We are not just in the midst of a pandemic, which simply means a disease is occurring all over the world.  Rather, we are also experiencing a syndemic -- the aggregation of two or more concurrent epidemics or disease clusters with biological interactions that exacerbate COVID-19’s prognosis and burden. In other words, either of the diseases by themselves may be manageable, but when combined they create a more damaging or even lethal situation.  Here’s the good news, though: many of the comorbidities are controllable. Sadly, as of November 13th, some 4,613 Hoosiers have died due to the Corona Virus according to the State Health Department, but is this number accurate?  I will argue that it is much lower and the overall death rate from COVID-19 is much lower too.  For example, out of 236,565 positive test results in Indiana, there have been 4,613 deaths, which is about 1.9 percent (4,613 ÷ 236,565). However, this is a mortality statistic, not...(Read Full Article)