To stop a pandemic before it starts, protect dairy workers from H5N1 | The Washington Post
Because of pasteurization practices which render pathogens such as H5N1 inactive, general consumers don not need to be concerned about contracting avian flu through milk or other dairy products. However, as CEID director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia and CEID affiliate Lauren Sauer write in an op-ed for The Washington Post, “Preventing farmworker infections and uncontrolled spread […]
Two Kennedys on covid | Washington Post
Citing his research on the role vaccine uptake played in COVID prevention throughout American communities, CEID faculty Andrew Stokes told The Washington Post that in places where vaccine uptake increased, excess mortality went down in the second year of the pandemic. This refutes claims of overall excess deaths increasing in 2021 and 2022. “It is impossible to […]
A blip or the beginning of a trend? Encouraging signal emerges in COVID waste-water numbers. | Washington Post
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer weighed in on COVID-19 variants and wastewater tracking: “Asked Friday about the latest data on the unpredictable virus, Dr. David H. Hamer, professor of global health and medicine at the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, suggested it’s too soon to celebrate. ‘I think it is too early […]
Why I’m stocking up on masks and tests We’re running out of money to address the pandemic, and Congress won’t act | Post Opinions
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad shares her opinion on COVID-19 funding: “Congress’s inability to provide continued funding for the country’s pandemic response gives me deja vu. In December 2019, I and other experts warned that a program protecting us from a deadly pandemic was about to expire. Three days later, news broke about a cluster […]
Some states in the U.S. are closing virus testing sites despite fears of a new surge. | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on the closure of COVID-19 testing sites: “…Once a new surge or variant arrives and starts driving up testing demand, no rush to reopen mass testing sites, no matter how expedited, can make up for the lost time, said Cassandra Pierre, the medical director of public health programs […]
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 […]
Mask mandates are falling prematurely. We can still keep people safe. | Washington Post
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad co-authored an opinion in the Washington Post and weighs in on mask mandates: “A growing number of states that had adopted strict mitigation measures during the omicron surge have announced plans to lift indoor mask mandates, including in schools. Citing declining case counts and hospitalizations, governors in California, New York, […]
Biden is prioritizing rapid testing to counter omicron. Other countries are far ahead | Washington Post
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia advocates for stronger testing capacity in The Washington Post. “’In general, testing capacity needs to be strengthened so that we can take advantage of these pills, which might keep people out of the hospital,’ Nahid Bhadelia, director of Boston University’s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research, told […]
We’re losing ground against diseases we’ve already defeated
As CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia writes in an opinion for The Washington Post, “Health officials — and the public at large — must shore up our defenses against all diseases and keep routine childhood vaccination requirements from becoming enmeshed in our growing ideological divide.” Read the full article here.
COVID booster shots won’t stop the delta variant. Here’s the math to prove it.
CEID Faculty Dr. Eleanor Murray breaks down the evidence that supports “vaccinating more people would help more than giving another dose to the vaccinated.”