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Rafa Lopes
@rafalpx.bsky.social
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Researcher on drivers of epidemic dynamics Postdoc at @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social & @colincarlson.bsky.social labs PhD in Physics Opinions are my own. DEFENSOR DO SUS!
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · May 16
📦 New release of our R package for nowcasting!

Nowcaster is at version 0.2.3 you can check the changelog here: github.com/covid19br/no...
Release 0.2.3 · covid19br/nowcaster
What's Changed Zero-inflated model on non-structured data by @rafalopespx in #35 44 bug by @rafalopespx in #45 New vignettes at the website Full Changelog: 0.2.2...0.2.3
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Collin Schwantes @collin-schwantes.bsky.social · 15h
Giving a lightening talk on Oct 23 at the Living Data 2025 conference on how the Wildlife Disease Data Standard connects micro- and macro- biodiversity data to facilitate the study of disease ecology.

livingdata2025.com/program.html...
Living Data 2025 - Conference Program
Explore the complete conference program with 700+ presentations across 4 days
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · 5d
Prevejo um bloquinho de carnaval ano que vem com o nome de unidos do metanol
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · 6d
One albatross at time to take off, one at time
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · 12d
There days I am able to summarize what a GPT is in two phrases and there days that I can’t write monht correctly. And there’s days I can do both.
The brain is amazing!
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · 13d
I would Zik, a short for Zika, would a good one too
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Marina M. @mahideia.bsky.social · 14d
alo galera estou aqui para fazer autopromoção como se no linkedin estivesse: saiu minha primeira coluna pro OP+
Quando o Tylenol e as mudanças climáticas se encontram
A ciência não é um buffet de respostas prontas, no qual pegamos aquelas que nos interessam como em um almoço no self-service. É uma conversa longa, cheia de revisões e contradições
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 13d
This is probably someone's dream job, and could have some remote flexibility for the right person. We have a lot to do, and we're looking for someone with a really strong track record who can come here and build something big with us and @cchyale.bsky.social (and many great external collaborators).
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The Carlson Lab @ Yale @carlsonlab.bsky.social · 13d
🚨 We're about to start reviewing applications, but there's still time to reach out for our postdoc position on climate change impact attribution! If you have experience with attribution science or climate epidemiology, and want to help us launch the Global Burden of Climate Change Study, reach out!
yale's beautiful campus from overhead
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · 15d
Mesmo sendo fake eu acho que o efeito ia ser a paz mundial, toda vez que eu trago paçoca pra cá os gringos comem de chorar sentado de bom
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · 21d
@thomasp85.com please here!
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21d
🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 28d
New preprint! 🥳🎉 We looked at viral coinfection patterns at the largest scale ever in wildlife. We found a strong association among CoVs, PMVs, and influenza A, and higher coinfection rates in wildlife trade; plus, evidence that bats accumulate persistent infections. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Figure 3 of our paper, which shows viral coinfection networks at the virus level
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Sep 7
He*
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Sep 7
Cause his is a vampire
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Sep 6
This is really WTF, like really!
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Sep 5
Fodeu, o Instagram brasileiro descobriu o Nassim Taleb e o Antifragil. Agora tudo é sistema complexo antifragil
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Sep 5
If you’re wondering how much of what RFK Jr said yesterday about vaccines was true—almost none of it was.

@FullerLab_UW is one of the most accomplished vaccinologists out there and her article is required reading to separate truth from falsehoods.

theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...
How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims
Chaos at the CDC and the sharp move away from mRNA vaccines has public health experts alarmed.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Sep 5
He is a predator. He will prey upon the nation and the world if he is not stopped.

Necessary reading from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Sep 4
NUTS!
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Science Magazine @science.org · Sep 4
Dragonflies use “crazy turning” to dry themselves off after a cooling dip in water.

Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/3Vw2Df1
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Sep 4
Viralatismo é a natureza predominante dos empresários brasileiros e setores como a FIESP, que anunciaram o terrorismo comercial de que o país ia quebrar. Claro que é só um mês e claro que as coisas podem voltar ao que eram, mas é importante lembrar que o planeta é feito de mais países que os EUA.
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Sep 4
Hoje fiquei sabendo da partida do decano da física no Brasil, o professor Abraham Hirsz Zimmerman, aos 98 anos, orientou e trabalhou até seus últimos dias de vida. Entre eles, o meu amigo Gabriel Lobo, mencionado na matéria abaixo, que é uma leitura bastante gostosa.

jornal.unesp.br/2023/07/13/u...
Uma busca incansável pelo conhecimento científico
Testemunha da formação do sistema de pós-graduação brasileiro, professor Abraham Hirsz Zimerman completa 95 anos como um dos pesquisadores mais longevos do país, ainda ativo no IFT-Unesp
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Aug 31
Mas sim, eram só jovens com cara de banda indie protestando
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Aug 31
Esses mesmo jovens indies, dez anos depois, já apoiaram um golpe constitucional contra uma presidente legitimamente eleita, apoiaram um governo fascistas que deixou 700 mil mortos numa pandemia e se tornaram a cara midiática do fisiologismo político do presente.
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Rafa Lopes @rafalpx.bsky.social · Aug 31
O Brasil carece demais de jornalismo sério e que investigativo.

Esse tipo de reportagem era o que tínhamos sobre um grupo que cooptou as jornadas de junho de 2013 que começaram simplesmente contra o aumento da tarifa do transporte público na capital.
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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · Aug 29
Our new work describing large cohort of Dengue pts admitted to ICUs in 🇧🇷

➡️11047 pts (~largest ICU data so far, 2012-2024)
➡️1117 admissions (10%) had complications during ICU stay (death, organ support, blood products transfusion)
➡️Description of LAC, WBC and PLTs

www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
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WHO @who.int · Aug 28
#ThrowbackThursday: In 1980 the 🌍🌎🌏 was declared #smallpox free, thanks to mass vaccination efforts.

Smallpox was an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. #VaccinesWork
World Health: The Magazine of the World Health Organization. May 1980. smallpox is dead!
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