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Another CDC Study Supports Masks In Schools. So Why Are We Dropping Masks Rather Than Caring For Vulnerable People?
With masks considered an essential for preventing Covid-19, why are schools abandoning them now? Children and vulnerable people remain at risk.
CDC’s New Mask Guidelines For COVID-19 Throw Vulnerable People Under The Bus
The CDC’s justification for rolling back masking rings hollow, and there are other metrics that would be safer than hospitalizations.
Bans On Mask Mandates To Protect Against Covid Endanger Students With Disabilities
Masks protect people from Covid-19. People with disabilities are becoming victims of the culture war over public health vs personal or parental “rights.”
Smartphone And Spit: A Game-Changing Test For COVID And Flu
This new smartphone COVID detection system is rapid (25″), inexpensive, and will be a boon for developing countries.
Salt In My Soul: Poignant Film Calls Attention To The Need For Phages For Antibiotic Resistance
Phage therapy could save many lives. Hopefully, sharing Mallory Smith’s story will boost research into cystic fibrosis, growing antibiotic resistance, and the promise of phages.
While Covid-19 Skyrockets, Florida’s Gov. DeSantis And Surgeon General Ladapo Are Still Spreading Misinformation
DeSantis and Ladapo want to reduce testing and push scarce monoclonal antibodies instead of sound public health policies—like vaccines and masking.
Climate Change And Infections
My concern about global warming and climate change drew me to the ID Week session on climate change and infection. There’s much more than COVID19 that we need to attend to!
Let’s Admit That COVID-19 Is Airborne — How Can You Protect Yourself?
There are many things you can do to protect yourself from AIRBORNE Covid, though officials are reluctant to admit that is the main way COVID-19 is transmitted.
Covid Vaccine Equity, G20 And Moderna
Between the failure at G20 and Moderna’s exclusive patent claim—ignoring NIH’s role and public funding—it’s been a bad week for vaccine equity.
Covid-19, Brazil’s Bolsonaro, And Herd Immunity
If Bolsonaro is charged with crimes against humanity in part for pushing herd immunity. Should other leaders be, too?
