Category: Infectious Disease
Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say
Grifters are taking advantage of a genuine public health intervention that’s crucial to stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus: contact tracing.
Meatpacking Companies Dismissed Years of Pandemic Warnings
Government officials predicted that a pandemic would threaten critical businesses and warned them to prepare. Meatpacking companies largely ignored them.
COVID Plans Put to Test as Firefighters Crowd Camps for Peak Wildfire Season
Firefighting is an inherently dangerous job that now carries the additional risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Cloth masks do protect the wearer – breathing in less coronavirus means you get less sick
It seems people get less sick if they wear a mask.
These States Aren’t Waiting for the Feds to Create COVID-19 Worker Safety Rules
In the absence of federal action, some states are creating safety rules to protect workers from COVID-19.
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.