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Joe Piscopo radio: Dr. Greer discusses the coronavirus
April 2, 2020- See below
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, Infectious disease, NIH, Pulmonology
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The New York virus death rates are too high. Why?
March 29, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have been following closely the death rates from this SARS-CoV-2 virus, also known as COVID-19,
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, Emergency medicine, Infectious disease, NIH
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Tony Fauci is purely guessing when he estimates up to 200,000 people could die
April 1, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD I wrote an essay early on in this non-pandemic that Anthony Fauci, MD of the NIH shut down
Posted in - Opinion, CDC, Congress, Emergency medicine, Infectious disease, NIH
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How President Steven Greer would handle the pandemic now
Update March 28, 2020- Trump is planning to quarantine the entire Tri-State area, as I advocated for below.
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease, NIH
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I discuss the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak on The Joe Piscopo radio show
March 23, 2020- I updated Joe Piscopo today, focusing on the new drugs to treat coronavirus.
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, Emergency medicine, Infectious disease, NIH
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Are there any medications to treat coronavirus?
(Also: How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?) February 27, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Gilead makes a not-yet-approved antiviral drug called remdisivir and it is being tested right
Posted in - Biotech, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Geriatrics, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Primary care medicine
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The best hospitals in the country are losing money. Why?
August 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD In the course of working on a medical book for the patient population, I just discovered this 2017 Forbes article that explains
Posted in - Policy, Cleveland Clinic, CMS, Columbia, Congress, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Ohio State, UCLA, Univ Miami, Z Medical centers
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President Trump adopts plan by The Healthcare Channel to bring back drug manufacturing jobs
Update February 26, 2020 By Steven E Greer, MD It is happening for real. Politico reports that the Trump administration is planning on using various
How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?
February 28, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Just published online in the NEJM is a report with the death rates in China
Posted in - NEJM, CDC, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Pulmonology
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Anthony Fauci unjustifiably caused a mass panic
March 13, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD With one sentence in response to a question from a congressional hearing, an obscure medical
Posted in - Policy, CDC, CMS, Congress, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Primary care medicine, Pulmonology
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The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself
March 13, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Holy cow. The PGA Tour cancelled the Players Championship due to fears over the coronavirus.
The Medical Advocate
Now available on Amazon. The Medical Advocate is an important book on the American healthcare system.
The ISCHEMIA trial PI, Judith Hochman, makes egregiously unfounded statements on national TV
November 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The big news from the 2019 American Heart Association meeting is the large trial known by the acronym ISCHEMIA.
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Congress, FDA, Internal Medicine, NYU, VA
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60 Minutes creates another publicist-paid puff-piece for an unethical medical researcher
December 8, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD CBS’ 60 Minutes featured an extremely unethical PhD medical researcher at Harvard named George
Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk
Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, NIH, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System
Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage
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A proposal to screen for mass shooters
August 5, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump today announced plans to have the Department of Justice create guidelines
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Newsmax discussion of The Medical Advocate
October 14, 2019- This is my appearance today on Newsmax.
Images from the Trump Medicare rally
October 3, 2019
Major disruption coming to hospitals in 2020
August 2, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump recently signed