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OPINION: Reporting a worker’s hospitalization within 24 hours of a workplace incident is appropriate for traumatic injuries such as falling off a roof, but it makes no sense for Covid-19. It is generally impossible to identify the precise moment someone i

Tue, 2020-11-24 13:19 — mike kraft

'Absurd reinterpretation' of OSHA rule about workers and Covid-19 - STAT OSHA is telling employers to report workers hospitalized for Covid-19 only if it happens within 24 hours of workplace exposure to the virus. Patrick Skerrett STAT

Workplace exposures continue to be a major driver of the coronavirus pandemic, something that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should be on top of. But a reinterpretation of a reporting rule is making that all but impossible.

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New Study: Why Coronavirus vaccines face trust gap in Black and Latino communities

Tue, 2020-11-24 13:07 — mike kraft

Coronavirus vaccines face trust gap in Black and Latino communities, study finds Other recent studies have also pointed to vaccine hesitancy in communities of color, but Monday’s survey delved deeper into the reasons, polling respondents on a spectrum of questions to get at the roots of their distrust. William Wan Washington Post

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OP-ED :Covid-19 Data Is a Mess. We Need a Way to Make Sense of It.

Tue, 2020-11-24 10:39 — mike kraft

The United States is more than eight months into the pandemic and people are back waiting in long lines to be tested as coronavirus infections surge again. And yet there is still no federal standard to ensure testing results are being uniformly reported. Without uniform results, it is impossible to track cases accurately or respond effectively.

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ANALYSIS: 50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How Britain failed to stop the second wave

Tue, 2020-11-24 10:25 — mike kraft

50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How the UK keeps failing. With one of the highest death tolls from the first wave of the coronavirus, Boris Johnson pledged a “world-beating” test-and-trace system to prevent a resurgence this winter. A Reuters investigation reveals how that promise came unstuck. Reuters

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NewStudy: Mask Mandates work to slow the spread of coronavirus--Kansas

Mon, 2020-11-23 13:26 — mike kraft

Mask Mandates Work To Slow Spread Of Coronavirus, Kansas Study Finds When Kansas issued a mask mandate, 81 counties opted out. Researchers found coronavirus infection rates rose sharply in the opt-out counties, while falling in those that required masks. NPR.org

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ANALYSIS: Why emergency COVID-vaccine approvals pose a dilemma for scientists

Mon, 2020-11-23 13:19 — mike kraft

Why emergency COVID-vaccine approvals pose a dilemma for scientists Immunizations are speeding towards approval before clinical trials end, but scientists say this could complicate efforts to study long-term effects. David Cyranoski nature

After a flurry of positive results from clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines, developers are now seeking ‘emergency use’ approvals, which could see these immunizations deployed in potentially tens of millions of people. But scientists are concerned that this kind of early deployment could compromise the ongoing clinical trials that seek to show conclusively how well the vaccines work.

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Public health expert: Americans no longer acting 'with common purpose' on pandemic

Sun, 2020-11-22 12:25 — mike kraft

Public health expert: Americans no longer acting 'with common The director of the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on Sunday said that the current wave of coronavirus cases is worse because Americans are not “acting with common purpose” the way they were in th Zack Budryk TheHill

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Washington Post new analysis shows that communities of color continue to die from the coronavirus at much higher rates than Whites.

Sun, 2020-11-22 12:09 — mike kraft

‘I just pray God will help me’: Racial, ethnic minorities reel from higher covid-19 death rates While overall fatality rates have plummeted since the spring, experts say many of the deaths in minority communities are preventable. Dan Keating, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Gabriel Florit, Chris Alcantara Washington Post

.... Nearly nine months after the virus exploded in the United States, and amid big treatment strides, the disease continues to ravage African American and other minority communities with a particular vengeance.

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