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Role-play an #epidemiologist trying to manage a pandemic:
Giuseppe Michieli#Russia, suspected cases of unexplained respiratory #illness, https://regnum.ru/news/3956457
Moscow , March 30, 2025, 06:44 — IA Regnum. Information about the new virus allegedly spreading in Russia should be carefully studied, waiting for the results of at least one study. #Epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko explained to TASS that the symptoms could be an individual feature or a complication from another disease.
Pandemic Simulator
Too many interventions, you lose.
Too many deaths, you lose.
Find the right balance, you win.
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSFrom an opinion piece in the New York Times by Caitlin Rivers, PhD, an #epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: “There is very little that Americans can agree on these days. … But one thing nearly everyone agrees on? #Vaccines are good.” https://tinyurl.com/4hyrw85r
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#US withdrawal from #WHO will hurt us all
US is biggest donor to WHO, and loss of this income is likely to have a significant impact on organization, which develops international #health guidelines, investigates disease outbreaks, and acts as an information-sharing hub for member states.
But the US will also lose out. “It’s a very tragic and sad event that could only hurt the United States in the long run,” says William Moss, #epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins #PublicHealth
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1110480/us-withdrawal-from-who-will-hurt-us-all/
US is biggest donor to WHO, and loss of this income is likely to have a significant impact on organization, which develops international #health guidelines, investigates disease outbreaks, and acts as an information-sharing hub for member states.
But the US will also lose out. “It’s a very tragic and sad event that could only hurt the United States in the long run,” says William Moss, #epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins #PublicHealth
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1110480/us-withdrawal-from-who-will-hurt-us-all/
Chris Smart, ve3rwjThe latest post from Your Local #Epidemiologist:
Here's what we're getting ourselves into
The appeal to nature fallacy is not a viable #healthcare strategy
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/heres-what-were-getting-ourselves?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=281219&post_id=155294164&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=y7b5m&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
#HHS #RFKJR
Here's what we're getting ourselves into
The appeal to nature fallacy is not a viable #healthcare strategy
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/heres-what-were-getting-ourselves?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=281219&post_id=155294164&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=y7b5m&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
#HHS #RFKJR
Lots of news yesterday.
Maybe it's time to role-play a politician managing a pandemic:
https://www.dv-pandemic-simulator.org/
#pandemic #covid #vaccination #epidemiology #epidemiologist
#tiereddemocraticgovernance
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