How Long Should You Isolate With COVID-19? Experts Are Split | TIME Magazine
With talks of the CDC potentially loosening their recommendations for COVIS-19 isolation periods, experts are divided in support of a possible change. Citing concerns about asymptomatic patients still being contagious, Dr. Ellie Murray shares her hesitancy about lessening current recommendations. Read more for experts’ takes on both stances.
US Covid booster rates are shockingly low | The Independent
Tweets by CEID faculty member Dr. Ellie Murray, commenting on the predictability of covid in its endemic stage, were quoted in The Independent. The article addressed the new challenges of vaccine uptake that come as covid moves from pandemic to endemic.
Racist COVID Claims Spread by RFK, Jr. and Other Demagogues Are Deadly | Scientific American
An opinion piece in Scientific American by CEID faculty Dr. Ellie Murray lays out why claims that COVID-19 affects racial groups differently is not only misleading, but can have implications in the spread of the disease itself. Read the full article here.
Don’t Let the Lack of Mask Mandates Lure You Into Complacency | SELF
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray mentions that, “We see a lot of talk about this as if COVID is over—but we have had a lot of times this year when we had more cases than at some of the points in the first couple of years [of the pandemic].” See more here.
A Christmas covid surge is looking more likely, again. But getting sick isn’t inevitable. | Grid
“We don’t have to have a big winter surge. But right now, we are on track to,” said epidemiologist and CEID Faculty Dr. Eleanor Murray. See more here.
B.C. mask debate: Divide between frontline doctors and public health amid concerns of politicized office | CTV News
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray conducted a study that demonstrates that “The things that were happening in B.C. [masking, distancing and gathering restrictions] in the first eight, 10 months of the pandemic actually worked.” See more here.
Schools that kept mask mandates saw significantly fewer COVID-19 cases: study | CTV News
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray co-authored a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates the effectiveness of wearing masks at schools. See more here.
IN THE LINE OF FIRE Scientists have been harassed for years. But a Science survey shows the pandemic has made things far worse for some | Science
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray shared her experiences as a COVID-19 researcher: “Accusations of immorality are particularly bruising, some researchers say. Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University, has been vocal about the need to protect children from infections, but her message has been twisted into accusations of being ‘pro–school closure,’ she says, and then […]
The U.S. Still Doesn’t Know How To Track A Pandemic | FiveThirtyEight
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on data reporting systems for COVID-19 in the US: “After not knowing how many COVID-19 cases were going unreported in spring 2020, we were then asking how many people lacked the tests they needed. Even now, two years into the pandemic, this is still a challenge because the […]
The CDC’s new mask guidance guarantees we’ll be too slow for the next surge | Washington Post
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray and Boston University School of Public Health Assistant Professor Julia Raifman weigh in on the new CDC mask guidance: “A recommendation for universal masking (as well as increases in supplies of masks and tests) should turn on when case counts alone are on the rise, even if they are not […]