It’s not yet clear if the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can be easily transmitted through the air, but more public health officials (and President Trump) are beginning to suggest taking precautions – like wearing cloth masks – just in case.
One day, hundreds of thousands of senior volunteers left their homes early in the morning to perform myriad services that are vital to the fabric of communities throughout America. Now they stay home.
“The rallying together we’ve seen not only from our industry, from a number of industries, a number of foundations, a number of persons in our community has really been amazing.”
The inability to freely communicate information coupled with denialism are recipes for disaster in the face of a pandemic. Authoritarian governments can’t imprison a virus. There’s a wide range of responses, from the wacky, to being in denial, to the p…
Ventilators, especially those used to manage and treat individuals with severe lung infections, require highly trained professionals, typically intensive care physicians, anesthesiologists, intensive care nurses, and respiratory therapists.