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Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH
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I wrote about our collective underestimation of people's drive to see loved ones, the limits of lecturing, and how all I want for Christmas is a new public health strategy.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/tis-the-season
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Instead of deterring risk behavior, stigma deters disclosure. People become afraid to share their exposures, symptoms, and test results with each other, with contact tracers. They avoid getting tested at
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What is #covid19 stigma, why is it toxic to public health, and what can we do about it? A short thread. Without federal support, it feels like "personal responsibility"
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As @BillHanage has written, hybrid schooling may be the worst of all worlds. I'd like to walk you through a week in the life of my first grader to illustrate
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NEW: I wrote this piece for @TheAtlantic about the latest weapon being unleashed in the war against #COVID19: the cops. Crowded indoor parties need to be avoided during a pandemic,
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Many people have seen this new @CDCgov statement on the importance of opening schools, which is watered down and likely politically driven. But there was also some useful guidance that
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Since writing this piece for @TheAtlantic, I've been contacted by a whole lot of dudes who won't wear masks. I've had some good conversations with them. Here are a few
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I've been writing about the need for empathetic public health messaging, which is more effective than trying to shame people into changing their behavior. Some have asked what exactly that
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People want to socialize – and not just outdoors, masked, and 6 feet apart. We're craving a sense of normalcy. We desperately want to forget we're living in a pandemic.
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