Aug 30, 2020
Reader requests: NEA school case tally, and too-sensitive tests? Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash I received a couple of interesting questions from readers, about pandemic-related things they’d read or heard. Reader question #1: Can we trust the...
Aug 24, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection is possible Repeat symbol courtesy of ClipArtKey New report proves SARS-CoV-2 reinfection is possible Today scientists in Hong Kong released solid evidence that a person can get COVID-19, recover, and later get infected again. Before you freak...
Aug 13, 2020
Public health effort reveals how “structural racism” can impact COVID mortality. A pulse oximeter (pulse ox) device measures the oxygen saturation of blood. Public domain image courtesy of Wikimedia. “Structural racism” is vague. An article...
Aug 9, 2020
Is the COVID death count exaggerated? Excess deaths and the mortality of the coronavirus Even though the pandemic isn’t over, many Americans are over it, so to speak. During our semi-national, semi-lockdowns back in April we saw angry protestors demanding that their...
Aug 4, 2020
Pandemic Progress Report: California & Australia, August 4 Pandemic Progress Report: Australia and Sacramento California, August 4 The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is global, but it’s also intensely local. Every country, state, county, and community has its own...
Jul 25, 2020
“They’re just cases” Estimate of the percent of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients Source: US federal government https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-capacity#hospital-occupancy One of my recurring themes in these posts is that...
