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Dear Readers: Who has made some awesome (or not-so-awesome) purchases during the pandemic? We’ve (thankfully) passed the days of hoarding toilet paper, but Those Nerdy Girls know that stressful times may still call for retail therapy, whether small impulse buys (celebrity gossip rags, anyone?) or big splurges (hello, inflatable hot tubs). Some purchases have worked Read more…

Those Nerdy Girls are back to tackle your latest COVID questions. This month’s live Q&A topics include: * the impact of pandemic life on immune health * the value of one way masking * tracking COVID in the era of home testing * using rapid antigen tests to exit isolation Featuring Nerdy Girls: Ashley Ritter, Read more…

A: A new study published in The Lancet suggests that people who had a COVID-19 infection are at increased risk of developing diabetes within a year. Research is piling up to show that COVID-19 infections can result in long term health consequences. Last month, a study was published in the medical journal The Lancet asking Read more…

Live Q&As with Those Nerdy Girls are back! Dear Pandemic co-founder Dr. Malia Jones is handing over the Live Q&A torch to Dr. Chana Davis. Link to Live Malia and Chana will talk about 4th shots / second boosters, the new Omicron strain, vaccines for kids, and rapid tests for Omicron. NOTE: Video will be Read more…

This week, to commemorate two years of the magical collaboration that is Dear Pandemic, we’ll be re-sharing some posts from back in the day… back when we thought we would sunset this project by August 2020 at the latest. Back when the best data we had was coming off of the #DiamondPrincess. Back when we Read more…

In a moment of crisis, a team of female scientists built and sustained a public health communication platform while maintaining their day jobs and tending to family and friends during a global pandemic. We have written over 2,000 posts and connected with over 200,000 followers. We have done this all with a volunteer staff for Read more…

It’s time to meet the women behind the magic here at Dear Pandemic! Today we’d love to introduce you to Joanna Dreifus, MPH–our Director of Community Engagement. Joanna volunteered to help us out more than a year ago. Her main area of focus is all things YOU! Our readers. She reads all your comments (yes Read more…

A: Most likely YES! And you can search our past posts right here on our website! If you don’t find a past post answering your question, you can submit your question to us via our question box right here! Since March 2020, Those Nerdy Girls have answered ~ 2000 questions on our Facebook pages (Dear Read more…

We highly recommend these stunning visualizations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A friend recently asked me (Nerdy Girl Lindsey): How will you cultivate hope through the long winter months ahead? * My answer: My hope lies in the unsung grassroots heroes. The security guard pictured below, Cordarlye Frost, helping children feel happy and at ease at a vaccination clinic. The nurses in the ED, the librarians Read more…

💥UPDATE💥: The U.S. CDC has updated its guidance to say that all adults over >18 SHOULD rather than MAY get a booster. As we wrote last week, we think the case for boosters is strong. Boosters provide increased neutralization of previously identified variants, which bodes well for Omicron. #BoostUp #VaxUp #WeCanDoThis Link to Original FB Read more…

A: Support for the work of Those Nerdy Girls comes in many forms. We hope you will participate in this season of giving with a gift to Dear Pandemic. Here are a few ideas on our wish list! ** Financial Gifts Dear Pandemic isn’t going anywhere. While our work was born in a moment of Read more…

ETA: Trigger warning: this post contains real bad news and it also mentions deer hunting. *************** 🦌⚠️🦌 Deer Pandemic?! 🦌⚠️🦌 Scientists recently learned that TONS of white-tailed deer in the United States have SARS-CoV-2. More than a few curse words were spoken by infectious disease epidemiologists upon hearing this news. It is very important and Read more…

This past week brought us exciting news with the long-awaited emergency authorization of COVID vaccines for kids ages 5-11 in the United States. We know that many of our readers (and many of Those Nerdy Girls, too) are jubilant that their kids are finally eligible, and in fact some have already received their first doses! Read more…