Throughout the pandemic and the escalating assaults on women’s bodily autonomy and transgender life & healthcare, Black women in the South have continued to lead society forward not only in resistance but also with a vision of a transformative just society. Tamika will discuss the ways the historic roots of our current landscape connect the […]
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As there’s much to cover in the world of COVID, we’re dividing this week’s episode into two parts. In the first part, we cover the state of global COVID and the state of U.S. COVID, including the latest in Long COVID and David Leonhardt’s New York Times declaration that the pandemic is over. In the
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Interview #1Dr. Sandoval will discuss the challenges of protecting essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and climate & environmental crisis that disproportionately impact working class people of color. Sal will reflect on his vast experience and share his vision for a public health infrastructure that truly serves our people. Dr. Sandoval has been involved in
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Interview #1 We will briefly discuss the current landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of ending the Public Health Emergency. We’ll look at some practical steps to address the current and likely future pandemics. And finally, we’ll raise the question of what kind of public health and scientific infrastructure could we have and
Public Health Pulse Podcast Season 2 Episode 2: Rob Wallace and Lara Jirmanus Leer más »
The inequitable response to the COVID-19 pandemic has heaped more trauma on working class communities especially Black, Indigenous, Latinex, Immigrant and disability & elderly communities. Today’s interview with Cara Page will discuss the definitions, origins, and timeliness of a Healing Justice framework toward the creation of an abolitionist, equitable and transformative system of health and
Public Health Pulse Podcast Season 2 Episode 1: Cara Page and Edgar Rivera Colón Leer más »
We cover the state of global COVID and the state of U.S. COVID. We also cover the increasing cognitive dissonance between “moving on” from a “finished” pandemic and the continuing accumulation of COVID infections Tell Medicare/Medicaid: Hospitals should protect us from Hospital-Acquired COVID Take Action for Free PCR and CDC Data Collection Get off Twitter
COVID This Week – June 29, 2023 Leer más »
COVID Tests COVID tests should be free and accessible for all! Here are some things you should know about testing. There are several types of COVID tests but the two most available are PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests. PCR Tests PCR tests detect viral RNA and are primarily processed in a lab. They are good
We cover the state of global COVID and the state of U.S. COVID. We also cover how the CDC is framing its superspreader event in Atlanta and how the Biden administration is helping claw back COVID funding. And we’ll explore what those two efforts say about how far the political class is prepared to rationalize
COVID This Week- June 10, 2023 Leer más »
With all that’s going on with the end of the federal public health emergency, we split this week’s episode of “COVID This Week” into two parts. In the first part, we’ll cover the state of global COVID and the state of U.S. COVID, including changes to what COVID data are still now available In this
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On May 8th, 2023, the People’s CDC along with some colleagues hosted a training webinar on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how to invoke it to garner COVID mitigation from medical care professionals. Here is a template for a letter you can use to ask for ADA accommodations: Re: Request for Reasonable Accommodation
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