February 1, 2023
¿Cómo puedo apoyar a alguien que está inmunocomprometida?
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Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Ser inmunocomprometida quiere decir que el cuerpo no puede combatir la infección bien. En unos casos el cuerpo no identifica las células/los virus/las bacterias fuera del cuerpo y en otros casos no puede crear una defensa inmune a estas células/virus/bacterias. Algunas veces no puede hacer cualquiera. 🦠 🧫 💊 Las personas están inmunocomprometidas por varias Read more…
February 1, 2023
Are we over-counting Covid deaths?
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Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
No. Sadly, we are most likely still UNDER-counting Covid-19 deaths. Among the most persistent COVID-19 myths is the idea that COVID-19 deaths are being over-counted, which recently resurfaced in a Washington Post editorial. We’ve all heard stories of COVID positive motorcycle accident victims being counted or the saying that people are dying *with* COVID-19 rather Read more…
Ser inmunocomprometida quiere decir que el cuerpo no puede combatir la infección bien. En unos casos el cuerpo no identifica las células/los virus/las bacterias fuera del cuerpo y en otros casos no puede crear una defensa inmune a estas células/virus/bacterias. Algunas veces no puede hacer cualquiera. 🦠 🧫 💊 Las personas están inmunocomprometidas por varias Read more…
February 1, 2023
Are we over-counting Covid deaths?
Data and Metrics Data Literacy![Jennifer Beam Dowd Ph.D.](https://thosenerdygirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Jennifer-Beam-Dowd-PhD.-e1595010241109.png)
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
No. Sadly, we are most likely still UNDER-counting Covid-19 deaths. Among the most persistent COVID-19 myths is the idea that COVID-19 deaths are being over-counted, which recently resurfaced in a Washington Post editorial. We’ve all heard stories of COVID positive motorcycle accident victims being counted or the saying that people are dying *with* COVID-19 rather Read more…
No. Sadly, we are most likely still UNDER-counting Covid-19 deaths. Among the most persistent COVID-19 myths is the idea that COVID-19 deaths are being over-counted, which recently resurfaced in a Washington Post editorial. We’ve all heard stories of COVID positive motorcycle accident victims being counted or the saying that people are dying *with* COVID-19 rather Read more…