Be honest. How many times do you wash your face mask after each wear? Do you know how often you’re…
Ever find yourself wishing you had an epidemiologist at the ready to answer your questions about the coronavirus? The Covid Audit, a new series from Elemental, is the next best thing. In it, everyday people document their daily activities to be assessed by an…
Earlier in August, the Coronavirus Blog covered troubling research on the Covid-19 misinformation epidemic, showing that over 2,000 false claims about the disease were in circulation worldwide. Now, as the New York Times reports, the effects of…
Tens of thousands of people are considered “long-haulers,” people who have been sick with Covid-19 for long periods of time. As Ed Yong writes in The Atlantic, a few formal studies have suggested that over 80% of people with…
Dear Reader,
This is Yasmin Tayag, Coronavirus Blog writer and editor, filling in for Alexandra this week. After five months of pandemic life, the cumulative toll it has taken on our mental and physical health is palpable (so props to Siff for…
