KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?


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Congress is approving still more money to address the health and economic fallout of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. But the pandemic rages on ― claiming a disproportionate number of lives among staff and residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, and jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of health care providers and patients alike with problems not related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. And the messaging from the White House is getting even more confusing as President Donald Trump and his science advisers seem to have different playbooks.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.

Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast:

Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week that they think you should read too:

Julie Rovner: The Atlantic’s “Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others,” by James Hamblin

Joanne Kenen: The Center for Public Integrity’s “When Nursing Home Workers Feel Like Lambs Led to Slaughter,” by Susan Ferriss

Jen Haberkorn: The Los Angeles Times’ “How Trump Let the U.S. Fall Behind the Curve on Coronavirus Threat,” by David S. Cloud, Paul Pringle and Eli Stokols

Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico’s “Trump Coronavirus Response Feeds Distrust in Black and Latino Communities,” by Laura Barrón-López


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This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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