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Dean Ron Brookmeyer: "Predictions about where the coronavirus pandemic is going vary widely. Can models be trusted?"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
April 22, 2020
The Los Angeles Times published an op-ed by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Dean Ron Brookmeyer explaining different types of prediction models used in public health forecasting, including the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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"What is herd immunity and why does it matter in the fight against coronavirus?"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
April 22, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence of community health sciences and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, on herd immunity.
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"Don’t Think You Need a Coronavirus Test? What if I Paid You?"

Source:
New York Times
Date:
April 21, 2020
The New York Times interviewed Dr. Marc Suchard, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, on the need to sample a wide population, even those who don’t have symptoms, to be able to make valid judgments about how far the pandemic has spread.
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What does immunity mean, and for how long?

Source:
CNN
Date:
April 20, 2020
CNN interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, on multiple questions, including whether antibody tests demonstrate immunity, and how that should influence the question of relaxing physical distancing restrictions.
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"‘Like a time bomb’: Tijuana’s hospitals under pressure and understaffed as coronavirus spreads"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
April 20, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, about the pandemic’s impact on hospitals in Baja California, including the city of Tijuana.
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Opening up the country right now is too soon

Source:
BBC News
Date:
April 19, 2020
The BBC interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, on the question of relaxing physical distancing restrictions.
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Amid flurry of national coronavirus data, Massachusetts remains a hot spot of infection

Source:
Boston Globe
Date:
April 18, 2020
The Boston Globe interviewed Dr. Richard Jackson, professor emeritus of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, on California officials’ decisions early in the pandemic to ban large gatherings, shut down businesses, and issue a strict shelter-in-place order, with penalties and fines for violators.
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'The virus doesn't discriminate but governments do': Latinos disproportionately hit by coronavirus

Source:
The Guardian
Date:
April 18, 2020
The Guardian interviewed Dr. David Hayes Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, on the impact of the pandemic on Latinos in the U.S.
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COVID-19 | Breaking the Chain of Infection

Date:
April 17, 2020
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 spreads quickly and easily, and there is currently no vaccine to prevent it. Yet there are steps that we all can take to stop its spread. See facts and tips: in English, en Español, 한국어로, Tiếng Việt, 中文（简体），中文（繁體), Հայերեն
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Dean Ron Brookmeyer to address public health and public affairs in times of a pandemic

Date:
April 17, 2020
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