Lately, in the ongoing conversation about how to defeat the coronavirus, experts have made reference to the “Swiss cheese model” of pandemic defense. The metaphor is easy enough to grasp: Multiple layers of protection, imagined as cheese slices, block the…
Read MoreMany of us are stress eating because of the pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted everyday life, isolated people from friends and family, and spawned an economic crisis. On top of all that, it has also affected people’s mental and physical health. A global survey conducted earlier this year confirms…
Read MoreMany Trial Volunteers Got Placebo Vaccines. Do They Now Deserve the Real Ones?
In October, Judith Munz and her husband, Scott Petersen, volunteered for a coronavirus vaccine trial. At a clinic near their home in Phoenix, each got a jab in the arm. Dr. Petersen, a retired physician, became a little fatigued after…
Read MoreApps tracking coronavirus exposure weakened by human nature
By Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News The app builders had planned for pranksters, ensuring that only people with verified COVID-19 cases could trigger an alert. They’d planned for heavy criticism about privacy, in many cases making the features as…
Read MoreFauci: U.S. may see “surge upon surge” of coronavirus in weeks ahead – The Denver Post
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus in the weeks after Thanksgiving, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas….
Read MoreTraveling COVID-19 nurses are hard to find, expensive
By Markian Hawryluk and Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News DENVER — In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She’d been working as an intensive care nurse at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and loved it, despite…
Read MoreCovid Combat Fatigue: ‘I Would Come Home With Tears in My Eyes.’
About 2 a.m. on a sweltering summer night, Dr. Orlando Garner awoke to the sound of a thud next to his baby daughter’s crib. He leapt out of bed to find his wife, Gabriela, passed out, her forehead hot with…
Read MoreColorado grocery workers worry as Thanksgiving shoppers crowd stores
This is one of the busiest weeks of the year for grocery stores, and workers in those stores are worried. They’re worried that the aisles are too crowded, and that too few people wear masks. They’re worried about how many…
Read MoreSmall Social Gatherings Aren’t Driving the Virus Surge (So Far)
As states struggle to contain the resurgent coronavirus, many officials are laying the blame on an unexpected source: people gathering with family and friends. Household get-togethers undoubtedly do contribute to community transmission of the virus. Canada’s recent Thanksgiving certainly added…
Read MoreCoronavirus: Quebec reports 1,259 new cases, 32 additional deaths as hospitalizations drop
Quebec is reporting 1,259 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic to 129,699. The province reported 32 additional deaths attributable to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, with…
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