Corona virus
How to stay active during a pandemic
Published in El Pais, 25 June 2020. This pandemic has created a perfect storm for weight gain, causing the 19 in COVID 19 to take on a whole new meaning. Many are forced to stay […]
Economics
Health governance to control COVID-19
Published in El Pais, 21 July 2020. I am conducting collaborative research with several researchers from different countries on the control of COVID-19. In Bolivia, some of the results show a weakness in health governance […]
Corona virus
What happens when there are no more hospital beds?
Published in El Pais, 18 July 2020. Today I had a presentation with colleagues from Turkey on a dynamic COVID-19 model that calculates the cost of an epidemic, both for the health system and for […]
Corona virus
Hospital expropriation does not increase beds
Published in El Pais, 15 June 2020. The COVID-19 models clearly showed that the quarantine in Bolivia was not efficient and it was seen that the number of cases and deaths was going to rise. […]
Corona virus
How technology is creating the new norm
Published in El Pais, 14 July 2020. Restaurants are opening up again and rather than have menus that can be a carrier for the virus they have decided to do virtual menus. You scan the […]
Corona virus
Are we really ready to bring sports back?
Published in El Pais, 11 June 2020. One of the things I miss during this pandemic is my hockey. Under normal circumstances the playoffs would have finished and the championship would have been awarded but […]