Faculty & Research Fellow @StanfordHumRts Center for Human Rights & International Justice; @Stanford Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Lab. Views mine.
Aug 23, 2023 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
Full clip of public comments from @CDCgov HICPAC meeting today regarding proposed changes to infection control guidance in healthcare settings that risk reducing infection control protections, esp. re: aerosol transmission & multidrug-resistant organisms:
Problems re: proposed changes to healthcare infection control guidelines by HICPAC, highlighting concerns over content of revisions, integrity of the process, potential risks to healthcare safety.
Jul 9, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
New California Supreme Court ruling re: employer liability for contraction of infectious diseases is problematic and concerning. Court rules that workers contracting COVID-19 from co-workers can't sue employers unless intentional or fraudulent negligence is found [1].
However, in contrast, employers were held liable for asbestos exposure to workers' families in a 2023 ruling [2]. This contradiction between asbestos and infectious diseases such as COVID-19 highlights the inconsistent nature of employer liability laws.
Nov 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Here is the easiest way to tell if someone—especially a contrarian expert—is spreading disinformation or bad advice about Covid.
This is the current scientific consensus just published in Nature, a leading global journal of peer-reviewed scientific research,…
on how to live through the pandemic, rather than live sicker and shorter lives due to repeat Covid infections. Any advice about Covid should be measured against expert consensus...
