How can I cope with the constant state of change during the pandemic?
Mental Health
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
A: đ Change is never easy. And we have been dealing with a lot of it over the past year. Change challenges our minds because it creates uncertainty in our thoughts and the actions of our daily lives. But there ARE things we can do to manage our discomfort with uncertainty: control what we can, Read more…
Does in-person schooling contribute to COVID-19 spread?
Infection and Spread School
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Itâs complicated. TL;DR: Two new well-designed studies find evidence that in-person schooling *does not* contribute to COVID spread when baseline community spread is LOW, but that in-person schooling *does* contribute to worsening COVID metrics when baseline COVID transmission is high. Thus far the research on schools and COVID-19 has been quite muddy, but two Read more…
ÂżLas precauciones existentes funcionan para proteger contra la nueva cepa de COVID-19?
Masks Posts en Español Staying Safe
Daisey Velazquez, Spanish Translation
R: Por suerte, si. La nueva cepa de COVID-19 es mĂĄs transmisible que la cepa anterior. Pero, esto no significa que nuestras precauciones habituales (utilizar mascarilla, 2 metros de distancia, estar al aire libre) son menos efectivas. Las mutaciones de virus aĂșn no desafĂan las leyes de la fĂsica. Pero debemos estar mĂĄs atentos a Read more…
A: đ Change is never easy. And we have been dealing with a lot of it over the past year. Change challenges our minds because it creates uncertainty in our thoughts and the actions of our daily lives. But there ARE things we can do to manage our discomfort with uncertainty: control what we can, Read more…
Does in-person schooling contribute to COVID-19 spread?
Infection and Spread SchoolJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Itâs complicated. TL;DR: Two new well-designed studies find evidence that in-person schooling *does not* contribute to COVID spread when baseline community spread is LOW, but that in-person schooling *does* contribute to worsening COVID metrics when baseline COVID transmission is high. Thus far the research on schools and COVID-19 has been quite muddy, but two Read more…
ÂżLas precauciones existentes funcionan para proteger contra la nueva cepa de COVID-19?
Masks Posts en Español Staying Safe
Daisey Velazquez, Spanish Translation
R: Por suerte, si. La nueva cepa de COVID-19 es mĂĄs transmisible que la cepa anterior. Pero, esto no significa que nuestras precauciones habituales (utilizar mascarilla, 2 metros de distancia, estar al aire libre) son menos efectivas. Las mutaciones de virus aĂșn no desafĂan las leyes de la fĂsica. Pero debemos estar mĂĄs atentos a Read more…
A: Itâs complicated. TL;DR: Two new well-designed studies find evidence that in-person schooling *does not* contribute to COVID spread when baseline community spread is LOW, but that in-person schooling *does* contribute to worsening COVID metrics when baseline COVID transmission is high. Thus far the research on schools and COVID-19 has been quite muddy, but two Read more…
ÂżLas precauciones existentes funcionan para proteger contra la nueva cepa de COVID-19?
Masks Posts en Español Staying SafeDaisey Velazquez, Spanish Translation
R: Por suerte, si. La nueva cepa de COVID-19 es mĂĄs transmisible que la cepa anterior. Pero, esto no significa que nuestras precauciones habituales (utilizar mascarilla, 2 metros de distancia, estar al aire libre) son menos efectivas. Las mutaciones de virus aĂșn no desafĂan las leyes de la fĂsica. Pero debemos estar mĂĄs atentos a Read more…
R: Por suerte, si. La nueva cepa de COVID-19 es mĂĄs transmisible que la cepa anterior. Pero, esto no significa que nuestras precauciones habituales (utilizar mascarilla, 2 metros de distancia, estar al aire libre) son menos efectivas. Las mutaciones de virus aĂșn no desafĂan las leyes de la fĂsica. Pero debemos estar mĂĄs atentos a Read more…
