The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was a threat to our physical health. The second wave was an economic crisis. According to a recent article published on Saturday in EdSurge, the third will be a mental health crisis. In the article, the authors suggest that roughly 25 percent of isolated children or adults can be expected to experience post-traumatic stress following a health-related pandemic. Early signs suggest that the current pandemic will be no different, with even higher rates of...

The percentage of individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and the number of tests administered each day per 1,000 people have been cited as important benchmarks for determining when it is safe to ease social distancing policies or reopen economies. A positive test rate of under 10% and conducting 1.52 tests per 1,000 people day have been cited by various health officials as important benchmarks to be achieved before such actions are taken While several states are below the positive test...