Entering our fourth pandemic year, with over a million U.S. deaths and plummeting life expectancy, we now have safe, effective, even if imperfect Covid-19 vaccines. Unprotected by vaccination, however, people are returning to routine behaviors: mingling, vacationing, and going to stores, schools, and workplaces. Covid-19 is still not routine like the common cold. Being fully vaccinated, and practicing masking and distancing, remain important. With Covid-19 rampant, individual immunity is essential for individual protection....
Breast and uterine cancer in Formiga City, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Introduction: Cancers together rank among the major public health challenges globally, as do individual cancers, such as breast and uterine. Challenges are even greater in less developed countries, and especially in their small and medium-sized municipalities, in part due to the typical insufficiency of data and clinical resources. Methodology: We explored Municipal, State, and National databases regarding breast and uterine cancers in the municipality of Formiga, in the landlocked state of Minas Gerais in western Brazil....
PRESS RELEASE: Dr. Robert Michaels, Book Now Available in Paperback
Dr. Robert Michaels is pleased to announce that his book*, Civics and Science: Contemporary Issues for Civil Democracy, now is available in hard copy (paperback) as well as digitally (Kindle). The scientist-author explores, in a strictly non-partisan manner, the nexus between civics and science, identifying contemporary issues of critical importance for American democracy. The book promotes objective, clear thinking toward evidence-based decision making in a range of important issue areas. Dr....
PRESS RELEASE: Dr. Robert Michaels, just-published book
Dr. Robert Michaels announced publication of his book*, titled Civics and Science: Contemporary Issues for Civil Democracy. The scientist-author explores, in a strictly non-partisan manner, the nexus between civics and science, identifying contemporary issues of critical importance for American democracy. The book promotes objective, clear thinking toward evidence-based decision making in a range of important issue areas. Dr. Michaels is a politically unaffiliated observer of politics. His analysis is rigorous, and his writing engaging and personal....
In-person schooling is not without risks
Michaels, RA. In-person schooling is not without risks. Albany, New York; Times Union Newspaper, page A-9, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358002951_In-person_schooling_is_not_without_risks_Albany_New_York_Times_Union_Newspaper_page_A-9_21_January_2022/, 21 January 2022.
The future disease burden of pandemic Covid-19 for individuals, communities, and society
Michaels, Robert A. The future disease burden of pandemic Covid-19 for individuals, communities, and society. Environmental Claims Journal, 34(3): 193-207, https://doi.org/10.1080/10406026.2021.2015821, online 16 December 2021, in print July 2022;
Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response; NFPA 704, 2022 Edition.
NFPA, including Robert A Michaels, et al. Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response; NFPA 704, 2022 Edition. Quincy, Massachusetts; National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Technical Committee on Classification and Properties of Hazardous Chemicals Data, 38 pages, 2020;
Possible SARS-CoV-2 persistence: FDA and CDC should further expand eligibility for Covid-19 boosters.
Michaels, Robert A. Possible SARS-CoV-2 persistence: FDA and CDC should further expand eligibility for Covid-19 boosters. ResearchGate, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355175962_Possible_SARS-CoV-2_Persistence_FDA_and_CDC_Should_Further_Expand_Eligibility_for_Covid-19_Boosters, 11 October 2021 ABSTRACT In the Fall of 2021, the US FDA and CDC expanded eligibility for Pfizer Covid-19 booster shots but imposed inadvisable restrictions. Two issues support unrestricted booster eligibility: SARS-CoV-2 is strongly selected for exploiting personal immunological weaknesses, resulting in weakened immune protection and slower immune response with increasing viral adaptation....
Teleological vs. scientific views of evolution theory among high school Biology teachers in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Silva, Heslley Machado; Gonzalo Peñaloza, Robert A. Michaels, and Graça S. Carvalho. Teleological vs. scientific views of evolution theory among high school Biology teachers in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Jurnal Bioedukatika, 9(2):61-74, doi: http://journal.uad.ac.id/index.php/BIOEDUKATIKA/article/view/20715, June 2021; ABSTRACT This study explored the degree to which High School biology teachers in three Latin American countries embraced the religious concept of teleology or used it to motivate religious students to accept Darwinian evolution’s scientific theory....
Infrastructure plan invests in the future. Letter, Schenectady, New York
Michaels, Robert A. Infrastructure plan invests in the future. Letter, Schenectady, New York; Daily Gazette, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350609274_Michaels_Robert_A_Infrastructure_plan_invests_in_the_future_Letter_Schenectady_New_York_Daily_Gazette_3_April_2021, 3 April 2021; ABSTRACT The Biden Administration wisely is promoting a farsighted infrastructure bill, costing trillions of dollars. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg described it as “generational.” The bill deserves bipartisan and unanimous support, in the context of the adage “penny-wise, dollar-foolish.” Many examples illustrate that inaction may cost (a lot) more than action....