Posted on September 2, 2020September 3, 2020
Michael Bilow
COVID-19 pandemic, Health, News
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Get a Flu Shot to Prevent a “Twindemic”: Health experts say vaccinations are more important than ever

“Twindemic” is the trendy buzzword for the nightmare scenario in the medical community right now: seasonal influenza rampaging at the same time as the COVID-19 pandemic, two respiratory illnesses with […]

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Posted on September 2, 2020January 22, 2021
Michael Bilow
COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19 Is Not Just the Flu

How deadly is COVID-19? How does it compare to seasonal flu? These are difficult and controversial questions. Above all, it should be emphasized that some sub-populations are definitely at much […]

Health

Bad Hair Day: Are magazines in salons dangerous?

On July 8, we sent out the first printed issue of Motif since April 1, a hiatus of three months. The world changed: On April 1 at least half of […]

Health

Phase 3 in RI: Staying the course, alone

As Rhode Island literally leads the nation in rate of decline for cases of COVID-19, Gov. Gina Raimondo moved forward with plans to enter Phase 3 of reopening the state […]

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RI COVID-19 Exposure: Surprisingly low, but highly disproportionate by race

Only 2.2% of Rhode Island residents have antibodies in their blood, known as “sero-prevalence,” against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, Brown University Professor Philip Chan, MD, the consultant medical […]

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RI Enters Phase 1 of Reopening: The rules are clear, but poorly communicated

RI Gov. Gina Raimondo allowed her stay-at-home executive order to expire March 8, the next day beginning “Phase 1” of at least three such phases, each expected to last at […]

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A Toast!: RKO Army Raises $4,100 for RI Pride Food Drive

“The Rocky Horror Stay-at-Home Show” was an online event on May 8 that raised more than $4,100 for the RI Pride Emergency Supply Drive, a COVID-19 relief program that provides […]

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Smoothing the Curve: Recent data display from the gov is more artistic than mathematic

RI Gov. Gina Raimondo at her press conference on Saturday, May 2, displayed a chart showing new hospitalizations per day from March 13 to April 26. The point of the […]

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Pandemic Non-fiction: What you don’t know can kill you

There is no shortage of books about diseases through human history, but a few have become definitive classics. I’ve curated an admittedly highly opinionated selection of the best. Some books […]

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Mask Up!: Project Mask RI relies on volunteer help to get masks to those in need

Last month, the CDC revised its guidelines on face masks, encouraging people to wear some kind of face covering, and overnight, face masks became a fixture of our coronavirus world. […]

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COVID-19 pandemic

Get a Flu Shot to Prevent a “Twindemic”: Health experts say vaccinations are more important than ever

COVID-19 Is Not Just the Flu

Bad Hair Day: Are magazines in salons dangerous?

Phase 3 in RI: Staying the course, alone

RI COVID-19 Exposure: Surprisingly low, but highly disproportionate by race

RI Enters Phase 1 of Reopening: The rules are clear, but poorly communicated

A Toast!: RKO Army Raises $4,100 for RI Pride Food Drive

Smoothing the Curve: Recent data display from the gov is more artistic than mathematic

Pandemic Non-fiction: What you don’t know can kill you

Mask Up!: Project Mask RI relies on volunteer help to get masks to those in need