Thinking about our tools, ourselves. @UNC prof. Writer at @TheAtlantic @NYTimes. Was @SciAm @Wired. Book:https://t.co/j57eEmRHYw. Also https://t.co/AuuEUHWn84
An excellent thread from a UNC epidemiologist on why she vaccinated her toddler. I’d also add that risks (for many viral infections) go up with age. If a kid is unvaccinated and avoids it, but then gets infected later in life, risks are much higher. Early vaccination is great!
Good thread. The PHEIC should be to mobilize in the *crucial* early period where, with much effort, we might have a chance to stop Monkeypox from becoming established in new networks, and also address the neglected endemic countries. Not to certify reality when it’s too late!
Up and down this excellent thread, but also this key point. ONS is one of the very few tools of its kind we have anywhere—a nationally representative ongoing survey. It’s baffling we don’t have more, and now this one may be cut back as well. Would be a real loss.
Important paper: people who get infected after being vaccinated are indeed benefiting from a broader immune response (to future variants and older variants, too) that their vaccination is contributing to. Vaccination is beneficial and the best, lowest risk path for immunity.
Interesting, reflective thread on how/why so many Russia and foreign policy experts were so wrong in their predictions about Ukraine, while military analysts, broadly, were more correct. One key difference is paying attention to costly signals: interpreting the force build-up.
This is interesting work, but I don’t know why authors bin the results (3-6 days) instead of just giving us the exact days. Also, why don’t we have our own studies like this? This is exactly what we need to know. And: I suspect this distribution may be bimodal by vax/symptom.