The Pandemic Policy Excuse of ‘Meeting People Where They Are’
Even where interventions are unpopular, the pursuit of a just world cannot be reduced to a popularity contest.
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Read more: For Whom Does the CDC Think it Works? For Whom Does the CDC Think it Works?
Protecting the public’s health stands in direct conflict with the interests of those who fund elections and those who hold political power.
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Read more: It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19 It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19
Despite recent Supreme Court rulings, the federal government still has considerable power to both lead and persuade.
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Read more: Flaws in the Textualist Argument Against the CDC Mask Mandate Flaws in the Textualist Argument Against the CDC Mask Mandate
Linguistically speaking, there are three reasons to reject the court’s analysis offered for striking down the CDC’s mask mandate.
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Read more: Providing Clean Air in Indoor Spaces: Moving Beyond Accommodations Towards Barrier Removal Providing Clean Air in Indoor Spaces: Moving Beyond Accommodations Towards Barrier Removal
Framing unclean air as a barrier in the built environment may help secure the benefit of indoor air quality standards.
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Read more: Depoliticizing Social Murder in the COVID-19 Pandemic Depoliticizing Social Murder in the COVID-19 Pandemic
The present pandemic nightmare is an especially acute manifestation of capitalist society’s tendency to kill many, regularly.
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Read more: Negotiating Masks in the Workplace: When the ADA Does and Does Not Apply Negotiating Masks in the Workplace: When the ADA Does and Does Not Apply
Workplaces are, by and large, no longer safe for employees who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19.
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Read more: Introduction to the Symposium: Build Back Better? Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID Introduction to the Symposium: Build Back Better? Health, Disability, and the Future of Work Post-COVID
This symposium aims to address the critical junctures of health, disability, and work at the heart of the domestic policy response to COVID-19.
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Read more: Please Keep Your Masks On Please Keep Your Masks On
Wearing masks in common, indoor spaces is such a small, easy, powerful act to help prevent the spread of disease.
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Read more: Reconsidering Mask Mandates Reconsidering Mask Mandates
Removing mask requirements means rejecting yet another public health tool to control the pandemic and protect our health care system.
