Harm Reduction

As we move towards reducing social distancing, the leading metric is the rate of new infections, hospitalization, and deaths that follow infection are lagging indicators.

Ozy, a reputable on-line creator and aggregator shares this in a post, Butterfly Effect: who’s more racist?

Just in the last three weeks alone, ACSH itself, as well as our writers and advisors, have appeared in 81 articles –– 60 of those in top publications and multimedia outlets with wide internet readership.

Since the start of social distancing (March 16, 2020) mobility in the United States has dropped 49% Every US state has reduced mobility. Early adopters are doing better than late or non-adopters.

Some medical pundits and subsequently, the media are raising concerns about the actual percentages of those errors. Still, I would argue that at the moment, most of that discussion, however well-intended, is unimportant. 

PM2.5 is also known as “fine” (as opposed to coarse) particles, and sometimes as “soot” (a misnomer used by the New York Times).

The writing team at ACSH has spent a great deal of time discussing masks and COVID-19.

Rather than throw another prediction into the pile, I thought it might be a more instructive moment to consider the factors to be considered. What follows is an incomplete, inconclusive list.

We are going to be at home for a while, and those not working at home face hours of free time. And let's be real; you can only fill so many hours on social media or newscasts before the incessant words of hope and doom catch up with you.

Over 15 years, from 2000 to 2015, there were 612,030 motor vehicle fatalities, 37% involved one or more drivers with a positive BAC. While the majority, 85%, involved a legally impaired level, roughly 34,000 deaths involved lower amounts.