Howie and Harlan discuss Howie’s recent bout of COVID-19 and the takeaways from new research on adverse events in hospitals, and they consider claims from Tucker Carlson of Fox News about the pandemic response.

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“5 COVID mistakes Biden’s new chief of staff must admit”

Harlan Krumholz: “A prescription for the US FDA for the regulation of health misinformation”

“What older Americans need to know about taking Paxlovid”

NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines | Molnupiravir

“Efficacy of Antiviral Agents against Omicron Subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB”

“China Cautiously Takes to the Road for Lunar New Year”

“President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11”

Donald Berwick: “Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care”

“The Safety of Inpatient Health Care”

“Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience harmful events, study finds”

“Trends in Adverse Event Rates in Hospitalized Patients, 2010-2019”

“Implantable Defibrillator System Shock Function, Mortality, and Cause of Death After Magnetic Resonance Imaging”