Should I seek out COVID infection to “get it over with?”
Infection and Spread
Lindsey Leininger, PhD MA
A: Hard pass. Epidemiologist Greta Bauer explains why intentional infection is a *very* bad idea in this informative NYTimes write-up. Highlights: Even “mild” cases aren’t so mild; intentional infection is NOT an effective shortcut to herd immunity. Link to original FB post
Is COVID-19 really the leading cause of death in the US?
Data and Metrics Infection and Spread
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor
A: By some measures, yes it is. When one of your friendly resident Nerdy Girls saw this tweet from Andy Slavitt earlier today: “The daily CV death toll has surpassed everything else,” she wondered, can this possibly be true? Well, it turns out that over the past few weeks, COVID-19 has charged up the list Read more…
A: Hard pass. Epidemiologist Greta Bauer explains why intentional infection is a *very* bad idea in this informative NYTimes write-up. Highlights: Even “mild” cases aren’t so mild; intentional infection is NOT an effective shortcut to herd immunity. Link to original FB post
Is COVID-19 really the leading cause of death in the US?
Data and Metrics Infection and SpreadAlison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor
A: By some measures, yes it is. When one of your friendly resident Nerdy Girls saw this tweet from Andy Slavitt earlier today: “The daily CV death toll has surpassed everything else,” she wondered, can this possibly be true? Well, it turns out that over the past few weeks, COVID-19 has charged up the list Read more…
A: By some measures, yes it is. When one of your friendly resident Nerdy Girls saw this tweet from Andy Slavitt earlier today: “The daily CV death toll has surpassed everything else,” she wondered, can this possibly be true? Well, it turns out that over the past few weeks, COVID-19 has charged up the list Read more…
