Simine Vazire, in Wired, on the failings of scientific peer review
Kimberly A. Prather, Chia C. Wang, and Robert T. Schooley, in Science, on how to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV2 (tl;dr - wear a mask)
Kate Julian, in The Atlantic, on how to talk to kids about the sad, scary, and unjust issues permeating society today.
Tara Haelle, in Forbes, on why public health experts support Black lives matter protests.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Saturday Stories: COVID And Kids With Disabilities, Racist Statues, COVID Death Mysteries, And Virus Hunters
Hallie Levine, in The New York Times, on how children with disabilities are being left behind while the rest of country slowly reopens.
James Stout, in Popular Mechanics, explains how to use science to topple a racist statue.
Joel Achenbach, Karin Brulliard and Ariana Eunjung Cha, in The Washington Post, on what we do and don't understand about who lives and dies with COVID.
Maryn McKenna, in Smithsonian Magazine, on some of the world's foremost virus hunters.
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James Stout, in Popular Mechanics, explains how to use science to topple a racist statue.
Joel Achenbach, Karin Brulliard and Ariana Eunjung Cha, in The Washington Post, on what we do and don't understand about who lives and dies with COVID.
Maryn McKenna, in Smithsonian Magazine, on some of the world's foremost virus hunters.
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Saturday, June 13, 2020
Saturday Stories: COVID files
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Dr. Stephan Kamholz - Chair of Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center, died of COVID19 on June 11th, 2020. May his memory be a blessing |
Tomas Pueyo, in Medium, on whether we should all be striving to respond more like Sweden?
Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer, in The New York Times, with a coronavirus vaccine tracker.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, in The New York Times, moderates a discussion about whether or not a coronavirus vaccine can be produced in record time
Rachel R. Hardeman, Eduardo M. Medina, and Rhea W. Boyd, in The New England Journal of Medicine, discuss stolen breaths and racial inequities in medicine.
Saturday, June 06, 2020
Saturday Stories: Some Anti-Racism Resources #BlackLivesMatter
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May his memory be a blessing |
A non-bylined Google Doc of anti-racism resources for white people.
Quakelabs' collection of Canadian specific anti-racist resource.
Farrah Penn, in Buzzfeed, with 23 Phenomenal Young Adult Books By Black Authors From The First Half Of 2020
The University of Toronto's Office of Inclusion and Diversity with their collection of recent stories and resources on anti-racism.
@antisocialbritt, on Twitter, with her thread of children's books that discuss racism.
@bronze_bae, on Twitter, with her thread of young adult books that discuss racism.
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