Public Health is Dead

Hantavirus Horrors and Hubris - PHMC

"Should you be worried?" is the wrong question for the media to be asking about public health issues. We need good information to make good decisions. But global public h

TIME for Pandemic Gaslighting - PHMC

This is a piece from the "pandemic-is-over-bro-just-trust-us" hall of fame. Daniella & MJ (host of "Everything is Public Health") deconstruct TIME magazine's "The COVID-1

Legacies of Colonialism in Public Health

Public health has been used as a tool of empire for centuries. Keeping settlers healthy enough to maintain colonial control over land, resources, and capital is a part of

Everything is Tuberculosis - PHMC

Book report! What Daniella & MJ liked and didn't like about John Green's newest book, "Everything is Tuberculosis".  Written in the age of COVID, does he address the thi

SPECIAL: Beyond Baggy Blues—how to stop COVID in hospitals

If you go into hospital, you shouldn’t have to worry about getting more sick. Many people get COVID, flu, and other airborne infections from being in hospital, even thoug

Bad Press: How the media manufactures consent in the age of COVID

Most people get a lot of what they know about public health from what’s in the news. But what’s in the news—and the way it’s talked about—is not always clear or accurate.

Measles on the Backburner - PHMC

Canada could lose its measles elimination status, which says a lot about the state of public health overall. Media coverage leaves much to be desired when it comes to inf

Still Masking After All These Years - PHMC

This is Public Health Media Club—a chatty and critical exchange about public health in the media! Daniella (of "Public Health is Dead") & MJ (of "Everything is Public Hea

SPECIAL: "But My Therapist Said"—COVID-Informed Therapists Chat

Ever heard anyone say they can't care about COVID anymore because it's bad for their mental health? Or their therapist said people still masking have "COVID anxiety"? We

How to Stop an Epidemic: When SARS Came to the ER

In March 2003, one SARS patient showed up in a Vancouver emergency room and another went to a Toronto emergency room. But two very different sequences of events unfolded.

Something's in the Air (The Airborne Transmission Error)

How a mixup about airborne transmission led to one of the biggest public health errors in history. 5 years since the COVID pandemic began, public health has yet to clearl

An Air-Raising Experience at the Orpheum Theatre

A field trip to the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver to learn more about their ventilation system, built after the 1918 flu pandemic.  Ladies and Gentlethems, the show you’v

Long COVID: The Experts Were Wrong with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly and Hazie Thompson

Could you have Long COVID and not know it? Possibly, according to a leading Long COVID physician-epidemiologist who explains what the condition is and how it has impacted

Here Lies Public Health

What is public health? A quick intro to the show, your host, and what to expect. Public health may be dead but we're not dead yet! *** If you’ve always wanted more clari

Introducing Public Health is Dead

If you have a feeling something isn’t quite right in the world of disease control... If your kids are sick of being sick (and their teachers are too)... If your favourite