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Death Panel
Policy-Based Evidence Making w/ Jane Thomason (03/14/24)
Mar 13, 2024
The podcast delves into the CDC's sudden change in Covid isolation guidance and efforts to uphold infection control in healthcare settings. They discuss the efficacy of surgical masks vs. N95 respirators, the impact of policy decisions on worker protection, and the evolving landscape of Covid responsibilities. The conversation also highlights the misconceptions between Covid and flu, advocating for stronger protections and healthcare equality.
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- Policy-based evidence making prioritizes employer profit over worker and patient safety in CDC guidance changes.
- Individualized infection prevention measures shift costs and burdens onto healthcare workers, deviating from collective response.
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CDC and HICPAC Guidance Challenges
The CDC and HICPAC guidance for health care settings faced criticism for proposing changes that shift the responsibility for infection prevention onto individual health care workers, rather than employers. This move, criticized as benefiting employer profit over worker and patient safety, was described as policy-based evidence making, where predetermined policy goals influence the use and interpretation of scientific evidence.
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