Category: Infectious Disease
State’s expanded face mask requirements start today
Face masks are now required in any indoor setting outside of your home (not just public buildings).
Remember how we flattened the curve? Well, it’s not flat anymore.
We’re all tired of fighting this virus. But, we’re losing our momentum in our battle with COVID-19. This means more restrictions on businesses and gatherings.
Inslee rollbacks to some activities to slow COVID-19 spread
Rollbacks will affect weddings and funerals, restaurants, bars, and fitness and entertainment centers. Face covering requirements to expand.
Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs
Disinformation is often camouflaged in facts and advanced by innocent and often well-meaning individuals.
Seattle Public Schools recommends fall classes start with remote learning
The recommendation for remote learning is a shift from the district’s previous hybrid plan that included in-person/in-school learning and remote learning.
How the coronavirus pandemic became Florida’s perfect storm
If there’s one state where you don’t want a pandemic, it’s Florida: it’s an international crossroads, a magnet retirees, and its population is older and sicker.
Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities
As the COVID-19 pandemic battered large, metropolitan areas this spring, rural hospitals prepared to be next on the frontlines.
Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread
Energetic waves of ultraviolet light, known as germicidal UV, or GUV, when delivered at the right dose can wipe out viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms.
COVID-19 is 6 times deadlier than flu, study
The infection–fatality rate of 0.58% is far lower than some estimates, but is nearly six times higher than the seasonal flu which has a death rate of 0.1%.
How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers
Don’t Want to Be Wrong? Wait a Beat. One of the easiest ways to be wrong when looking at the numbers is to focus on too small of a time frame
Trump Administration’s Sudden Shift on COVID Data Leaves States in the Lurch
The absence of the data will make it harder for health and public officials, as well as the general public, to understand how the virus is spreading.
As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible
Younger people are less likely to be hospitalized or die of COVID-19, but they circulate more while carrying the disease, and their cases are harder to trace
Bats & Rabies: What you need to know
If you see a bat, do not touch it!!
COVID-19 is on a path to runaway growth in Washington state
Transmission continues to increase or accelerate across most of Washington state and will continue to do so unless concrete steps are taken to stop the spread.
Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban
Doctors treating coronavirus patients were supposed to be allowed into the U.S. But hundreds of young doctors have their visas put on hold indefinitely.