Former news editor turned health nerd. Editor-in-chief at @PublicGoodNews Previously @Curbed/@VoxMedia/@NYMag
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It’s Halloween, so let’s say it again for the people in the back (Florida, I’m looking at you!) publicgoodnews.com/2022/10/2…
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Loving the kicker in @perrybaconjr latest: “All of the crises of the United States in 2022—the decline of newspapers, the deep racial tensions in many cities, the nation’s growing partisan polarization—show the need to create a new and improved version of local news.” 1/
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1/ The bad news: COVID-19 cases in Europe are rising, previewing a soon-to-arrive wave in the U.S.
The good news: If you get an Omicron-specific booster, you’ll likely have good protection.
The extra bad news: Most Americans haven’t gotten a booster or don’t know they should.
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My kiddos received their booster shots and are doing great. A reminder for everyone out there: Get your kids who are 5+ vaccinated and boosted ASAP. The next COVID surge is here.
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ACIP meeting just announced for next Thursday, May 19. No agenda yet, just a note on federal register that topic is COVID-19 vaccines and that there will be a vote. Likely not for kids under 5. Maybe 5-11 boosters? Stay tuned.
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Thrilled to announce that after months of hard work, I'm proud to debut @PublicGoodNews. PGN is a nonprofit news site dedicated to accurate health news. Here are 5 reasons to like and follow us now. publicgoodnews.com
1/ We partner with CBOs across the country to get health news to the people who need it most. If you're a CBO who could benefit from a health news wire service, please head here: publicgoodnews.com/become-a-…
900,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. If everyone had gotten vaccinated and boosted, it’s likely that about 300,000 of them would still be with us. Sit with that.
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My three biggest editing pet peeves: when writers use the passive voice, don’t use the Oxford comma, and run on and on and on in sentences. What grammar problems make you cringe?
Whoa @kevinroose is auctioning the first NYT column as an NFT and it looks to be at $33K with a few hours left? Maybe media will “pivot to NFT” now. 😂 nytimes.com/2021/03/24/techn…
Columbine. Aurora Theater. CO Springs Planned Parenthood. Thornton Walmart. STEM High School. Boulder Kings Soopers. And so many others. “How many this time?” We ask. No more thoughts and prayers. Only numbness and anger remains. cosun.co/3lDSytK
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Hey @GovofCO, lifting the mask mandate is a terrible idea right now. Here's why, in a thread. bit.ly/3vPqgkQ
1/ Only 22% of the state has received one or more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Source: covid19.colorado.gov/vaccine…
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2/ Cases have plateaued in the past month and now cases are UP by over 5% from the 2-week average. This is how a new wave beings. Source: nytimes.com/.../colorado-cor…
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.@heybonanos writing the real estate stories I just can’t not click: curbed.com/2021/03/trump-eps…:
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Soon, our problem won’t be that we don’t have enough vaccines. But rather whether 50% of white Repubs who say they don’t want it, will take it nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/po…
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And here’s that data on Republicans being the least likely group to want the vaccine: google.com/amp/s/www.axios.c…
It's hard to hear that even after the COVID-19 vaccine, you still need to wear masks & social distance. But this is a *temporary* inconvenience to protect others until scientists know for sure how the virus spreads after vaccination.
cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco…
Now if only the rest of the auto industry would take note.
I wrote the only correct USPS truck take curbed.com/2021/02/usps-new-…
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This article has some good insight, but it completely ignores the fact that most children (who make up nearly 24% of US pop) won’t be vaccinated until 2022. theatlantic.com/family/archi…
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