New stuff I’m learning about living dying and what matters most - Sun, Jul 12 2020

It seems like a century ago that I first interviewed Larry Brilliant about the novel coronavirus. But it's been just a little over three months since I spoke to then-75-year-old Brilliant, an epidemiologist who aided in the eradication of smallpox…

Jeff Cohn This is a followup to an interview from earlier in the pandemic. Brilliant is still optimistic- about the rest of the world and how collaboration and learning are happening and working- here in the US, sadly not so much...

For the past few weeks, I have been obsessed with a mystery emerging in the national COVID-19 data. Cases have soared to terrifyingly levels since June. Yesterday, the U.S. had 62,000 confirmed cases, an all-time high—and about five-times…

Jeff Cohn I hope this is a sign of us having learned something, though I fear it’s mostly a mixture of lead-time bias and younger peopel with lower mortality risk driving the case rates up..

As the COVID-19 pandemic flooded emergency departments (ED) throughout the US with patients in spring 2020, health care workers experienced significant trauma from the fear and death that accompanied it. Several studies have documented that…

Jeff Cohn We need to have a healthcare workplace (pertains to other industries too) where people are able to speak safely about what they are feeling and emotional health of people on the front lines is a priority..

The Washington Post – Andrea Sachs – Jul 9, 2:30 PM

Travelers contemplating a domestic trip can't help but wonder: What's it like. . . to take a train? To fly in a plane? To rent a car? Are passengers abiding by the rules, and when they fail to do so, are staff members intervening? Is…

Jeff Cohn Thanks to this reporter for trying these modes of transportation out and sharing her experiences. Confirms my thoughts that, sadly, I’m not ready to get on a plane...

In any other July, millions of American schoolchildren, their families, and their teachers would be eagerly anticipating, or perhaps dreading, the start of a new school year. This year is different. With coronavirus case counts increasing rapidly…

Jeff Cohn This is hard work, and it’s where we need to spend much of our time/effort, IMO. So much of our society depends on the ability of kids to safely attend school, especially the youngest...

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Jeff Cohn Opening schools needs to safely care for students AND educators/staff..

Twitter

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Jeff Cohn Watch this 2:20 video from Twitter showing what kids like this 4 year-old are feeling now..

The idea of playing college sports this fall has felt iffy all along, like assembling a massive and unwieldy Jenga tower of good intentions and questionable hopes. Now, it is teetering with each bit of news, with this week's some of the most…

Jeff Cohn Hard for me to imagine college sports can safely happen this year, sad to say...

The Guardian

There are taxidermists driving taxis, there are bears picnicking on cub scouts. It can mean only one thing: the return of Far Side creator Gary Larson, publishing his first new work in 25 years. Larson retired The Far Side, which was syndicated in…

Jeff Cohn Now here’s something to be grateful for...