Category: Infectious Disease
How Misinformation, Federalism and Selfishness Hampered America’s Virus Response
By some measures, the United States has handled the health crisis as badly as any country has.
How Las Vegas is “gambling with lives” across the U.S.
Cellphone data shows that when it comes to COVID-19, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas.
Is the US COVID-19 pandemic death toll even higher than 170,000 reported?
The number of excess deaths in the U.S. currently exceeds the number attributable to COVID-19 by more than 16,000 people.
Report outlines benefits, risks of different approaches for resuming K-12 instruction
There is no ‘zero-risk’ scenario for resuming in-person instruction but there are pathways to resuming limited in-person instruction for younger students.
Coronavirus: does the common cold protect you from COVID?
Could a previous infection with one of the milder coronaviruses that cause colds make COVID-19 less severe?
What to do if you have COVID-19 symptoms
If you feel even a little bit sick, reschedule any plans you may have to see others in person. Stay home.
Party of Five: What are the rules?
With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise across Washington State, it is more important than ever to follow a few basic rules for social interactions.
Businesses Want a Shield Against COVID-19 Lawsuits. But What About Customer Safety?
Most of the laws specifically state that they do not shield businesses that acted with “actual malice” nor apply to cases with evidence of deliberate wrongdoing.
Tips and tricks for wearing cloth face coverings
Easy, convenient and safe
UW group predicts in Nearly 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths in US by December 1
However, Consistent Mask-Wearing Could Save about 70,000 Lives.
COVID-19’s Mental and Economic Toll Higher in U.S. Than in Other Countries
Americans more likely to report mental health concerns, negative economic consequences — less likely to have a positive opinion of the government’s response..
Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost to COVID-19. So She Stays Up At Night Cataloging the Dead.
Claire Rezba started tracking lost health workers almost instinctively. Researchers say the lack of good official data on these deaths is “scandalous.”
Fauci Unfazed as Scientists Rely on Unproven Methods to Create COVID Vaccines
Scientists worry new coronavirus vaccines will have limited and, perhaps, short-lived effectiveness, but Fauci is “cautiously optimistic” a vaccine is possible.
Yes, kids can get COVID-19
3 pediatricians explain what’s known about coronavirus and children.
Snohomish health officials recommend schools start with remote learning this fall
County’s case rate has climbed for more than a month and is now at nearly 100 cases per 100,000 population, the rate in March when schools were first closed.