COVID roundup/lookback
January 12, 2022 6:37 PM Subscribe
During these last 3 years there have been many 'facts' about COVID that have been adjusted as we've gained information/come out of denial/tried new things, etc. I'm looking for an article that looks back at some of the various claims and assumptions that were made - especially early in the pandemic, and evaluates them now.
I can think of some early understandings and misunderstandings that are now unequivocally resolved: masks are a good thing, for example. Steroids work - and are about the most essential medication for severe disease. Yes, you can get it twice (and more). It is primarily spread through the air - not on objects.
Examples of questions I'm still wondering about: COVID more deadly for men (did this remain true or was it an artifact of the behaviors of men in the first-impacted communities?), hotter climate impacting case severity (is this even possible to evaluate accurately - given different testing infrastructure in the global south vs global north?), Testing and tracing - where are we at with this intervention?
Is there an article that gathers up the specific ways our thinking on COVID has changed?
I can think of some early understandings and misunderstandings that are now unequivocally resolved: masks are a good thing, for example. Steroids work - and are about the most essential medication for severe disease. Yes, you can get it twice (and more). It is primarily spread through the air - not on objects.
Examples of questions I'm still wondering about: COVID more deadly for men (did this remain true or was it an artifact of the behaviors of men in the first-impacted communities?), hotter climate impacting case severity (is this even possible to evaluate accurately - given different testing infrastructure in the global south vs global north?), Testing and tracing - where are we at with this intervention?
Is there an article that gathers up the specific ways our thinking on COVID has changed?
You might be interested in the searchable Dear Pandemic archive. Inputting 'myth' got me a lot of interesting results along the lines of what you're looking for.
posted by guessthis at 2:09 AM on January 13, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by guessthis at 2:09 AM on January 13, 2022 [1 favorite]
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posted by kschang at 7:02 PM on January 12, 2022