Marcia Cohen Zakai
@cozamarsh.bsky.social
Former Senior Commission, City of San Jose
Do we wait till things get "bad" before taking simple precautions like masking? Until then do some of us actually have "time to get sick"? Do other epidemiologists mask to keep us from reaching that "epidemic threshold," or at least reduce the harms from airborne pathogen spread?
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Do we wait till things get "bad" before taking simple precautions like masking? Until then do some of us actually have "time to get sick"? Do other epidemiologists mask to keep us from reaching that "epidemic threshold," or at least reduce the harms from airborne pathogen spread?
Thanks. My experience with Costco pharmacies is that they do a good job of billing insurance, including Medicare Part D. Unfortunately, CMS doesn't include some important preventive vaccines like Tdap and Shingrix in Part B.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks. My experience with Costco pharmacies is that they do a good job of billing insurance, including Medicare Part D. Unfortunately, CMS doesn't include some important preventive vaccines like Tdap and Shingrix in Part B.
A continuing failure as acute Covid and Long Covid deaths are ongoing.
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A continuing failure as acute Covid and Long Covid deaths are ongoing.
Macedo & Lee in "In Covid's Wake" use Sweden's policy at the beginning of the pandemic as evidence that NPIs are ineffective. They claim that Sweden knew better than to close schools or impose masking.
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Macedo & Lee in "In Covid's Wake" use Sweden's policy at the beginning of the pandemic as evidence that NPIs are ineffective. They claim that Sweden knew better than to close schools or impose masking.
Does the * on the Costco message indicate that you also need your Medicare Part D card if you are getting Shingrix or Tdap, which aren't covered by Part B?
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Does the * on the Costco message indicate that you also need your Medicare Part D card if you are getting Shingrix or Tdap, which aren't covered by Part B?
I may be too late to ask, but thank you for your help to all of us!
Is there any justification for some vaccines to be covered by Medicare Part B & others by Part D?
Is this accurate? www.cms.gov/files/docume...
Is there any justification for some vaccines to be covered by Medicare Part B & others by Part D?
Is this accurate? www.cms.gov/files/docume...
www.cms.gov
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I may be too late to ask, but thank you for your help to all of us!
Is there any justification for some vaccines to be covered by Medicare Part B & others by Part D?
Is this accurate? www.cms.gov/files/docume...
Is there any justification for some vaccines to be covered by Medicare Part B & others by Part D?
Is this accurate? www.cms.gov/files/docume...
You are more experienced than I am, & there are surely some decent MA plans, but even people who are "very healthy" now aren't guaranteed to remain so. Also, switching to Original Medicare from MA may prove unaffordable w/o an affordable Medigap plan, if you can get one.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
You are more experienced than I am, & there are surely some decent MA plans, but even people who are "very healthy" now aren't guaranteed to remain so. Also, switching to Original Medicare from MA may prove unaffordable w/o an affordable Medigap plan, if you can get one.
Thank you every day for the VA nurses, doctors and support staff who provide health services @nationalnurses.bsky.social to our veterans.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thank you every day for the VA nurses, doctors and support staff who provide health services @nationalnurses.bsky.social to our veterans.
They prefer NYTimes op-eds over the conclusions of the WHO's years-long commission on the issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
They prefer NYTimes op-eds over the conclusions of the WHO's years-long commission on the issue.
Thank you for pointing out that Macedo's & Lee's revising history has costs in human lives.
The book should be rejected solely on its omission of air cleaning & CO2 monitoring as crucial NPIs and their total disregard of Long Covid disability and death.
The book should be rejected solely on its omission of air cleaning & CO2 monitoring as crucial NPIs and their total disregard of Long Covid disability and death.
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thank you for pointing out that Macedo's & Lee's revising history has costs in human lives.
The book should be rejected solely on its omission of air cleaning & CO2 monitoring as crucial NPIs and their total disregard of Long Covid disability and death.
The book should be rejected solely on its omission of air cleaning & CO2 monitoring as crucial NPIs and their total disregard of Long Covid disability and death.
Insidious. 2 political scientists who call themselves "progressives" spend 1 whole chapter & throughout the book on COVID origins, but 1 measly page on Long Covid. There is nothing about air cleaning or CO2 monitoring, though I'm sure they know it's airborne. Insidious revisionist bullshit.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Insidious. 2 political scientists who call themselves "progressives" spend 1 whole chapter & throughout the book on COVID origins, but 1 measly page on Long Covid. There is nothing about air cleaning or CO2 monitoring, though I'm sure they know it's airborne. Insidious revisionist bullshit.
Let's also remember the crucial historical role of the airlines on government policy 3 years ago, with Delta in the lead, in the name of you-do-you freedom, rather than protecting public health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvnQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvnQ...
Delta CEO on May 3 end to mask mandate: ‘We’ve done it for two years… time to move beyond that’
YouTube video by Washington Post Live
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Let's also remember the crucial historical role of the airlines on government policy 3 years ago, with Delta in the lead, in the name of you-do-you freedom, rather than protecting public health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvnQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvnQ...
disregarding Long Covid. Once again Attia chooses to ignore SARS-CoV-2 infections & reinfections as among the “risks that we have the power to mitigate”.
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Does eating more protein burn more calories?
Metabolizing dietary protein requires more energy than metabolizing other macronutrients, but is the effect large enough to matter?
peterattiamd.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
disregarding Long Covid. Once again Attia chooses to ignore SARS-CoV-2 infections & reinfections as among the “risks that we have the power to mitigate”.
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Will SNAP recipients, when full payments resume, receive back payments?
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Will SNAP recipients, when full payments resume, receive back payments?
Earlier, in March 2020, Dr. Van Kerkhove tweeted that COVID-19 spreads via droplets: x.com/mvankerkhove...
Maria Van Kerkhove on X: "#COVID19 is not airborne #COVID19 spreads via droplet & contact transmission For #HCW, @WHO has always recommended droplet precautions, except when preforming aerosol generating procedures, where we recommend airborne precautions See here: https://t.co/6lZSOK9lb7 https://t.co/6lEtXrwWoC" / X
#COVID19 is not airborne #COVID19 spreads via droplet & contact transmission For #HCW, @WHO has always recommended droplet precautions, except when preforming aerosol generating procedures, where we recommend airborne precautions See here: https://t.co/6lZSOK9lb7 https://t.co/6lEtXrwWoC
x.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Earlier, in March 2020, Dr. Van Kerkhove tweeted that COVID-19 spreads via droplets: x.com/mvankerkhove...
Here's an example, 6 months into the pandemic, Dr. Van Kerkhove explains how SARS-CoV-2 spreads in the WHO series "Science in 5": www.facebook.com/WHO/videos/2...
29M views · 231K reactions | Science In 5 this week:
How does the SARS-CoV-2 infect us and how does our body react to it? The science of COVID-19 transmission and our immune response with Dr Maria Va...
Science In 5 this week:
How does the SARS-CoV-2 infect us and how does our body react to it? The science of COVID-19 transmission and our immune response with Dr Maria Van Kerkhove
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November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Here's an example, 6 months into the pandemic, Dr. Van Kerkhove explains how SARS-CoV-2 spreads in the WHO series "Science in 5": www.facebook.com/WHO/videos/2...
Those of us who have watched years of WHO press briefings and Social Media Q&A sessions with Drs. Van Kerkhove & Mike Ryan, those of us who were hungry for the best evidence-based guidance on how to protect ourselves and one another, won't forget her insistence that "it's not airborne."
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Those of us who have watched years of WHO press briefings and Social Media Q&A sessions with Drs. Van Kerkhove & Mike Ryan, those of us who were hungry for the best evidence-based guidance on how to protect ourselves and one another, won't forget her insistence that "it's not airborne."
She's still "leading" as Interim Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Management.
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
She's still "leading" as Interim Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Management.
Does he now represent the Neo-Know-Nothing Party?
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Does he now represent the Neo-Know-Nothing Party?
Also, if so many voters didn't realize the inner sleeve was required, the County's instructions may not have been clear enough.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Also, if so many voters didn't realize the inner sleeve was required, the County's instructions may not have been clear enough.