You can’t just “follow the science” Photo by Hans Reniers on Unsplash Science is a decision-making tool, not a decision maker As we slump into the endemic phase of the COVID19 pandemic, David Leonhardt of the NYT has perhaps improbably become my...
If I Had COVID, Why Should I Get Vaccinated? A gap in protection. Courtesy of Unsplash After reading my article “Why Omicron Will Be The Last COVID Variant of (Major) Concern”, someone asked me about vaccination for people who have tested positive for the coronavirus,...
Why Omicron Will Be The Last COVID Variant of (Major) Concern Virus evolution illustrated as branches of a tree, from CDC video “Understanding Variants” In my last post, I argued “I’m not worried about another, more contagious variant emerging....
COVID confused? Pandemic fatigued? Read this Source: New York Times We all prefer clarity and simplicity. How nice it would be if life offered us simple either/or, good/bad choices. We crave simplicity so much that we impose it on complex situations and people: these...
Omicron panic: Let’s take it down a notch Creative Commons, Wikimedia Panic and outrage seem to drive most of our conversations today. The discovery of a highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant dubbed Omicron fits right in with this pattern. Everybody...
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