Ed Yong
Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller. Married to Liz Neeley. edyong.me (he/him)
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A Skeptic’s Guide To Ecologic Studies During A Pandemic
A number of correlation studies have linked all sorts of factors with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. These ecological studies should come with a clear warning, as they are prone to many biases, and can confuse the public, the media and policy...
How a Negative COVID-19 Test Can Mislead
We know that people who don’t feel sick can spread COVID-19—but very little about how reliable COVID-19 tests are for these cases.
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@ahandvanish @fi_lowenstein The awesome @sarahzhang wrote a great piece about this
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A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate
On Tuesday, 153 of the most prominent journalists, authors, and writers, including J. K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, and David Brooks, published an open call for civility in Harper’s Magazine. They write, in the pages of a prominent magazine that’s...
Majority of women support trans people's right to self-identify despite relentless transphobia, eye-opening polling finds
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Polling on behalf of PinkNews has found that most women support trans people self-identifying as a gender different to the one they were assigned at birth.
June 9th | Public health workers under threat
Essential workers who are being threatened and ignored. Jenny Durkan takes your calls. And: is training enough to transform policing?
What Can a Body Do? by Sara Hendren: 9780735220003 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all. Furniture and tools, kitchens and campuses and...
Oklahoma’s Suspect Argument in Front of the Supreme Court
The state claims that affirming a reservation in eastern Oklahoma could lead to thousands of state criminal convictions being thrown out. But that argument doesn’t seem to be based on facts.
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How We Beat COVID-19 - covidexitstrategy.org
These 20 critical interventions are needed to stop the spread of COVID-19. Once we stop the spread, we can open up our country again.
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I mean, I'm not an epidemiologist, but... this looks bad. 3/
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U.S. Weighs Early Vaccine Access for Minorities and Others at Risk
When a coronavirus vaccine hits the market, it will be a key tool in putting an end to the pandemic. A federal committee is debating who in the population should get it first.
Racial disparities follow pandemic’s path across political divide
No matter where the virus strikes, communities of color bear the brunt.
Artificial Lights Tell the Story of the Pandemic
Satellite views of Earth at night reveal the distinct imprint of humankind’s response to a fast-spreading virus.
A disease detective on the frontlines of WHO's Covid-19 response
In some ways, Maria Van Kerkhove has worked her whole life to be in this place, at this moment. But the job has come with unexpected complications.
Underfunded and Under Threat
A series examining how the U.S. public health front lines have been left understaffed and ill-prepared to save us from the coronavirus pandemic. The project is a collaboration between the AP and KHN.
Just before a massive outbreak, a California prison declined free coronavirus tests and urgent advice
San Quentin prison is dealing with the third-largest coronavirus outbreak in the United States: researchers fear that other prisons are at risk.
How to Keep the United States in the WHO
If carried out, withdrawing from the WHO would mark one of the most ruinous presidential decisions of modern history—a blow to global health security and to the rule of law.
The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay
Many American public-health specialists are at risk of burning out as the coronavirus surges back.
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No one wants to be right. “One of the big misconceptions is that we enjoy being right. We’d be very happy to be wrong, because it would mean lives are being saved.” - @DrNLouissaint 5/
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Public-health—and especially the folks who specialize in pandemic threats—is not a big field. There’s only so much expertise to go around, and it’s not infinite. This will all be much worse if the people trying to make it better can’t cope. 7/
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I’ve seen public-health folks caricatured as finger-wagging ivory-tower alarmists, distinct from the everyday ppl affected by their advice. False. Dichotomy. The experts I spoke to going through it all, feeling trapped at home, missing their families. 6/
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