The idea is that the spread of Covid-19 can be stopped if everyone who has come in contact with someone infected with the virus isolates themselves until they’re sure whether they are also infected.
Category: healthcare
Not Wearing A Mask Is Like Smoking Near A Pregnant Woman
This is the best analogy for understanding why people should wear a face mask to slow the spread of Coronavirus.
Pregnant People Should Cut Out Caffeine, According To Study
A cup of coffee may be your usual wake up call. However, research has found it may be linked to adverse birth outcomes.
Biden Needs To Call For A Manhattan Project For Rapid Home Testing Before The President Does
There is another path forward: daily rapid home testing based on new devices that could be quickly brought to market via a rapid home testing Manhattan Project. Only repeat, free testing of all Americans at their homes will let us find, capture, and ki…
How To Reduce Social Isolation For Healthcare Workers And Patients During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Hospital design experts Bryan Langlands and Teri Oelrich explains how healthcare facilities can make creative use of their spaces in order to reduce the social isolation felt by healthcare workers and patients.
Google And Apple Downplay Possible Election Threat Identified In Their Covid-19 Tracing Software
When Google and Apple decided to partner for a greater good in combating Covid-19 they made privacy of paramount importance, perhaps sacrificing security.
Cuomo Says Colleges Must Temporarily Move To Remote Learning If Covid-19 Cases Spike
Schools in other states moved to remote learning following campus outbreaks.
2020 Election: Trump’s Second-Term Proposals For People 50+
Problem is, there is no 2020 Republican platform, even though Trump told delegates to write a “short form” version.
Instead, there’s a six-page agenda document, called “Fighting for You!” with 50 bullet points representing a “set of core priorities,” …
Mouthwashes Are A Cheap Tool In The Fight Against Coronavirus
Mouthwashes and gargling look promising for cutting the virus load in the throat. Why aren’t we studying this urgently?
Deregulating Covid-19 Treatment Sets Dangerous Precedent for Vaccine Approval
The FDA expedited the approval of convalescent plasma against the advice of its internal experts and those at the National Institute of Health. Were the federal government to continue this theme, one could expect the approval of an underregulated Covid…
