fight off the Coronavirus by Clare Collins
A Dietitian’s Guide to Reduce Stress During COVID-19 by Kara Landau
A Dietitian’s Guide to Reduce Stress During COVID-19 (LinkedIn) by Kara Landau
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