Twenty years ago or more, I remember seeing an article in a scientific magazine that asked, in essence: Is all disease infectious? I can’t find the article any more but it made a lasting impression.
Bonnie. This essay was excellent. Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have had a renewed interest in reading and interpreting medical and science papers. The main stream media including , at times, the New York Times really needs journalists who can accurately relate what science and medical studies mean (and don’t mean). An aside: I have become a regular listener of a podcast “that is all about viruses…” started well before Covid by virologist Vincent Racaniello: Microbetv.com : This Week in Virology (TWIV). They make a lot of the points you have made. Cheers!
Thank you, Bill. It's a delight to hear that you read such papers too. I don't know whether mainstream media gets it wrong so often because they don't understand or for other reasons. It's maddening.
For some reason I usually do better reading than listening to audio or watching video for this type of material. Maybe it's simply because reading is how I got started. But I will try the podcast you pointed out. It's a challenge to figure out which papers should get my finite amount of reading time and mental energy. A good podcast could help a lot. I appreciate it.
Bonnie. This essay was excellent. Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have had a renewed interest in reading and interpreting medical and science papers. The main stream media including , at times, the New York Times really needs journalists who can accurately relate what science and medical studies mean (and don’t mean). An aside: I have become a regular listener of a podcast “that is all about viruses…” started well before Covid by virologist Vincent Racaniello: Microbetv.com : This Week in Virology (TWIV). They make a lot of the points you have made. Cheers!
Thank you, Bill. It's a delight to hear that you read such papers too. I don't know whether mainstream media gets it wrong so often because they don't understand or for other reasons. It's maddening.
For some reason I usually do better reading than listening to audio or watching video for this type of material. Maybe it's simply because reading is how I got started. But I will try the podcast you pointed out. It's a challenge to figure out which papers should get my finite amount of reading time and mental energy. A good podcast could help a lot. I appreciate it.