I write a lot of essays that don’t fit neatly into any of the categories on this site. Mostly they are personal reflections on either my life or the events and times I have observed. Some are about my years as a “Deadhead” when I was obsessed with Jerry Garcia and the band, some come from my observations of what was happening in our country in the late 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and some are just reflections on where we are today and how we got there. Some of the ones that are of more general interest or co-written with others you can find at https://medium.com/@peteneuwirth

Feel free to check them out as all of them will give you a better sense of who I am and thus allow you to better judge the applicability of the advice I give throughout most of this site to your particular situation.

The essays regarding COVID-19 are made of the very same stuff. Sure, they’re written by a man that spent decades dealing with data, the reliability of that data, and the risks & probabilities related to it- but those essays are just reflections of how I (and collaborators) parse and deal with this pandemic. I’m only offering my part of a greater discussion. Each is linked below:

• Making Smart Bets in the Age of COVID-19 (published April 25th, 2020)
• COVID-19: Hard Lessons in Scale and Complexity (published May 14, 2020)
• “Life Contingencies”- An Actuarial Look at COVID-19 Mortality (published June 7th, 2020)
• COVID Mortality and the State of the Life Insurance Business (published February 13th, 2021)