4. The Politics of Health

'In the coming fall and winter, the US epidemic will likely run rampant, and more countries and regions will be forced to suffer because of the US.'

Coronavirus cases are continuing to soar across the United States as the death toll tops 112,000. The Washington Post reports COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing in at least nine states following the reopening of businesses. Texas, North and South Carolina, California, Oregon, Arkansas, Mississippi, Utah and Arizona are all seeing a surge in patients needing medical attention. Texas has seen two consecutive days of record coronavirus hospitalizations. On Tuesday, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, Anthony Fauci, described the coronavirus as his “worst nightmare” and said the pandemic is not close to over yet. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has revised its projected U.S. death toll upward, predicting 145,000 deaths by early August.

The World Health Organization has walked back a top official’s claim that asymptomatic people rarely spread the coronavirus to others. The WHO’s confused messaging on the topic drew criticism from public health officials. The Harvard Global Health Institute said, “In fact, some evidence suggests that people may be most infectious in the days before they become symptomatic — that is, in the presymptomatic phase when they feel well, have no symptoms, but may be shedding substantial amounts of virus.” Meanwhile, two new papers published in the journal Nature find coronavirus lockdowns saved millions of lives and averted tens of millions of infections worldwide. UC Berkeley researcher Solomon Hsiang co-authored one of the reports. Solomon Hsiang: “Never in human history have so many people around the world come together, coordinated their actions and worked to save so many lives in such a short period of time.”

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Isaac Chotiner interviews Jeffrey Shaman, a professor at Columbia University and the lead author of a new study projecting that COVID-19 cases and deaths will rise significantly if more states reopen.

Every idea needs a Medium

The stakes are too high right now not to push back on dangerous misinformation about the pandemic. Everyone has a social responsibility to speak up.

There’s a video out there that claims to show a scientist being silenced by the government. I keep seeing people share it while saying things like “Wh

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Here are reasons people fall for conspiracy theories? A viral documentary about coronavirus is the latest one.

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Before the pandemic hit, the idea of a universal basic income was fringe policy in much of the developed world. But now that the economy is on life support and Canadians are being paid to stay away from work, the idea is looking more like common sense to many.

The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist has been attacked with falsehoods that he created the coronavirus and wants to profit from it.

'We would be able to identify asymptomatic carriers, even before they were conscious of losing their smell,' says Dana Small

Financial system Instex used for first time to send medical support to Iran as it battles severe coronavirus outbreak

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Despite YouTube's efforts to take down misinformation related to coronavirus, a new crop of fake videos is making it through.

Millions of people worldwide are getting infected or re-infected with highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. And yet millions of people in low and middle-income nations are still lacking access to vaccines and tools. World leaders have failed to unite against the virus.

A manifesto urging reliance on “herd immunity” without lockdowns was warmly received by administration officials. But the strategy cannot stem the pandemic, many experts say.

Despite a claim that has gone viral, Pfizer never said that pre-market trials of its COVID-19 vaccine tested for its effect on transmission of the virus.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has been promoting the idea that American lockdowns are too aggressive on Fox News and other outlets

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Democratic candidate’s recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern

This attempt to discredit a central piece of protective gear used around the globe fails to account for several fundamental scientific principles.

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