Weighty Matters

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Saturday Stories: Health-care Burnout and Rabbit Myxoma Virus


Jillian Horton, in The Toronto Star, on the realities of burnout in health-care

Carl Zimmer, in The New York Times, discusses the evolving virulence of the rabbit myxoma virus.
Yoni Freedhoff, MD at 5:30 am

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Saturday Stories: The New Variants And Long COVID's Potential Causes


Betsy Ladyzhets, in TIME, tells you what we currently know about the newest crop of variants that can reinfect even those who've already had Omicron. 

Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, in Science, on the possible causes of Long COVID.
Yoni Freedhoff, MD at 5:30 am

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Saturday Story: Just One. You Don't Want Long COVID


Rob Chaney, in the Missoulian, on the failures of risk calculus and the misery that can cause. 
Yoni Freedhoff, MD at 5:30 am

Saturday, June 04, 2022

Saturday Stories: Again And Again, Undercounting, And Absolute Risk


Katherine J. Wu, in The Atlantic, on getting COVID again and again and again.

Melody Schreiber, in The Guardian, on the dangers of actively undercounting cases.

Hilda Bastian, in Absolutely Maybe, on the antivax weaponization of absolute risk. 

[And if you have the time, I had a lovely chat with my good friend Dr. Danielle Belardo on her terrific podcast Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction about obesity, weight bias, medications, and more]
Yoni Freedhoff, MD at 5:30 am
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