Response to COVID-19

Brie Williams, MD, MS was interviewed by Forbes for an article entitled “The COVID-19 Prison Crisis Is About To Become A Community Crisis” about Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on individuals who are incarcerated.

Louise Aronson, MD was interviewed in an article entitled "Column: Everyone is vulnerable to coronavirus. But seniors still need to take extra precautions" published in the Los Angeles Times.

Louise Aronson, MD was interviewed in a KQED forum entitled "How the Elderly Are Handling the Coronavirus Outbreak".

Louise Aronson, MD was interviewed in an article entitled "No, Coronavirus Is Not ‘Just Killing Old People’" published in City Lab.

Louise Aronson, MD published an article "Ageism Is Making the Pandemic Worse" in The Atlantic.

Louise Aronson, MD published an article entitled "Coronavirus reveals just how little compassion we have for older people" in Vox. Dr. Aronson explores "Why our aging population might be ignoring our pleas to isolate themselves."

Louise Aronson, MD wrote an opinion piece entitled "'Covid-19 Kills Only Old People.' Only?" in The New York Times.

Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS was interviewed in a Washington Post article entitled, "Geriatricians' advice on what older adults need to do in coronavirus pandemic".

Brie Williams, MD, MS was interviewed in a Quartz article entitled "Coronavirus risk looms large for America’s elderly and sick prison population". 

Brie Williams, MD, MS was interviewed by a reporter from The Marshall Project that uses data analysis and visualization to tell stories about the criminal justice system.  The article “This Chart Shows Why The Prison Population Is So Vulnerable to COVID-19” describes why people in prison aged 55 and older are at higher risk as coronavirus spreads.