I Have Questions.
By Malia Jones
I Have Questions.Oct 24, 2020
Wearing masks outside, candy chutes for trick or treat, are tents outdoors or indoors, update on treatments and more
In this week's Dear Pandemic Q&A, Drs. Lindsey Leininger and Malia Jones tackle reader questions including whether (and when) we need to wear masks outdoors, how to trick-or-treat safely, an update on treatments and more. We debuted our new segment, lightning round! Show links:
Our website, where you can search past posts and submit new questions: www.dearpandemic.org
FDA expands approved uses of Remdesevir: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19
Remdesevir approval/Solidarity trial: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/health/coronavirus-remdesivir-who.html
Dear Pandemic PEP post: https://www.facebook.com/dearpandemic/posts/190480185913970
Malia's Slate article on safe trick-or-treating: https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/halloween-masks-covid-safety-trick-or-treating.html
Giving blood, poll workers, reinfection, superspreading in schools, and wrapping our heads around risk (still)
In this week's live Q&A, Dr. Lindsey Leininger and Dr. Malia Jones of Dear Pandemic tackle reader questions on working the polls, reinfection, superspreading in schools, the psychology of risk, and whether it's safe to donate blood (yes it is!).
Dr. Michael Lens on housing policy, crowding, the eviction crisis, racialized history, and public policy
With a national eviction crisis looming on the horizon, we thought it was worth revisiting our June 19, 2020 conversation with Dr. Michael Lens of UCLA's Luskin School of Public Policy about housing, public policy, evictions, crowding, population density, and the history of racism in housing policy--all as related to the pandemic.
Further reading recommended by Dr. Lens:
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein &
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic
Homecoming, hair salons, corn mazes, hugging, funerals, and exactly what ARE we supposed to do when we live with someone who is quarantined?
Drs. Amanda Simanek of UW-Milwaukee and Malia Jones of UW-Madison take follower questions on this weekly Q&A! We tackle topics including hair salons, funerals, voting, homecoming, bonfires, hugging, and figuring out what do to when someone you live with has been notified that they've been exposed.
Dr. Ajay Sethi on conspiracies, biases, 5G, pod people and COVID-19.
Public Health Conspiracies: Who believes them? Where do they come from? Why do they spread so quickly? Dr. Malia Jones interviews Dr. Ajay Sethi of the UW-Madison School of Public Health and Medicine. Recorded on August 19th, 2020.
When we can stop worrying about Biden, fomites, kids, and etiquette
In this episode, Drs. Malia Jones and Lindsey Leininger open up the question box from www.dearpandemic.org and answer follower questions on topics ranging from etiquette for communicating about your pod to the presidential debate.
Dr. Benjamin Hale on COVID-19 ethical questions
Dr. Benjamin Hale is an ethicist and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Philosophy Department and Environmental Studies Program. Dr. Hale chats with Malia Jones about ethics, schools, fairness, masks, individualism, America, ebola, camping, indeterminacy, and complexity science.
Episode links:
Dr. Hale's 2014 essay on ebola in Slate
His book, The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature is available on Amazon.com.
This episode was recorded on October 1, 2020.
Aerosols, indoor family visits, hot tubs and sidewalks!
In this episode, Drs. Malia Jones and Lindsey Leininger open up the question box from www.dearpandemic.org and answer follower questions on topics ranging from hot tubs to regulatory science.
Followers have Questions: Sept 19, 2020
Dr. Malia Jones and Dr. Jennifer Beam Dowd tackle questions from followers including
- What's up with Sweden and herd immunity?
- How soon after exposure can you give COVID to someone else?
- What's more important in terms of COVID-19 transmission, surfaces or air?
- What's in a COVID-19 preparedness kit?
Followers have Questions Sept 12, 2020
Dr. Malia Jones & Dr. Lindsey Leininger tackle follower questions from Heather in Ann Arbor, Marybeth from New Jersey, TJ from Sacramento, and Katie from Winnetka, Illinois.
Followers Have Questions Sept 5 2020
Dr. Jones and Dr. Leininger crack open the question box and tackle questions from readers!