An epidemic before the pandemic

Lack of trust doomed ability of Americans to save more lives

 The Covid-19 nationwide shut down happened three years ago March 15. But for me, the quarantine began on March 1. That’s when a dear friend and veteran journalist gave me the contact information of a top medical expert at a nationwide health insurance company.  I emailed him questions about that peculiar virus that had cropped up in Wuhan, China. It s…