This article is mainly about the Delta variant and the “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” Buried down in the article is a comment by Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine, who astutely noted that the CDC made a mistake by looking at the pandemic solely as a biological issue and not including that fact social science has a place in reducing the severity of a pandemic.
It's been posted on JPP before that the entire Trump Cult is a social issue. Q anon (the Qless) is mainly a collection of losers and mentally ill Americans feeding on Trump's lies and fantasies.
Biden's comments about Facebook "killing" Americans due to the wash of false information on it is a social issue. Los Angeles has reinstituted an indoor mask mandate as a social science response to what should be a biological issue without the prevalence of false information and Americans who can't tell the difference between truth and lies fostered by Trump and his sycophants.
What interests me most is the recognition that social science has a valid application in saving lives in the midst of a pandemic. I also believe that social sciences have a place in preventing more cults, be they religious or political figures. As noted elsewhere, I believe social sciences are the most useful tool in preventing violence in America, be it with guns, knives, cars or physical rage as the world saw on 1/6.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/17/delta-cases-rising/
As the delta variant spreads, the messaging from public health experts and officials is unequivocal: Vaccines are the best protection against severe illness and hospitalization. More than 97 percent of new hospitalizations from the delta variant are from people who are unvaccinated, making what Rochelle Walensky, who directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, calls “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”...
...Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine, said the CDC should have included parameters on the mask rules, such as establishing a threshold allowing unvaccinated people to go without masks only if a certain percent of the population is inoculated.
“I think the CDC in May made a mistake,” Landon said. “They made a recommendation based on biological science, but not any social science. Unfortunately, the policy of letting people self-sort into vaccinated and unvaccinated resulted in a sort of behavioral science problem.”
It's been posted on JPP before that the entire Trump Cult is a social issue. Q anon (the Qless) is mainly a collection of losers and mentally ill Americans feeding on Trump's lies and fantasies.
Biden's comments about Facebook "killing" Americans due to the wash of false information on it is a social issue. Los Angeles has reinstituted an indoor mask mandate as a social science response to what should be a biological issue without the prevalence of false information and Americans who can't tell the difference between truth and lies fostered by Trump and his sycophants.
What interests me most is the recognition that social science has a valid application in saving lives in the midst of a pandemic. I also believe that social sciences have a place in preventing more cults, be they religious or political figures. As noted elsewhere, I believe social sciences are the most useful tool in preventing violence in America, be it with guns, knives, cars or physical rage as the world saw on 1/6.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/17/delta-cases-rising/
As the delta variant spreads, the messaging from public health experts and officials is unequivocal: Vaccines are the best protection against severe illness and hospitalization. More than 97 percent of new hospitalizations from the delta variant are from people who are unvaccinated, making what Rochelle Walensky, who directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, calls “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”...
...Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine, said the CDC should have included parameters on the mask rules, such as establishing a threshold allowing unvaccinated people to go without masks only if a certain percent of the population is inoculated.
“I think the CDC in May made a mistake,” Landon said. “They made a recommendation based on biological science, but not any social science. Unfortunately, the policy of letting people self-sort into vaccinated and unvaccinated resulted in a sort of behavioral science problem.”
