Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paula Span discusses how older Americans (and their peers elsewhere) have been left to navigate the pandemic with no consideration for their health…
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Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Philip Ritchie writes about new research into natural receptors which may help limit infection by COVID-19 and other viruses, while Alice Klein reports…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Scott Rivkees writes that COVID-19 denialism has come to dominate public policy around an ongoing viral threat, while Kelly Skjerven reports that…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emma Beddington rightly questions the determination of the powers that be to pretend that COVID-19 never happened – though her attempt to…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Catherine Albright et al. study how the wide transmission of COVID-19 – due in no small part to the “let ‘er rip” mindset…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – David Wallace-Wells writes about the continued excess mortality in the U.S. beyond the million-plus deaths already attributed to COVID-19. Blair Williams calls out…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Nicoletta Lanese reports on a new analysis showing that COVID-19 has become a leading cause of death among U.S. children. Ewen Callaway…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Crawford Kilian writes about the urgent need to prioritize and invest in public health and the social determinants of health – both to…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Richard Denniss calls out Australia’s government for its “nothing to see here” approach to an ongoing public health emergency. And Falko Tesch…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Abinaya Vijayaraghavan and Jennifer Rigby report on the World Health Organization’s recognition that COVID-19 remains a global public health emergency even as far…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schrieber reports on new data showing that more Americans missed work due to illness in 2022 than in any other year…
Fault Lines
I was honoured to chair the Council Of Canadian Academies panel on misinformation. Our report, Fault Lines, is available here. https://cca-reports.ca/reports/the-socioeconomic-impacts-of-health-and-science-misinformation/
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – George Monbiot discusses how everybody is being forced to play COVID roulette due to the choice not to work toward clean and safe…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rachel Brazil discusses the effect of the “imprinting” from a first COVID-19 infection on subsequent immune responses which makes the spread of highly-mutated…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anne Sosin and Martha Lincoln discuss the war on empathy embodied by the flurry of media attacks against anybody with the temerity…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Agius reports on the growing body of evidence indicating that long COVID may produce lifelong aftereffects. Henna Saeed reports on the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – William Anderson sets out a few of the most important realities about the Kraken COVID-19 variant and its place within the ongoing pandemic.…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sara Berg discusses what U.S. doctors wish the public understood about COVID-19 – including the dangers of reinfection and the continued need for…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Kelsey Piper writes about the U.S.’ memory-holing of the successes of a vaccine program which resulted in exceptionally quick development and distribution…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines for COVID-19 prevention and response – including recommendations for masking and isolation periods even when…