Covid-19 – Link(s) of the Day

This is how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state

A large share of the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID in the U.S. may have lived if they’d gotten vaccinated. A new analysis shows how many lives could have been saved across the country.

Why One-Way Masking Isn’t a Very Good Public Health Solution

The idea is appealing and at times even pragmatic. But it has some serious flaws.

akintoye please pull your head out your ass

Couldn’t find this on Youtube for easier sharing. All credit goes to Akintoye.

26 states ended federal unemployment benefits early. Data suggests it’s not getting people back to work

Data from payroll firms Homebase and UKG, similar to other recent studies, indicate state policies haven’t pushed people back to work yet.

Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are among the unvaccinated, an indication that nearly all deaths could be averted if everyone got the shots

For Indigenous street vendors, offering free meals in L.A. is more than charity

In Los Angeles, Zapotec street vendors organize free weekly cookouts — but it’s done for more than charity.

Jon Rahm out of Memorial Tournament with COVID midway through record-setting performance

Jon Rahm is a professional golfer, which means that he spends a good amount of his life traveling, a lot of time on airplanes and in hotels and other common areas where a lot of people mass and spread germs.

What HIPAA Isn’t

Word of mouth has turned a narrow health-records law into a supposed health-privacy Bill of Rights.

The Leading Causes of Death in the US for 2020

Suicides down YoY by 5% for 2020.

The Leading Causes of Death in the US for 2020

This Viewpoint from the US National Center for Health Statistics reports a 2020 mortality estimate 17.7% higher than that of 2019, with leading causes of death comprising heart disease, cancer, and COVID-19.

The story of mRNA: From a loose idea to a tool that may help curb Covid

Scientists have dreamed about the possibilities of custom-made messenger RNA. The pandemic may turn those possibilities into realilty.