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💪👉'Meaningful common ground to build on: clean food, chronic illness, safe schools, and air quality'.
💯 That’s a good place to start. Writes Katelyn Jetelina, 'an epidemiologist trying to make sense of this world.' @kkjetelina.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
💯 That’s a good place to start. Writes Katelyn Jetelina, 'an epidemiologist trying to make sense of this world.' @kkjetelina.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
What I’m learning from MAHA
And why public health needs to catch up with the curiosity-driven movement
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June 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
💪👉'Meaningful common ground to build on: clean food, chronic illness, safe schools, and air quality'.
💯 That’s a good place to start. Writes Katelyn Jetelina, 'an epidemiologist trying to make sense of this world.' @kkjetelina.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
💯 That’s a good place to start. Writes Katelyn Jetelina, 'an epidemiologist trying to make sense of this world.' @kkjetelina.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-co...
Just finished reading this excellent book. Can’t recommend it highly enough! Thanks @hendysh.bsky.social
Just finished reading this excellent book. Can’t recommend it highly enough! Thanks @hendysh.bsky.social
The Covid Response - BWB Bridget Williams Books
In March 2020, New Zealand had three confirmed cases of COVID-19, panic buying had begun, and no one knew what to expect next. Had the virus run the same course as it...
www.bwb.co.nz
May 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-co...
Just finished reading this excellent book. Can’t recommend it highly enough! Thanks @hendysh.bsky.social
Just finished reading this excellent book. Can’t recommend it highly enough! Thanks @hendysh.bsky.social
Very interesting citizen science! Range of infectiousness over illness time nicely demonstrated
New COVID personal science thread: observations on viral load.🧵
Fun inside!
Viral load plummeted after 4 days of Paxlovid. I did some math* to estimate changes in viral load.
*somewhere between back-of-the-envelope and semi-quantitative modeling
x.com/famulare_mi...
Fun inside!
Viral load plummeted after 4 days of Paxlovid. I did some math* to estimate changes in viral load.
*somewhere between back-of-the-envelope and semi-quantitative modeling
x.com/famulare_mi...
February 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Very interesting citizen science! Range of infectiousness over illness time nicely demonstrated
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Great update on the latest for nasal and inhaled vaccines in States from @erictopol.bsky.social . These are also known as mucosal vaccines and because they target the places where bugs get in/try to live there is hope (and evidence) they will give more durable immunity. 🧪 🧵
A Covid Nasal Vaccine Update
Now 6 Ongoing Clinical Trials in the United States
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Great update on the latest for nasal and inhaled vaccines in States from @erictopol.bsky.social . These are also known as mucosal vaccines and because they target the places where bugs get in/try to live there is hope (and evidence) they will give more durable immunity. 🧪 🧵
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Out today in @foreignpolicy.com: I wrote about what will happen if there is an H5N1 pandemic with Robert F Kennedy, Jr. in charge of safeguarding the health of Americans.
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
Make America Highly Pathogenic Again
If RFK Jr. gets to helm HHS, global health is at risk.
foreignpolicy.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Out today in @foreignpolicy.com: I wrote about what will happen if there is an H5N1 pandemic with Robert F Kennedy, Jr. in charge of safeguarding the health of Americans.
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
Helpful article by @drjengunter.bsky.social . Shingles risk goes up by around 15% in people who’ve had COVID in last six months. Unfortunately it’s very expensive in NZ (free for one year only when you turn 65)
As I was saying: If you're eligible for a shingles vaccine, get it. If me saying "trust me, you don't want shingles in your eye" isn't enough, here's @drjengunter.bsky.social with much more: vajenda.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
The Shingles Vaccine is the Longevity Hack that Already Exists
Got menopause? You may be due for your shingles vaccine
vajenda.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Helpful article by @drjengunter.bsky.social . Shingles risk goes up by around 15% in people who’ve had COVID in last six months. Unfortunately it’s very expensive in NZ (free for one year only when you turn 65)
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If you take one thing away from our paper, I hope it's this: there's no safe path through the Pandemicene without action on environmental protection, sustainable development, and health system strengthening. Single-issue advocacy and siloed solutions put the world at greater risk from pandemics.
January 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you take one thing away from our paper, I hope it's this: there's no safe path through the Pandemicene without action on environmental protection, sustainable development, and health system strengthening. Single-issue advocacy and siloed solutions put the world at greater risk from pandemics.
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I see some discussion of norovirus because of the seasonal upswing but there is a point that I have rarely seen mentioned about it: norovirus can be airborne (yes, seriously).
When people vomit or experience diarrhea from norovirus gastroenteritis, the virus gets aerosolized and can infect you.
When people vomit or experience diarrhea from norovirus gastroenteritis, the virus gets aerosolized and can infect you.
Sources of Airborne Norovirus in Hospital Outbreaks
Noroviruses are the major cause of viral gastroenteritis. Disease transmission is difficult to prevent and outbreaks in health-care facilities commonly occur. Contact with infected persons and contami...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I see some discussion of norovirus because of the seasonal upswing but there is a point that I have rarely seen mentioned about it: norovirus can be airborne (yes, seriously).
When people vomit or experience diarrhea from norovirus gastroenteritis, the virus gets aerosolized and can infect you.
When people vomit or experience diarrhea from norovirus gastroenteritis, the virus gets aerosolized and can infect you.
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A very pointed piece ...
I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI
And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A very pointed piece ...
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I get a lot of "lessons learned" questions. My answer is "none." We didn't learn anything.
In Jon Cohen's great piece on a recent CoV pandemic meeting @science.org, Maria Van Kerkhove said "everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen."
That feels more true every day.
In Jon Cohen's great piece on a recent CoV pandemic meeting @science.org, Maria Van Kerkhove said "everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen."
That feels more true every day.
January 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I get a lot of "lessons learned" questions. My answer is "none." We didn't learn anything.
In Jon Cohen's great piece on a recent CoV pandemic meeting @science.org, Maria Van Kerkhove said "everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen."
That feels more true every day.
In Jon Cohen's great piece on a recent CoV pandemic meeting @science.org, Maria Van Kerkhove said "everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen."
That feels more true every day.
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A very good article from @cohenjon.bsky.social with lots of hard-hitting quotes, including:
“Everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen.”
… from Van Kerkhove. Spot on.
www.science.org/content/arti...
“Everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen.”
… from Van Kerkhove. Spot on.
www.science.org/content/arti...
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat
www.science.org
January 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A very good article from @cohenjon.bsky.social with lots of hard-hitting quotes, including:
“Everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen.”
… from Van Kerkhove. Spot on.
www.science.org/content/arti...
“Everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen.”
… from Van Kerkhove. Spot on.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting @science.org written by @cohenjon.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat
www.science.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting @science.org written by @cohenjon.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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“It’s very clear that they are not only ignoring existing evidence, but they are falsifying the evidence that’s on the table,” Drosten said (of the House Republicans and the Lab Leakers feeding them their politically motivated information)
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat
www.science.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“It’s very clear that they are not only ignoring existing evidence, but they are falsifying the evidence that’s on the table,” Drosten said (of the House Republicans and the Lab Leakers feeding them their politically motivated information)
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Ever wonder about the basis for fear-mongering & conspiracy theories about mRNA vax? Wish you had a place to go when someone cites "proof"?
I've got you covered! In my latest @plos.org I buckle up for the waves of anti-vax muck likely to come in 2025. 1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/28/g...
I've got you covered! In my latest @plos.org I buckle up for the waves of anti-vax muck likely to come in 2025. 1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/28/g...
Getting Ready for More mRNA Vaccine Fear-Mongering: A Compendium - Absolutely Maybe
Recently, I wrote about a depressingly successful campaign against the introduction of a next generation Covid vaccine in Japan. It is a…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
December 28, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Ever wonder about the basis for fear-mongering & conspiracy theories about mRNA vax? Wish you had a place to go when someone cites "proof"?
I've got you covered! In my latest @plos.org I buckle up for the waves of anti-vax muck likely to come in 2025. 1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/28/g...
I've got you covered! In my latest @plos.org I buckle up for the waves of anti-vax muck likely to come in 2025. 1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/28/g...
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3 alternatives to new years resolutions for seeding and steering change in your life/world/organization/community/family, a 🧵
December 27, 2024 at 9:37 PM
3 alternatives to new years resolutions for seeding and steering change in your life/world/organization/community/family, a 🧵
‘One of the core challenges of the 21st century is how to navigate a deeply divisive political environment, one in which even science has become politically contentious.’
The 2024 Presidential Election—An Inflection Point for Science
This JAMA Forum discusses the erosion of public trust in science during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides ideas for improving scientific literacy and communication to increase trust in public health ...
jamanetwork.com
December 24, 2024 at 7:29 PM
‘One of the core challenges of the 21st century is how to navigate a deeply divisive political environment, one in which even science has become politically contentious.’
Excellent article on countering vaccine misinformation open.substack.com/pub/theturns...
With friends like these...
Vaccines save lives, misinformation about those who don't vaccinate doesn't (12 minute read)
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December 22, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Excellent article on countering vaccine misinformation open.substack.com/pub/theturns...
Helpful summary of what we know about impact of C19 on and through children. Note importance given to vaccination from six months of age. www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13...
Overview of COVID-19 Infection, Treatment, and Prevention in Children
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel respiratory virus—severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization ...
www.mdpi.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Helpful summary of what we know about impact of C19 on and through children. Note importance given to vaccination from six months of age. www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13...
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🇦🇺 Actuaries Institute:
⚠️ Mortality in 1st 8 Months of 2024 2% higher than predicted
⚠️COVID-19 mortality 70% higher than predicted
⚠️ 5 deaths from COVID-19 for every death from influenza
…“let-rip” abdication of public health is unsustainable www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
⚠️ Mortality in 1st 8 Months of 2024 2% higher than predicted
⚠️COVID-19 mortality 70% higher than predicted
⚠️ 5 deaths from COVID-19 for every death from influenza
…“let-rip” abdication of public health is unsustainable www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
Mortality in First Eight Months of 2024 2% Higher Than Predicted - Actuaries Digital
In their latest article, the Mortality Working Group shares excess mortality analysis for the first eight months of 2024. In summary For the first eight months of 2024, against a baseline that include...
www.actuaries.digital
December 17, 2024 at 5:57 PM
🇦🇺 Actuaries Institute:
⚠️ Mortality in 1st 8 Months of 2024 2% higher than predicted
⚠️COVID-19 mortality 70% higher than predicted
⚠️ 5 deaths from COVID-19 for every death from influenza
…“let-rip” abdication of public health is unsustainable www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
⚠️ Mortality in 1st 8 Months of 2024 2% higher than predicted
⚠️COVID-19 mortality 70% higher than predicted
⚠️ 5 deaths from COVID-19 for every death from influenza
…“let-rip” abdication of public health is unsustainable www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/m...
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Policy interventions can do amazing stuff. This newish analysis of the intensive Healthy Homes Initiative finds:
- 18.6% drop in hospitalisation, or about 10k/year. That's a small hospital.
- 5% drop in school absenteeism.
- Slight increase in wages.
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publications...
- 18.6% drop in hospitalisation, or about 10k/year. That's a small hospital.
- 5% drop in school absenteeism.
- Slight increase in wages.
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publications...
Healthy Homes Initiative: Five-year outcomes evaluation - Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
The report highlights that the Healthy Homes Initiative has had a significant impact for over 200,000 referred whānau members, including children resulting in fewer hospital visits and trips to the GP...
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz
December 16, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Policy interventions can do amazing stuff. This newish analysis of the intensive Healthy Homes Initiative finds:
- 18.6% drop in hospitalisation, or about 10k/year. That's a small hospital.
- 5% drop in school absenteeism.
- Slight increase in wages.
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publications...
- 18.6% drop in hospitalisation, or about 10k/year. That's a small hospital.
- 5% drop in school absenteeism.
- Slight increase in wages.
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publications...
More excellent explaining by @ukhadds.bsky.social
Aerosol can stay in the air for days. So, why then does it readily deposit in your lungs? Why isn’t it simply exhaled?
In my latest explainer video I discuss how/where aerosol deposits in the lungs, and how a misunderstanding of this process has led to confusion around masks.
youtu.be/qbIuqv8iECc
In my latest explainer video I discuss how/where aerosol deposits in the lungs, and how a misunderstanding of this process has led to confusion around masks.
youtu.be/qbIuqv8iECc
Location, Location, Location: Aerosol Inhalation
YouTube video by Al Haddrell
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 8:25 PM
More excellent explaining by @ukhadds.bsky.social
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Q: Do children really need vaccinations, even if the disease is not still around?
A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Q: Do children really need vaccinations, even if the disease is not still around?
A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Our household has COVID, primary school the likely source. Once again our community is awash with this virus, the 2nd-3rd major spike this year without any v ‘low’ period. Every (re)infection does damage so pls work to minimise spread, to protect yourself & others. It’s not another common ‘cold’. 1/
November 21, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Our household has COVID, primary school the likely source. Once again our community is awash with this virus, the 2nd-3rd major spike this year without any v ‘low’ period. Every (re)infection does damage so pls work to minimise spread, to protect yourself & others. It’s not another common ‘cold’. 1/