The New York Times – Opinion – Guest Essay – March 4, 2022 What Will Our Covid Future Be Like? Here Are Two Signs to Look Out For. By Jeffrey Shaman Dr. Shaman is an infectious disease modeler and epidemiologist at Columbia. His team built one of the first Covid-19 models. Omicron cases, hospitalizations and deaths have been substantially declining across the…

The New York Times – Opinion – Guest Essay – Feb. 9, 2022 Book Banning Is About the Illusion of Parental Control By Jessica Grose Opinion Writer Last week, the book publisher Lisa Lucas started a conversation on Twitter about all of the potentially disturbing, sometimes naughty books that some kids of our vintage used to read without our parents paying the least bit…

The New York Times – Opinion – Guest Essay – Feb. 8, 2022 Joe Rogan Is a Drop in the Ocean of Medical Misinformation By Julia Belluz and John Lavis Ms. Belluz is a health reporter at Vox. Dr. Lavis is a professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Together, they worked on the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges. Another week, another…

The New York Times – Opinion – Guest Essay – Jan. 31, 2022 What We Can Learn From How the 1918 Pandemic Ended By John M. Barry Mr. Barry is a distinguished scholar at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.” Most histories of…

The New York Times – Opinion – Guest Essay – Oct. 7, 2021 I Study Pathogens and Pregnancy. Here’s What I Know About Covid-19. By Gil Mor Dr. Mor, a reproductive immunologist, leads a research lab at Wayne State University that studies the immune system during pregnancy and the impact of pathogens. More than 60 years ago, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist Peter…

The New York Times – Opinion – Guest Essay – Aug. 3, 2021 I Was the Architect of Operation Warp Speed. I Have a Message for All Americans. By Alex Azar Mr. Azar was secretary of health and human services under President Donald Trump. He oversaw Operation Warp Speed, the program to expedite Covid-19 vaccines. Among the many debatable issues around Covid-19 is…

The New York Times – Opinion – Guest Essay – June 28, 2021 Vaccine Mandates Are Coming. Good. By Aaron E. Carroll Dr. Carroll is the chief health officer for Indiana University. He’s also a writer who focuses on health research and policy. It would be nice if the United States could reach herd immunity with just vaccination incentives like tickets to ballgames and free…

“Months of data have helped scientists home in on the general portrait of a symptomatic coronavirus case.” Charting a Corona Virus Infection  – New York Times    “Being open to small wonders while on a stroll could help improve mental health.” An ‘Awe’ Walk Might Do Wonders For Your Well-Being – New York Times   “A film looks at an orchestra…

The New York Times – Opinion – Oct. 2, 2020 Testing Was Not Enough to Protect the White House The key to slowing down the spread of coronavirus infections is to have few, if any, close contacts. There’s just no getting around it. By Aaron E. Carroll Contributing Opinion Writer The president has been infected with coronavirus. Schadenfreude is inappropriate. This is, however,…

Very interesting – and important – Covid related article written by Aaron E. Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine. It was published here in the New York Time’s Op-Ed. For your convenience, I’ve inserted it below. When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward Written by: Aaron E. Carroll “We aren’t very…