A friend of the FEHBlog recommended this National Review podcast in which former Food and Drug Administrator Scott Gottlieb is interviewed about the COVID-19 emergency. It’s quite informative.

Also today the FEHBlog ran across this Castlight.com COVID-19 test site finder. He checked it out on his own locality. It strikes the FEHBlog as a valuable resource at this time when testing resources still are expanding.

Diabetes Forecast offers a Q&A on diabetes and COVID-19.

First, the good news: If your blood glucose is well managed, your risk for serious complications from COVID-19 is the same as people without diabetes.

However, blood glucose that’s not in your target range does raise your chance of getting very sick from the virus, just as it would if you were sick with the yearly flu.

The Boston Globe’s STAT warns that the country may be in for more healthcare problems later this year if people with chronic conditions don’t receive proper routine care during the great hunkering.