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Desperate times call for desperate measures: do-it-yourself haircuts in the time of coronavirus
I was already in desperate need of a haircut (and color adjustment) in early March. Since I was sick for the first two weeks of March, however, I had to postpone my appointment. Then came the stay-at-home order, and I had to postpone my salon appointment again – this time… Listen ⇢
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Our two cents about masks
There has been a lot of talk about masks lately, culminating in last Friday’s recommendation from the CDC that we all wear fabric masks when we are in places where social distancing is difficult – “especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.” At the time of the announcement of the… Listen ⇢
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How do I tell if the info in that post or email is legit?
We’ve all seen posts on social media and received text messages and emails from well-meaning friends and family about how to prevent and treat coronavirus with some miracle cure. Before we forward these on to others – and certainly before we do anything suggested in these posts – we should… Listen ⇢
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Someone thinks I’m an expert!
My colleagues Christine Ekenga, Kim Johnson and I wrote this article published in Washington University’s The Source on Monday (March 30, 2020). They called it “WashU Experts: COVID-19 fact vs. fiction“ It’s exciting to be called an expert, for sure, but this is a bit disingenuous because I’m an expert… Listen ⇢
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My first post
I have been very anxious about COVID-19 since mid-January. That’s when I discovered the JHU CSSE’s Coronavirus Dashboard and downloaded the raw data so that I could do some analyses of my own. My results, together with what I was reading about COVID-19 in the scientific literature and in the… Listen ⇢
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