Anne Sosin

@AnneSosin
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Public health prac-academic and Policy Fellow, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth | Rural health equity & global health | Occasional writer | Opinions are my own. Still getting started here.

“What does the science [on gas stoves] say?

This is not a new issue. Decades of research have found the same thing: gas stoves can contribute to respiratory issues, especially for children with asthma.”

Thank you @[email protected] and @[email protected]

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/gas-stoves-culture-war-is-there-a?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=281219&post_id=99679952&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Gas stoves culture war. Is there a public health component worth discussing?

For this post I partnered with Dr. Jon Levy, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health, who has been working on this topic for decades. Also special thanks to Luis Melecio-Zambrano—a science journalist and student—who helped me “translate” the scientific story.

Your Local Epidemiologist

RT @[email protected]

The WH has informed Congress it will decline to renew the s. 319 public health emergency declaration for Covid, allowing it to expire May 11, & will terminate the s. 201 national emergency declaration on the same date. https://apnews.com/article/biden-united-states-government-district-of-columbia-covid-public-health-2a80b547f6d55706a6986debc343b9fe

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ProfLWiley/status/1620200308130594817

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

Associated Press
President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

Associated Press

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“A failure to shift the legislative focus toward evidence-driven policy implementation in the ‘fentanyl era’ will likely be catastrophic in terms of avoidable overdose deaths.” @[email protected] @[email protected] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2800863

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MorganGodvin/status/1619132673796239361

Using Evidence to Inform Legislation Aimed at Curbing Fentanyl Deaths

This Viewpoint presents an evidence-based argument against criminalization policies and for more treatment-focused policies.

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Addendum: “rural rage” is blanket dehumanization. PEOPLE live in rural America + there are those working to improve their communities.

You can meet some thru my podcast. Hearing what they are thinking might be a good starting point for effective policy. https://www.brookings.edu/series/reimagine-rural/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/anthonypipa/status/1619100126743773185

Reimagine Rural

Tony Pipa visits Drew and Moorhead, two towns in Sunflower County, Mississippi, once home to cotton plantations, where the country’s history of slavery and the civil rights movement set the context for these rural towns and their path to renewal today.

Brookings

“In other words, while we believe the Biden administration has failed on covid in many respects, we know one thing for certain: if there is one thing more built-to-fail than the Biden administration, it’s “the regular healthcare system” in the US.”

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/covid-vaccines-death-panel-oped

Why The White House Shouldn't Privatize COVID Vaccines

The cohosts of the Death Panel podcast argue against the Biden administration pushing COVID care to the private market.

Teen Vogue

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CDC's provisional mortality data for 2022 is in (through Dec 17).

Age-adjusted covid mortality rates were

~10% higher for Latinx people
~25% higher for Black & Pasifika people
~55% higher for American Indians/Alaska Natives

compared to non-Hispanic white people

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jfeldman_epi/status/1618404206851022853

Justin Feldman on Twitter

“CDC's provisional mortality data for 2022 is in (through Dec 17). Age-adjusted covid mortality rates were ~10% higher for Latinx people ~25% higher for Black & Pasifika people ~55% higher for American Indians/Alaska Natives compared to non-Hispanic white people”

Twitter

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1/ This is a phenomenal piece by @[email protected], @[email protected] and colleagues who have carefully analyzed COVID-19 deaths from the beginning of the pandemic. This piece does not rest on speculative claims and quotes from doctors but provides *data* across studies. https://twitter.com/astokespop/status/1618273176827592705

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Lakshmi_RKG/status/1618404440570204160

Andrew Stokes on Twitter

“A recent @washingtonpost opinion piece speculated that COVID-19 deaths are over-counted. Our new @ConversationUS article explains why this piece is flawed. COVID-19 deaths are not overcounted; most evidence indicates they are undercounted. Thread 1/6 https://t.co/mEtqd84NXZ”

Twitter

"Some politicians and a few public health practitioners have argued that COVID-19 deaths are overcounted…Most scientists, however, have suggested that COVID-19 death tallies represent underestimates…”
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

https://theconversation.com/covid-19-deaths-in-the-us-continue-to-be-undercounted-research-shows-despite-claims-of-overcounts-198266

COVID-19 deaths in the US continue to be undercounted, research shows, despite claims of 'overcounts'

Taking into consideration the number of excess deaths caused by COVID-19 compared with pre-pandemic years is critical to getting an accurate accounting of the pandemic’s real toll.

The Conversation

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Late to this, but honored to be included in this insightful piece from @[email protected] + @[email protected] as they note the need for journalists to keep covering the toll of the pandemic—and the dangers of dismissing those most affected by it.

https://www.pestemag.com/featured-posts/war-on-empathy-3r6br

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/abbyabrams/status/1617891627410010113

War on Empathy — PESTE

A growing chorus of prominent journalists and pundits have taken aim at another target—the proponents of a more vigorous public health response.

PESTE