Tag: epidemiology

• 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 […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 16, 2020

  Comics

  COVID-19, epidemiology, herd immunity, pandemic

• 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 […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  February 22, 2020

  Popular Science

  COVID-19, epidemiology, vaccination