COVID-19 - Last Week

"An emergency room physician weighs in on CDC’s relaxed masking, distancing guidelines" PBS NewsHour 5/17/2021

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SUMMARY:  Ever since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask recommendations substantially for fully vaccinated adults, there's been a wide range of reaction — including some outright confusion, anxiety and criticism — over how this will play out.  William Brangham reports on those concerns and brings some perspective from emergency room physician Dr. Megan Ranney.

 

 

"How the pandemic disrupted the lives of American students" PBS NewsHour 5/17/2021

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SUMMARY:  It's been an incredibly difficult school year for millions of educators and students in America.  Some had to put their education on hold and their health at risk.  “Disrupted: How COVID-19 Changed Education” [video link] is a special from Student Reporting Labs — our youth journalism program for teens.  Student reporter Yeonseo Seok from Westview High School in San Diego, California, previews the special.

 

 

"‘Vaccine passports’ may be critical for equity, but polarization could undermine efforts" PBS NewsHour 5/17/2021

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SUMMARY:  Despite good progress on vaccinations in the U.S., the Biden administration and most officials are weary of requiring "vaccine passports" to prove inoculation.  William Brangham discusses the related concerns with Dr. Georges Benjamin the executive director of the American Public Health Association, and Lawrence Gostin a professor of global health law at Georgetown University Law Center.

 

 

"4 ways the US can help stem COVID deaths globally" PBS NewsHour 5/21/2021

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SUMMARY:  While the pandemic's toll is easing in the U.S., COVID-19 still has a deadly grip on many other countries.  The estimated global death toll remains around 13,000 people a day, and the World Health Organization's new estimates are far higher.  William Brangham discusses them with Dr. Monica Gandhi an infectious diseases and global medicine specialist at the University of California, San Francisco.

 

 

"In memory of 5 wonderful people lost to COVID-19 in the US" PBS NewsHour 5/17/2021

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SUMMARY:  Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives.