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Your Local Epidemiologist
Feb. 28th, 2022 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cosmolinguistI'm sure some of you already know about this, but for the benefit of others who might not...
Lately I've been reading Your Local Epidemiologist's newsletter, and even though she is in no way local to me (she's in the U.S.), I've found it to be comforting reading. Sometimes because she knows a lot of stuff I don't know and explains it well to a non-expert audience because that is her role here! But sometimes because she addresses or even shares concerns that I have. Like in her most recent newsletter, about the CDC's new advice that's going to lead many people in the U.S. to abandon masks altogether.
Lately I've been reading Your Local Epidemiologist's newsletter, and even though she is in no way local to me (she's in the U.S.), I've found it to be comforting reading. Sometimes because she knows a lot of stuff I don't know and explains it well to a non-expert audience because that is her role here! But sometimes because she addresses or even shares concerns that I have. Like in her most recent newsletter, about the CDC's new advice that's going to lead many people in the U.S. to abandon masks altogether.
I also didn’t appreciate a few places where the guidance said, “If you are immunocompromised or high risk for severe disease… talk to your healthcare provider”. So, this framework isn’t public health guidance. This is individual-level guidance and only for certain individuals. The CDC is THE public health leader and really needs to lead that way. As a boosted individual, I know my individual risk is very, very low. But I also understand that other people’s risks are high. I would like guidance on how to adequately contribute to society for these folks’ benefit too (not just until they show up at the hospital).
