Organizations have done such a bad job of explaining Covid to the public over the last almost four years, that it will be difficult to ever get mitigations back in place. — Research director with a PhD in education, Dr. Sean Mullen said incredulously, “They said herd immunity would work. Then hybrid immunity. What’s next? They should just come out and say it: Hocus-Pocus, Hail Mary Hypothetical Immunity. Seems we’ve been banking on magical thinking, prayers, and theories rather than results. Hallucination…

When we don’t understand something, we tend to shoot the messenger. — On May 27, 2022 , we heard the simplest possible explanation of what Covid does to our bodies and how to prevent the spread, but we gave a finger to that information in favour of business as usual. Change is hard. Between the time the CDC told people to unmask…

If social media is any barometer of this, anti-mask abuse appears to be skyrocketing. — There are tons of comments by the Covid cautious about about being accosted at stores and in the street, followed by others suggesting that’s just not happening.

Should mental health professionals be more concerned about the spread of a brain-invasive virus that affects mental health?? — Amanda Hu wrote “I feel like therapists and counselors as an entire profession (save a few individuals) not understanding how serious Covid is, thinking it’s over and being part of the minimization of the pandemic is actually a crisis. We need the people who are supposed to guide us through…

What every pediatrician in the world needs to read. — From tern: Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is a really bad thing, isn’t it? I wonder what the percentage is after the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 12th infection? Here’s a really really interesting point in the study: Only a tiny proportion of teh kids have a constellation of…

Another day, another variant. — Last week I wrote that we don’t need to know all the specifics about different variants. It just confuses people. What the public really needs to know is that there are a lot of variants out there at once, so getting sick or immunized doesn’t prevent getting sick again. …

The false narratives about Covid contributed to the continued spread of the virus. — A brief but poignant thread by T. Ryan Gregory. Each link dispels the myth: It’s painful to think about how much damage these myths have caused. Myth #1: Droplet vs airborne transmission. Myth #2: Pathogens inevitably evolve to become more benign. Myth #3: Endemic means mild. Myth #4: Viruses quickly…

Some mitigations reduce both problems! — In a local school board meeting from last June, in which they discussed their plan to remove HEPAs in rooms that had mechanical ventilation added (as if it’s and either/or option), they first discussed how far they’ve overshot their energy budget. …

The nerve-wracking quest to gingerly encourage masks in class. — Last fall, when I started back to school for the first time in a couple decades, WLU had mask mandates, which was such a relief for anyone trying to avoid getting Covid. Then they dropped them last February with this announcement: “While face coverings will no longer be required, members…