Clearing COVID-19 Confusion – info straight from medical researchers about mutations, vaccines, and transmissibility

You know me, I like getting my scientific information straight from the people that are hands-on doing the science. That is why I get all of my COVID-19 information from Harvard, Mayo Clinic, Imperial College,…

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Mississippi’s average COVID count has more-than-tripled since Election Day

I noticed an alarming stat today when The Mississippi Department of Health released their daily COVID numbers update: We had more cases tallied in one day than in the whole first month tallied cases in…

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From Climate Change to COVID-19: Science takes time, trust the process

A lot of people, when they have an idea about how something works, say, “I have a theory….” But they don’t. People who say, “I have a theory…” often just have a hypothesis. Theories take…

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The 2020 (COVID-19) “school from home” computer buying help

I know a lot of parents are probably uncertain how to navigate tech needs for this fall given the pandemic. If you’re in the market for a new computer or tablet, but you aren’t sure…

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8/3/20 COVID Update: Georgia Tech offers ‘percent-chance’ of meeting someone infected

This won’t be a super-detailed post, but rather just a heads up that I stumbled across a new way to figure out the “threat” of meeting someone infected with COVID-19 while I’m out and about.…

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8/1/19 COVID Update: July was deadliest month yet, nearly half of Georgia kids camp infected, and CDC with new tips

While the spread of COVID-19 seems to be nearly out of control in some places, in others things are starting to get back to normal. In Mississippi, like a handful of other places in the…

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Falsely yelling ‘Fire’ in a theater: How misinformation, confirmation bias make informing the public about COVID-19 so difficult

A good friend of mine, Ivory Hecker, down in Houston recently had one of her videos pulled from Facebook. Like most of us when facebook fails us, she went to Twitter. The most alarming thing…

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