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Jacob Uskavitch is a medical student and can be reached on Twitter @jacobuskavitch.

COVID-19 misinformation is a public health crisis

Jacob Uskavitch
Policy
July 25, 2020

As a medical student, I have discussed with classmates and faculty how to handle a potential patient interaction on vaccinations. Learning how to handle a patient who may be misinformed may be best through experience rather than lectures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this experience may come sooner and be more commonplace than I previously expected.

While anti-vaxxers currently make up a small percentage of the United States, their Read more…

COVID-19 misinformation is a public health crisis

A medical student perspective on George Floyd’s murder

Jacob Uskavitch
Policy
June 4, 2020

Recently in Minneapolis, George Floyd was killed by Officer Derek Chauvin, who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes, including almost three minutes after Floyd was unresponsive. This senseless murder is now added to an already long list of occurrences of police brutality that disproportionately affects communities of color. The need for an independent autopsy to confirm the …

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