Tag: Vish Viswanath

  • Health

    Is delta unstoppable?

    Despite its ability to transmit more easily and puncture vaccine defenses, the delta variant is no superbug. It is vulnerable to masking, distancing, and other non-pharmaceutical interventions, lessons from delta outbreaks overseas show.

    6–9 minutes
    India worker giving vaccines door to door.
  • Health

    Calculating possible fallout of Trump’s dismissal of face masks

    Looking at the public health effects, and perhaps mortality rate, from President Trump’s running dismissal of wearing face masks to minimize the spread of coronavirus.

    4–6 minutes
    President Trump talking to a mask-free crowd.
  • Health

    Battling the ‘pandemic of misinformation’

    Analysts in public health, politics, and technology discuss the “pandemic” of COVID-19 misinformation being shared around the world.

    6–9 minutes
    People looking at smartphones.