Public Attitudes

Analysis: U.S. study describes economic and racial differences in accessing internet information during the pandemic

Fri, 2022-11-25 11:11 — mike kraft

Disparate impacts on online information access during the Covid-19 pandemic Nature Communications - The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated an important changes in online information access. Here, the authors analyse everyday web search interactions across 25,150 US ZIP codes... Nature

The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated important changes in online information access as digital engagement became necessary to meet the demand for health, economic, and educational resources.

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European booster rate is too low-- EU regulator warns

Fri, 2022-11-25 10:25 — mike kraft

EU regulator warns of 'disappointing' vaccine booster uptake Recent uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in the European Union has been "rather disappointing," an official said on Thursday, amid concerns that protection against severe cases of the disease could weaken during the winter. Ludwig Burger,Maggie Fick Reuters

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15 States move to keep court from lifting Trump Covid-related anti-asylum policy

Wed, 2022-11-23 17:54 — mike kraft

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. AP NEWS

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Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic -- WHO and CDC

Wed, 2022-11-23 17:28 — mike kraft

Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. public health agency said on Wednesday. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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A Chinese landscape architect advocates "sponge cities" to help counter climate change and flooding.

Wed, 2022-11-23 13:54 — mike kraft

As climate warms, a China planner advocates "sponge cities" BEIJING (AP) — To cushion the impact of extreme weather due to climate change, a Chinese landscape architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities.” AP NEWS

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What Covid taught scientists and the public about the flu

Wed, 2022-11-23 10:12 — mike kraft

Key lessons we learned from Covid that scientists are now applying to the flu For nearly three years, the medical and scientific world scrutinized Covid. That research helped experts gain a new understanding of a much older virus: the flu. NBC News

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Whether it was Covid’s dominance or behavioral changes that contributed most to the nonexistent 2020-2021 flu season — and many credit both — the newfound knowledge that flu transmission can in fact, be stopped, is here to stay.

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In the U.S., vaccinated people now make up a majority of covid deaths

Wed, 2022-11-23 09:45 — mike kraft

Analysis | Vaccinated people now make up a majority of covid deaths The trend underscores the importance of regular booster shots. McKenzie Beard Washington Post

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For the first time, a majority of Americans dying from the coronavirus received at least the primary series of the vaccine.

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Covid misinformation is thriving on fringe platforms despite counter efforts

Wed, 2022-11-23 09:28 — mike kraft

Around the country, countless Americans are suffering a very particular type of Covid grief — a mixture of anger, sorrow and shame that comes with losing a loved one who has consumed social media falsehoods. On Tuesday, in what was likely his last appearance in the White House briefing room before he retires from government service at the end of the year, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, pleaded with Americans to speak out against scientific misinformation.

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