On First Opinion this week, infectious disease physician Krutika Kuppalli, who ran an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone in 2014, argues that measles is a greater threat at the World Cup than Ebola. Sen. Dick Durbin, who lost his father to lung cancer, excoriates the Trump administration’s recent moves on flavored e-cigarettes. Eight former CDC directors plead for the protection of PEPFAR.
And on the “First Opinion Podcast,” I spoke with one of the co-authors of a recent viral study examining requests by patients and their families for directed blood donations — intended to avoid getting blood from a donor who has been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Recommendation of the week: As one of those people who is inexplicably fascinated by cults, I’ve been enjoying “Everyone Else Burns,” a British sitcom about a family in a high-control religious sect. “Everyone Else Burns,” which is free on The CW’s app, humanize its characters in a way missing from most cult stories.
