Dr. Google—without filtering and sifting—has caused more problems instead of providing solutions. It isn't just anxious patients who are changing, says Dr. Jabir Jassam.
Earlier last fall, a celebrity's COVID-19 vaccine comments drew a lot of—divided—attention. In September, when Nicki Minaj tweeted about her cousin in Trinidad, some ridiculed it, while others—including the White House—offered to put her in touch with medical experts who could correct her misconceptions. Both types of response are equally futile.
New consensus promotes use of bag-mask or mouth-to-mask ventilations rather than mouth-to-mouth, plus other safety measures to avoid COVID19 transmission to rescuers.
Omicron spreads so quickly that it is no longer feasible to use individual testing to track how many people are infected in a population. And that means we no longer have the basic information we need to inform public health mitigation policies. New strategies for keeping tabs on the virus are needed.
Partners in Health confirmed Farmer's death Monday. The Boston-based organization said Farmer "unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda,'' where he had been teaching.
