Isabel Ott, Booonyavirologist
virology lab tech/well-dressed cryptid @YaleEMD. ornery anticolonial arbovirologist; opinions own. Georgia grown. started #BiInSci. BS Bio, UGA ‘19. (she/pay)
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Inside the Fall of the CDC
How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.
It's time to map medicine's sexual and gender harassment iceberg - STAT
We should have been measured by the work we did. Instead we struck the "iceberg of sexual harassment," and it sank our careers.
Independent bookstore owner invests in online bookstore famous for destroying independent bookstores.
Nancy Bass Wyden, owner of New York City’s Strand Bookstore—one of the largest independent bookstores in the country—purchased stock in Amazon three times between April 6 and May 1, totaling somewh…
Strand Books Spraying Water on Homeless Is 'Barbaric,' Customers Say
The Strand was criticized for treating the homeless like "pests," not people.
Facial Masking for Covid-19 | NEJM
Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine — Facial Masking for Covid-19
The Traumatic True History and Name List of the Dakota 38
The Dakota 38 execution was the largest mass execution in the United States and took place on December 26, 1862.
What to Expect When You Don’t Know What You’re Expecting: COVID-19 and Flu Season in the Laboratory
Welcome to October 2020 and a flu season unlike any other. What can we expect? Well, it’s complicated. And if we aren’t sure what to expect, can we still be prepared? Yes (at least for …
The pandemic exposes human nature: 10 evolutionary insights
Humans and viruses have been coevolving for millennia. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19) has been particularly successful in evading our evolved defenses. The outcome has been tragic—across...
White Lies - There Goes Our Love Again
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#DefundPrisonsDefendSurvivors
Defund Prisons. Defend Survivors.
The Sci-Fi Author Reimagining Indigenous History
As Rebecca Roanhorse’s novels have earned praise in the literary world, they’ve sparked controversy among some Native scholars.
How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Search for Separated Families | KQED
The search for parents separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border is still ongoing. But because of the spread of the pandemic, the effort was put on hold for months.
Forget Shutdowns. It’s ‘Demand Shock’ That’s Killing Our Economy.
Gyms, restaurants, and movie theaters are all reeling for the very same reason
This Zoom D*ck Incident Is the Talk of the Town
New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin was allegedly caught masturbating on a video call.
Life Without Parole for Kids Is Cruelty With No Benefit
The United States is the only country that allows this practice, and soon the Supreme Court could get rid of it.
Amy Coney Barrett accused of ‘unconscionable cruelty’ in teen rape case
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has been accused of “unconscionable cruelty” by a watchdog group over her role in an appellate court decision overturning a district court which found a Wisconsin county liable for millions in damages to a...
Multi-organ impairment in low-risk individuals with long COVID
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has disproportionately affected older individuals and those with underlying medical conditions. Research has focused on short-term outcomes in hospital, and single...
More Than 1,000 Current and Former CDC Officers Condemn U.S. Covid-19 Response
An open letter expresses dismay at the nation’s public-health response to the Covid-19 pandemic and calls for the federal agency to play a more central role.
The effect of temperature and humidity on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses
Since emerging in late 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic, and it may become an endemic human pathogen. Understanding the impact of environmental conditions on SARS-CoV-2 viability and its transmission potential is crucial to anticipating...