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By Malia Jones
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The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.
In this week's Dear Pandemic Q&A, Drs. Lindsey Leininger and Malia Jones tackle reader questions including whether (and when) we need to wear masks outdoors, how to trick-or-treat safely, an update on treatments and more. We debuted our new segment, lightning round! Show links:
Our website, where you can search past posts and submit new questions: www.dearpandemic.org
FDA expands approved uses of Remdesevir: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-treatment-covid-19
Remdesevir approval/Solidarity trial: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/health/coronavirus-remdesivir-who.html
Dear Pandemic PEP post: https://www.facebook.com/dearpandemic/posts/190480185913970
Malia's Slate article on safe trick-or-treating: https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/halloween-masks-covid-safety-trick-or-treating.html
In this week's live Q&A, Dr. Lindsey Leininger and Dr. Malia Jones of Dear Pandemic tackle reader questions on working the polls, reinfection, superspreading in schools, the psychology of risk, and whether it's safe to donate blood (yes it is!).
With a national eviction crisis looming on the horizon, we thought it was worth revisiting our June 19, 2020 conversation with Dr. Michael Lens of UCLA's Luskin School of Public Policy about housing, public policy, evictions, crowding, population density, and the history of racism in housing policy--all as related to the pandemic.
Further reading recommended by Dr. Lens:
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein &
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic
Drs. Amanda Simanek of UW-Milwaukee and Malia Jones of UW-Madison take follower questions on this weekly Q&A! We tackle topics including hair salons, funerals, voting, homecoming, bonfires, hugging, and figuring out what do to when someone you live with has been notified that they've been exposed.
Public Health Conspiracies: Who believes them? Where do they come from? Why do they spread so quickly? Dr. Malia Jones interviews Dr. Ajay Sethi of the UW-Madison School of Public Health and Medicine. Recorded on August 19th, 2020.
In this episode, Drs. Malia Jones and Lindsey Leininger open up the question box from www.dearpandemic.org and answer follower questions on topics ranging from etiquette for communicating about your pod to the presidential debate.
Dr. Benjamin Hale is an ethicist and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Philosophy Department and Environmental Studies Program. Dr. Hale chats with Malia Jones about ethics, schools, fairness, masks, individualism, America, ebola, camping, indeterminacy, and complexity science.
Episode links:
Dr. Hale's 2014 essay on ebola in Slate
His book, The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature is available on Amazon.com.
This episode was recorded on October 1, 2020.
In this episode, Drs. Malia Jones and Lindsey Leininger open up the question box from www.dearpandemic.org and answer follower questions on topics ranging from hot tubs to regulatory science.
Dr. Malia Jones and Dr. Jennifer Beam Dowd tackle questions from followers including
Dr. Malia Jones & Dr. Lindsey Leininger tackle follower questions from Heather in Ann Arbor, Marybeth from New Jersey, TJ from Sacramento, and Katie from Winnetka, Illinois.
The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.