Hacker News with Generative AI: COVID-19

Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home (theregister.com)
Years after the pandemic reshaped working practices across the world, many staff are still resisting corporate efforts to get them to return to the office preferring instead to quit in favor of a more flexible employer.

Remote Work, Work Culture, Labor Market, Workplace Trends, COVID-19

62 points by rntn 3 days ago | 79 comments

Finland's zero homeless strategy (2021) (oecdecoscope.blog)
Following a period when homelessness rose in many countries, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments across the OECD area to provide unprecedented public support – including to the homeless.

Homelessness, Finland, Public Policy, COVID-19

287 points by zdw 8 days ago | 628 comments

Four causes for 'Zoom fatigue' (2021) (news.stanford.edu)
Even as more people are logging onto popular video chat platforms to connect with colleagues, family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford researchers have a warning for you: Those video calls are likely tiring you out.

Zoom, COVID-19, Video Conferencing, Fatigue, Psychology

34 points by yamrzou 12 days ago | 54 comments

The "Pfizer Boob Job": A Case of Unexplained Gigantomastia (nlm.nih.gov)
True parenchymal breast changes following COVID-19 vaccination are exceedingly rare. Equally rare are incidences of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)-associated gigantomastia. The patient in this case report presented with both occurrences and experienced massive breast enlargement 1 week postadministration of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which worsened after her second dose.

Health, COVID-19, Vaccines, Medical Cases, Science

3 points by m463 14 days ago | 2 comments

Savoy Style vs. Hollywood Style: A Fight to the Death (Hopefully?) (2011) (wordpress.com)
As a professional dance instructor in the time of COVID-19, my income for at least five months of the year has been erased. If you read this article and find it useful or thought provoking, please consider a donation. You will be *literally* helping support an artist, and have my sincerest gratitude.

Dance, COVID-19, Arts, Income, Support Artists

36 points by Tomte 15 days ago | 31 comments

Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy call remote work a 'Covid-era privilege.' (cnbc.com)

Remote Work, Business, COVID-19, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy

15 points by belter 15 days ago | 25 comments

WHO implores China to share Covid origins data, five years on (theguardian.com)
The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet.

Public Health, China, COVID-19, Science, International Relations

18 points by c420 18 days ago | 5 comments

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting Covid, flu and mpox shots (npr.org)
A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events.

Public Health, Politics, COVID-19, Louisiana

17 points by bikenaga 29 days ago | 6 comments

Covid study that promoted hydroxychloroquine retracted after 4-year saga (nature.com)
A study that stoked enthusiasm for the now-disproven idea that a cheap malaria drug can treat COVID-19 has been retracted — more than four-and-a-half years after it was published1.

Science, Medicine, COVID-19, Retraction

15 points by nradov 31 days ago | 2 comments

Doc resigns after his employer charges $11k for a $8 Covid test (2020) (pluralistic.net)
Zachary Sussman is a pathologist who oversaw covid tests at 4 standalone ERs for Physicians Premier, but he resigned in horror after he got a $8 covid test at one of the company's locations and then they billed his insurer $10,984.16 for it.

Healthcare, Medical Billing, Ethics, COVID-19

23 points by pabs3 31 days ago | 3 comments

Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts (arstechnica.com)
Teen drug use continued to fall in 2024, extending a dramatic decline spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that experts expected would reverse now that the acute phase of the global crisis is well over.

Teenagers, Drug Use, Public Health, COVID-19, Social Trends

371 points by pseudolus 31 days ago | 596 comments

From 'Great Resignation' to 'Great Detachment': How U.S. job market has slowed (nbcnews.com)
For many workers, the euphoria of “the Great Resignation” — a period following Covid-19 reopenings that brought a massive reshuffling of jobs and substantial wage gains — has given way to a new, far more uncertain environment.

Labor Market, Economy, COVID-19, Resignation, Employment

44 points by makerdiety 40 days ago | 14 comments

Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind Covid (nature.com)
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19, Science, Wuhan, China, Virology

44 points by rntn 41 days ago | 77 comments

U.S. House Subcommittee releases comprehensive Covid-19 pandemic review [pdf] (house.gov)

COVID-19, Public Health, Government, Reports, US Politics

8 points by Kerbiter 44 days ago | 6 comments

Committee on Oversight: After Action Review of the Covid-19 Pandemic (house.gov)

Government, COVID-19, Public Health, Policy

8 points by typeofhuman 46 days ago | 0 comments

House Covid Committee Final Covid-19 Most Likely Emerged from Wuhan Lab [pdf] (house.gov)

COVID-19, Wuhan Lab, Government Report, Science

11 points by ibaikov 46 days ago | 4 comments

Covid House Subcommittee Final Report (house.gov)
WASHINGTON – Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic concluded its two-year investigation into the COVID-19 pandemic and released a final report titled “After Action Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward.”

COVID-19, Government, Public Health, Pandemic

11 points by RyanShook 46 days ago | 1 comments

Zoo experiment finds 1 in 5 animals test positive for Covid (sciencealert.com)
A new paper provides a stark reminder that the virus responsible for COVID-19 is still spreading, with 9 animals out of 47 testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at a zoo in Brazil.

Animals, COVID-19, Science, Brazil

7 points by geox 47 days ago | 2 comments

Trump picks Covid lockdown critic to lead top health agency (bbc.com)
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency.

Politics, Public Health, COVID-19, US Politics

9 points by nsoonhui 52 days ago | 1 comments

Where did Covid-19 originate? Lab's genetic analysis points to animal market (cbc.ca)
A team of scientists, including one in Saskatoon, say they have strong evidence that the COVID-19 virus jumped from infected animals to humans, rather than originating from a laboratory leak.

COVID-19, Origin, Science, Research

15 points by ivewonyoung 57 days ago | 7 comments

60% of Americans say they probably won't get an updated Covid-19 vaccine (pewresearch.org)
Six-in-ten Americans say they will probably not get an updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according to an October Pew Research Center survey.

Public Health, COVID-19, Vaccination, Surveys

29 points by hn_acker 59 days ago | 24 comments

Trust in scientists hasn't recovered from Covid. Some humility could help (arstechnica.com)
Scientists could win back trust lost during the COVID-19 pandemic if they just showed a little intellectual humility, according to a study published Monday in Nature Human Behavior.

Science, Public Perception, COVID-19, Research

28 points by hn_acker 60 days ago | 81 comments

Severe Covid-19 may shrink cancer tumors, early data suggest (livescience.com)

COVID-19, Cancer, Medical Research, Health

4 points by amichail 61 days ago | 1 comments

Woman Fired for Refusing Covid Vaccine Wins Record $12M (newsweek.com)
A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination.

Legal Cases, COVID-19, Healthcare, Employment

7 points by shaicoleman 67 days ago | 1 comments

Idaho public health dept. restricted from giving Covid-19 vaccines in 6 counties (cbsnews.com)
A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.

Public Health, COVID-19, Idaho, Politics, Healthcare

12 points by MilnerRoute 76 days ago | 1 comments

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give Covid vaccines anymore (apnews.com)
A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.

Public Health, COVID-19, Idaho, Government, Policy

15 points by geox 77 days ago | 2 comments

Idaho health district abandons Covid shots amid flood of anti-vaccine nonsense (arstechnica.com)
Residents in the Southwest District Health in Idaho are no longer able to get COVID-19 vaccines from public health clinics after the district's board of directors voted 4–3 recently to stop administering the shot.

COVID-19, Health, Public Health, Vaccines, Idaho

18 points by coloneltcb 78 days ago | 1 comments

Research reveals new clues to the mysteries of long Covid (ualberta.ca)
Researchers at the University of Alberta have pinpointed two proteins that could serve as markers for identifying patients with long COVID — a discovery that may lead to treatments that will bring better quality of life for the millions of people suffering from the debilitating condition.

Medical Research, COVID-19, Health, Science

33 points by amichail 81 days ago | 5 comments

Access to video game consoles improved mental well-being during Covid – study (psypost.org)
A natural experiment born out of the COVID-19 pandemic’s supply chain disruptions has allowed scientists in Japan to uncover the causal effects of video gaming on mental health. The findings upend common perceptions of gaming as a threat to mental well-being.

Video Games, Mental Health, COVID-19, Science, Japan

12 points by sundarurfriend 81 days ago | 2 comments

Rights groups urge IMF to address corruption in Covid-19 emergency funding (cgtn.com)
A group of civil society organisations from across the world called on the International Monetary Fund to include anti-corruption measures in all its COVID-19 related emergency funding.

International Finance, Corruption, COVID-19, Civil Society, IMF

17 points by wallbrownf 82 days ago | 2 comments