Contact tracing is key to running down the chains of infection to get ahead of viral transmission, contain it, and kill it. Without new people to infect, the epidemic dies. Testing and contact tracing should be major priorities of local and state governments, especially since the federal government has abandoned any coherent policy toward the epidemic. … Read more
The Coronavirus pandemic has hit communities of color disproportionately hard: Native Americans, Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet after a spike in deaths; African-Americans, Disproportionately black counties account for over half of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and nearly 60% of deaths, study finds; and Latinos, For Latinos and Covid-19, Doctors Are … Read more
The Navajo Nation is in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The Navajo People, like the Hopi in Coconino and Navajo Counties, the Hualapai (in Coconino, Yavapai, and Mohave,) and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community have been plagued by the Coronavirus and, like all of Rural Arizona, need help to get through the public … Read more
There is an ongoing disagreement among epidemiologists as to whether someone who has been infected with COVID-19 and has developed antibodies in recovering from the disease has partial or total immunity to reinfection. This is the basis for those who argue “just infect everybody and develop herd immunity.” Antibody immunity is critical to the research … Read more
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