Policy-Based Evidence Making w/ Jane Thomason (03/14/24)

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Beatrice speaks with Jane Thomason of National Nurses United (NNU) about the CDC’s recent abrupt decision to drop its 5-day covid isolation guidance and the latest developments in the campaign to stop the CDC from dramatically weakening infection control practices in healthcare settings. Sign on to NNU’s latest campaign here: nationalnursesunited.org/cdc Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/nnu-hicpac-3 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

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0:00.0	This core idea of what the CDC just did for public health guidance for COVID, that idea is also showing up in the hick pack process, right?
0:12.3	We're seeing it really become pervasive, this idea of trying to link COVID with the flu and really equalize the risks and therefore equalize the measures that we put in place to respond. I'm Welcome to the Deaf Panel. To support the show, become a patron at patreon.com slash death panel pod.
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1:34.4	I'm here today with returning guest Jane Thomason.
1:37.8	Jane is the lead industrial hygienist for National Nurses United, known as NNU.
1:43.7	And for those who are not familiar, NNU is the largest
1:46.8	union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States. Now, Jane has been on
1:52.8	the show a few times to discuss the work that NNU has been doing around workplace safety,
1:58.0	infection control, and COVID. And this is an effort that many listeners of the show have also helped out with,
2:03.6	pushing back against attempts by CDC and its advisory committee on infection control in
2:08.5	health care, known as Hickpack, to weaken infection control guidance for health care settings.
2:14.2	And I'm really, really, really glad to have Jane back on the show today
2:17.9	to talk about some recent updates on this guidance and on the isolation guidance, which we'll
2:24.1	get to later on in the show. With all that said, Jane, welcome back to the death panel. It's
2:28.8	always so nice to have you on the show. Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be back.
2:32.9	And I'm really excited to share
2:34.8	some of the things that we have been able to win because of that action, because of that solidarity.
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