Fascinating to read their decision making process. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/how-fauci-5-other-health-specialists-deal-with-covid-19-risks-in-their-everyday-lives/2020/07/02/d4665ed6-b6fb-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html How Fauci, 5 other health specialists deal with covid-19 risks in their everyday lives By Marlene CimonsJuly 3, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. EDTAdd to list PLEASE NOTE The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up … Continue reading When the experts wear (or don’t wear) their masks
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Most up-to-date advice on face masks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/28/coronavirus-what-kind-of-face-mask-gives-the-best-protection-against-covid-19 Coronavirus: what kind of face mask gives the best protection against Covid-19? Your questions answered on what type of mask to wear to cut the risk of getting Covid-19 Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Hannah Devlin Science correspondent @hannahdev Sun 28 Jun 2020 10.55 EDTLast modified on Sun 28 Jun 2020 10.57 EDT Face mask Photograph: Murdo … Continue reading Most up-to-date advice on face masks
Why are face masks such an issue in the U.S.?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-battle-over-masks-in-a-pandemic-an-all-american-story/2020/06/19/3ad25564-b245-11ea-8f56-63f38c990077_story.html The battle over masks in a pandemic: An all-American story Daniel Milian, from right, Miguel Martinez and Laura De Armas relax at the seaside in South Beach in the city of Miami Beach on June 19. Their group showed a variable approach to wearing masks. (Scott McIntyre/For The Washington Post) By Lori Rozsa, Chelsea Janes, Rachel Weiner and Joel … Continue reading Why are face masks such an issue in the U.S.?
Does coronavirus remain in the air to produce contagion? Different views
I'm not a medical person -- just someone who is more vulnerable than most to strongly adverse consequences to getting COVID-19. So I don't venture into the hall to do my exercise laps (seven back-and-forth's = .4 mile) until after midnight when I've figured all droplets from others will have settled. Seemed perhaps overly cautious, … Continue reading Does coronavirus remain in the air to produce contagion? Different views
We’ve been inside so long that it’s hard now to go out
As someone who's been inside my apt since March 10th except for one emergency trip to the dentist, I know this fear of going out is real and should be a concern. I have a doctor who's telling me my circumstances justify staying in for the foreseeable future. But when and how can people like … Continue reading We’ve been inside so long that it’s hard now to go out
In just three years, Trump has made the U.S. an international pariah for being selfish, harmful, racist, and incompetent
Those who saw headlines on this issue a few days ago -- Americans being barred from Europe -- may have hoped that they'd change their mind. But why should they? Our mastery of COVID-19 is pitiful and is not improving. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/world/europe/europe-us-travel-ban.html? BRUSSELS — The European Union will bar most travelers from the United States, Russia, … Continue reading In just three years, Trump has made the U.S. an international pariah for being selfish, harmful, racist, and incompetent
A nursing home with no deaths and how they did it
This is what our country should have done. https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/dan-rodricks/bs-md-rodricks-0619-20200618-re2obahhbzbddojazrkf65gdoq-story.html How a West Baltimore nursing home has zero COVID-19 infections | COMMENTARY By Dan Rodricks Baltimore Sun | Jun 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM Staff members at the Maryland Baptist Aged Home in West Baltimore make heart signs with their gloved hands. The oldest African-American owned … Continue reading A nursing home with no deaths and how they did it
Why men are so stupid about wearing masks
The LA Times was more diplomatic in its title but, given the obvious health impact of wearing masks and the inability to tell whether or not you're contagious, what other word is there for the predominantly male disinclination to wear masks? Here's a rather kind article suggesting how we can lure them to do the … Continue reading Why men are so stupid about wearing masks
Lengthy but nugget-filled list of how travel will change because of COVID-19
This is quite a lengthy article so you'll need to click thru to see a fascinating analysis of the pluses and minuses of COVID-19. They range from the likelihood end of almost all small restaurants, bars, and large gatherings to the temperature checks as normal, less crowded but more expensive travel, and much travel (particularly … Continue reading Lengthy but nugget-filled list of how travel will change because of COVID-19
What should you stuff into your face mask to make it work better?
Do DIY Masks Help Stop Coronavirus? Here’s what you need to know about homemade face coverings Artist Kate Tully sewing a face mask at her Illinois home on April 18 to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.PHOTO: NAM Y. HUH/ASSOCIATED PRESS ByJo Craven McGinty Updated April 24, 2020 3:22 pm ET Even before Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered … Continue reading What should you stuff into your face mask to make it work better?
A surgeon’s rant about masks
RETIRED SURGEON Sam Laucks, has this to say about wearing masks: “OK, here’s my rant about masks: I have spent the past 39 years working in the field of surgery. For a significant part of that time, I have worn a mask. I have worked with hundreds (probably thousands) of colleagues during those years, who … Continue reading A surgeon’s rant about masks
COVID-19 may make survivors more subject to diabetes
The coronavirus is a versatile critter both in the symptoms shown by those who are positive and the after-effects of surviving it. This is just one of many. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01891-8? 24 June 2020 Mounting clues suggest the coronavirus might trigger diabetes Evidence from tissue studies and some people with COVID-19 shows that the virus damages insulin-producing … Continue reading COVID-19 may make survivors more subject to diabetes
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