Political leaning influences doctors' beliefs about COVID treatments, study finds CIDRAP

Left or right political leaning in the United States predicts both physician and patient beliefs about COVID-19 treatments, with the two groups perceiving information differently, according to a study to be published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

The virus threat is easing, but US hospitals are still as full as ever | CNN At Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston, the hallways of the emergency department are lined with dozens of patients waiting to get a room upstairs. Deidre McPhillips CNN

...hospitals are still about as full as they’ve ever been during the pandemic – at least three-quarters of available beds across the country were in use for all of 2022 – and that doesn’t seem likely to change any time soon. ...

COVID-19 public health emergency may end, but need remains for lifesaving treatments COVID remains the third leading cause of death in America, no matter if the emergency is ending. We must now develop innovative oral treatments. YahooNews

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