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Katelyn Jetelina writing for Your Local Epidemiologist: But lack of risk communication isn’t because of bureaucratic timidity. It’s because risk is multidimensional, complicated to quantify, and even more difficult to communicate. This is especially true with infectious diseases, as risk changes with time and varies across different people,
New Harris polling shows some pretty striking numbers: * 55% of Americans think it's time to start lifting indoor mask mandates * 70% of Americans will continue to mask up if they think people around them are unvaccinated * 71% of Americans think Covid-19 is a part of life now Add
If you ever wonder why people like me are so fed up when talking to people about Covid. It's March 2020, will you stay home for a bit to try and slow the spread of this mysterious new disease? "No, I will not." Now you can
The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund put out their 2021 End-Of-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report (PDF) and it leads with: [A]s of December 31, 2021, 458 federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement officers died in the line-of-duty in 2021. This is an increase of 55% from
Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist, over at (fittingly) Your Local Epidemiologist: There is a lot of anxiety. I have a lot of anxiety. The public is being asked to understand the second most complex system in the human body while navigating a sea of misinformation while coping with significant pandemic exhaustion
How 9/11 convinced Americans to buy, buy, buy: This version of patriotism — consumer patriotism — was on full display after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 in 2001. The message from political leaders was that the way for
Everyone keeps talking about covid becoming endemic, but as I listen to the conversation, it’s becoming more & more clear to me that very few of you know what “endemic” means. So here’s a thread on how pandemics end. pic.twitter.com/uuYinUcynb — Dr Ellie Murray, ScD (@EpiEllie)
One of the Greatest Feats in Human History - Synapse The reason this vaccine didn’t take as long isn’t that Pfizer skimped on safety protocols. It’s because instead of doing each step of the process sequentially one after another, Pfizer and other companies took on enormous financial
Opinion | Pope Francis: The Covid-19 Crisis Reveals What Is in Our Hearts - The New York Times Look at us now: We put on face masks to protect ourselves and others from a virus we can’t see. But what about all those other unseen viruses we need to protect
Opinion | Save America’s Restaurants - The New York Times A growing number of municipalities and states have imposed curfews on restaurants and bars, as if the virus were a vampire. Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California advised diners in his state to “keep your mask on in between
Sweden Shows No Signs So Far Herd Immunity Is Stopping Virus - Bloomberg (Apple News link) “The issue of herd immunity is difficult,” Anders Tegnell said at a briefing in Stockholm on Tuesday. “We see no signs of immunity in the population that are slowing down the infection right now.
Giving thanks during a pandemic — Antivirus: Issue #12 | Revue Celebrating Thanksgiving during a pandemic is weird. It’s more stress, more risk calculations, more staying away from people you’d normally draw close to. It feels sucky and dark and I know there’s a lot of people like me
Verily’s COVID Testing Program Halted in San Francisco and Oakland | Kaiser Health News Problems emerged almost immediately, she said. People were suspicious of the requirement that they sign up with a Gmail account, and the request for personal information, such as health status and risk factors. “You don’t
Opinion | What Fans of ‘Herd Immunity’ Don’t Tell You - The New York Times So the idea of returning to something akin to normal — releasing everyone from a kind of jail — is attractive, even seductive. It becomes less seductive when one examines three enormously important omissions in the declaration.
The False Idea That Masks Make You Sicker - The Atlantic In fact, the earliest instance of a “masks make you sicker” claim I could find was in a February 27 news article published on a Utah radio station’s website. (Its author did not return a request for comment.