Patient Knowhow - Pandemics

Coronavirus

The government can — and should — send high-quality masks to every American
Washington Post, February 17, 2021

Washington Post op-ed by Dr. Ranu Dhillon, Dr. Abraar Karan, David Beier, and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna on how there are four options for reliable, hi-fi masking that the Biden administration could pursue immediately.

America needs better masks to fight Covid-19
CNN, February 1, 2021

CNN op-ed by Dr. Abraar Karan, Dr. Ranu Dhillon, and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna pushing back on Dr. Fauci and Dr Walensky's assertion that better masks such as N95 are not needed for most people in the US

A 3-Step Strategy to Support the New U.S. Mask Mandate
Harvard Business Review, January 26, 2021

Harvard Business Review published a 3-step plan for employers, cities, and states to support the Biden challenge for 100 days of masking by Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna and collaborators Joe Buccina, Dr. Dan Hanfling, Dr. Monica Gandhi (UCSF), and Dr. Don Milton (UMD)

Along with vaccine rollouts, the U.S. needs a National Hi-Fi Mask Initiative
Statnews, January 7, 2021

Statnews op-ed by Dr. Abraar Karan, Dr. Ranu Dhillon, and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna advocating that the federal government provide better masks such as N95 to everyoene in the US

Essential Workers Need Better Masks
Harvard Business Review, October 20, 2020

Harvard Business Review discusses a readily available N95 option for essential workers called elastomeric N95 (eN95) by Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna and collaborators Dr. Abraar Karan, David Beier, and Dr. Ranu Dhillon

We Need Better Masks
Harvard Business Review, June 18, 2020

Harvard Business Review discusses the need for better masks by Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna and collaborators Dr. Abraar Karan, David Beier, and Dr. Ranu Dhillon

A Plan to Safely Reopen the U.S. Despite Inadequate Testing
Harvard Business Review, May 01, 2020

Harvard Business Review discusses how to reopen the economy when the amount of available testing for Covid-19 is likely to remain inadequate for months by Dr. Ranu Dhillon, Dr. Abraar Karan, David Beier, Gerardo Chowell, Diego Chowell, and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

What the U.S. Needs to Do — Right Now — to Fight Coronavirus
Harvard Business Review, March 11, 2020

Harvard Business Review discusses what the US needs to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic from spiraling out of control by Dr. Ranu Dhillon, David Beier, and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

We Need a Cheap Way to Diagnose Coronavirus
Harvard Business Review, February 26, 2020

Harvard Business Review discusses the development of an inexpensive, point-of-care, diagnostic kit for use in clinics and homes should be a high priority by Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Dr. Ranu Dhillon, and David Beier

What Will It Take to Stop Coronavirus?
Harvard Business Review, January 28, 2020

Harvard Business Review discusses the most effective way to stop 2019-nCoV’s spread is to limit transmission by identifying infected individuals as quickly as possible and isolating them for treatment before they can infect others by Dr. Ranu Dhillon, and David Beier, and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Ebola

Containing the Latest Ebola Outbreak
Harvard Business Review, November 13, 2018

Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard) and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna discuss how 80% of new infections arising among people with no link to “known transmission chains” means that we might only be seeing the tip of an iceberg of hidden transmissions and the outbreak could spiral out of control and spread into neighboring countries of eastern DRC.

An Ebola Outbreak Has Just Been Stopped. Here's What It Tells Us About Containing Epidemics.
Harvard Business Review, July 13, 2018

Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard) and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna the Western DRC outbreak’s efficient containment was a remarkable achievement that stands in stark contrast to the West African epidemic that spiraled into a two-year global crisis with over 28,000 cases.

What We've Learned About Fighting Ebola
Harvard Business Review, February 0, 2016

Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard) and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna address the WHO's lack of innovation.

Ebola: A slow-motion atomic bomb
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, November 25, 2014

Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna and Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard) how the Ebola outbreak of 2014 is like a slowly exploding atomic bomb in Africa.

Zika

The Fight Against Zika Can't Wait for a Vaccine
Harvard Business Review, August 18, 2016

Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard), David Beier (Bay City Capital), and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna discuss the use of testing to control Zika's spread

To Fight the Zika Pandemic, Learn from Ebola
Harvard Business Review, February 4, 2016

Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard), Dr. Rob Glatter, and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna discuss a four pronged strategy to control Zika

Pandemics and Biodefense

Are Countries Prepared for the Increasing Threat of Engineered Bioweapons
Harvard Business Review, March 15, 2017

Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard), David Beier (Bay City Capital), and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna discuss how the low cost of making bioweapons means the risk is high.

The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic
Harvard Business Review, March 15, 2017

Dr. Ranu Dhillon (Harvard), David Beier (Bay City Capital), and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna discuss how the low cost of making bioweapons means the risk is high.

The U.S. biodefense strategy is undermined by policies on health insurance and immigration
Statnews, October 11, 2018

David Beier (Bay City Capital) and Patient Knowhow's founder, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna discuss the single best way to contain further spread is to make sure that people exposed to it receive medical care before they infect others.

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