By Edison Liu and Jill Goldthwait Social distancing, travel restrictions, shelter-in-place and lockdowns are all blunt instruments in fighting a pandemic. This is because all of these approaches assume everyone is suspect in carrying the virus, and therefore the interventions target everyone. This is further complicated by the fact that at the same time …
By Edison T. Liu and Jill Goldthwait Editor’s note: This series of columns is about the COVID-19 pandemic, but specifically deals with social distancing: what is it, why do we need it, how to do it right. It is written by Edison Liu and Jill Goldthwait who are both medical professionals who have broad governmental, scientific and management experience. Goldthwait is an R.N. who …
By Edison Liu and Jill Goldthwait Social distancing means keeping people apart to minimize the chances of catching COVID-19 and to reduce the chances of spreading the disease. Implementing social distancing can be done at the individual level which is focused on a person not catching COVID-19 or at a population level to slow the spread of the pandemic across large groups of people. You can …
By Edison Liu and Jill Goldthwait Social distancing means keeping people apart to minimize the chances of catching COVID-19 and to reduce the chances of spreading the disease. Implementing social distancing can be done at the individual level which is focused on a person not catching COVID-19 or at a population level to slow …
Editor’s note: This series of articles is about the COVID-19 pandemic, but specifically deals with social distancing: what is it, why do we need it, how to do it right. It is written by Edison Liu and Jill Goldthwait who are both medical professionals who have broad governmental, scientific and management experience. Goldthwait is an …
By Charles Sidman This opinion piece is written from my perspectives as a year-round resident with family and friends in our community, a local business owner actively participating in the tourist economy and a scientist familiar with both the realities and some of the public figures involved in the current coronavirus epidemic (likely soon …
By Jack Russell Most welcome the complexities of being a citizen in Maine’s Second Congressional District. We bestow our own Electoral College vote. We gave it to Trump by a 10 percent margin, but did the same for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. We’ve been purple for half a century. We are the biggest district …
By The MDIRSS Long Range Planning Middle Level Subcommittee In the months ahead, voters in Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, Tremont, and Trenton will consider the following straw poll question: Are you in favor of the School Board continuing planning efforts for a combined, district-wide middle school? Voting “yes” will tell the school …
By Fred Benson Mr. Tom Rolfes, in his commentary titled, “2010 to 2020: The best decade in human history,” (Islander, Feb. 27) reaches three bold conclusions: “We are living through the greatest improvement in human standards in history;” “There is nothing alarming or catastrophic about our climate;” and having denied the existence of global …
By John Buell Is the United States prepared to deal with a public health emergency? At this point such an emergency seems likely, but, even if it were not, the consequence of inaction is catastrophic and must be planned for. Preparation for a national health emergency depends on two variables, the medical resources available …
