Cases are coming down. Am I now safe from COVID-19 even if I’m unvaccinated?
Data and Metrics Staying Safe
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: No, not yet. In some U.S states case and hospitalization rates AMONG the unvaccinated are still as high as during the winter surge. We recently highlighted the good news of declining cases in the U.S. While this is still true overall, the statistics obscure higher rates among those who are not vaccinated. With vaccines Read more…
¿Por qué parece que la ciencia sigue cambiando?
Posts en Español Uncertainty and Misinformation
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
R: La ciencia es un método, no un conjunto fijo de conclusiones. Para muchas personas, esta puede ser la primera vez que ven la ciencia en acción. Y desafortunadamente esto ha generado mucha confusión sobre qué es y qué no es la ciencia. ¡Cuidado con el científico (o cualquier otra persona) que hace afirmaciones extraordinarias Read more…
What happened with that Yankees COVID-19 outbreak? What does it mean for vaccine effectiveness?
Testing and Contact Tracing Vaccines
Rachael Piltch-Loeb, PhD MSPH
A: While several vaccinated players tested positive, they were almost all asymptomatic. TL; DR- Nine members of the New York Yankees tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Among those who tested positive only one reported mild symptoms. These cases were discovered because the Yankees test regularly, unlike most other vaccinated Read more…
A: No, not yet. In some U.S states case and hospitalization rates AMONG the unvaccinated are still as high as during the winter surge. We recently highlighted the good news of declining cases in the U.S. While this is still true overall, the statistics obscure higher rates among those who are not vaccinated. With vaccines Read more…
¿Por qué parece que la ciencia sigue cambiando?
Posts en Español Uncertainty and MisinformationSandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
R: La ciencia es un método, no un conjunto fijo de conclusiones. Para muchas personas, esta puede ser la primera vez que ven la ciencia en acción. Y desafortunadamente esto ha generado mucha confusión sobre qué es y qué no es la ciencia. ¡Cuidado con el científico (o cualquier otra persona) que hace afirmaciones extraordinarias Read more…
What happened with that Yankees COVID-19 outbreak? What does it mean for vaccine effectiveness?
Testing and Contact Tracing Vaccines
Rachael Piltch-Loeb, PhD MSPH
A: While several vaccinated players tested positive, they were almost all asymptomatic. TL; DR- Nine members of the New York Yankees tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Among those who tested positive only one reported mild symptoms. These cases were discovered because the Yankees test regularly, unlike most other vaccinated Read more…
R: La ciencia es un método, no un conjunto fijo de conclusiones. Para muchas personas, esta puede ser la primera vez que ven la ciencia en acción. Y desafortunadamente esto ha generado mucha confusión sobre qué es y qué no es la ciencia. ¡Cuidado con el científico (o cualquier otra persona) que hace afirmaciones extraordinarias Read more…
What happened with that Yankees COVID-19 outbreak? What does it mean for vaccine effectiveness?
Testing and Contact Tracing VaccinesRachael Piltch-Loeb, PhD MSPH
A: While several vaccinated players tested positive, they were almost all asymptomatic. TL; DR- Nine members of the New York Yankees tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Among those who tested positive only one reported mild symptoms. These cases were discovered because the Yankees test regularly, unlike most other vaccinated Read more…
A: While several vaccinated players tested positive, they were almost all asymptomatic. TL; DR- Nine members of the New York Yankees tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Among those who tested positive only one reported mild symptoms. These cases were discovered because the Yankees test regularly, unlike most other vaccinated Read more…
