Tag: COVID-19
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Can scientists speak truth to power when they aren’t in the business of “truth”?
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Can Science Speak Truth to Power? For SIAM News: Since the onset of COVID-19, government messaging has been scattershot at best. In the meantime, epidemiologists, public health experts, and…
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The cost of “herd immunity” for COVID-19 is too high
My latest comic with Maki Naro is up at The Nib, the award-winning nonfiction comics site! This time we tackle the question of “herd immunity” for the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been suggested by a number of politicians as a strategy for beating the disease. As Maki and I describe, without a vaccine, this is…
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R0, mortality rate, and all that: the science of how disease spreads
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The science of how diseases spread How epidemiology puts the COVID-19 virus in perspective. For Popular Science: Scientists, medical professionals, and governments around the world are working to understand…
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