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Two years in, here are some signals and logical responses we have yet to grasp.

As it fights a pandemic, CDC wages a second battle to win back trust "We're following the science." The line rolls regularly off the tongues of top US health officials -- no one more so than US Centers for Disease Control and... Posted: May 22, 2021 9:51 AM Posted By: CNN "We're following the science." The line rolls regularly off the tongues of top US health officials -- no one more so than US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Science dictated last week's guidance -- widely criticized as confusing -- advising fully vaccinated Americans that they cou...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. I remember very clearly the day I stopped totally trusting my city’s health commissioner. It was the last Tuesday in July of 2020, during a virtual press conference I was attending. Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health had been doing pandemic briefings for months at that point. Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley always popped up to do his rundown of the state of the virus for the week. This press conference was no different. Except after the numbers and talk about trends, Farley said this: “So in summary, the s...

All disasters are political. Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s April 16 news conference announcing new pandemic control measures was followed by a rapid flip-flop after public outcry. A panicky walking back of restrictions was followed by an emotional apology six days later. But despite the honest apology, damage has already been done by what is being perceived as a lack of an informed plan. Fifteen months into the pandemic, Canada’s most populous region is at the breaking point. Today, the COVID-19 situation in Toronto is looking more and more like that of a lesser developed nation facing a p...

Faye Flam: Here comes the fourth wave (or not) Summary: Even if we can’t predict the size or timing of a next wave, public health officials do know that the disease will continue to kill as long as some people don’t qualify for the vaccine or can’t book an appointment. Written By: Faye Flam, Bloomberg Opinion | 11:00 am, Apr. 19, 2021 × Coronavirus patients coming in emergency are housed in a makeshift ER unit established in a tent at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center on Dec. 23, 2020, in Colton, California. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS) So are we having a f...