Tag: vaccination
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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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“Peanuts”, vaccination, and the limits of persuasion
In my new comic with Maki Naro, we go meta: using a comic to talk about a comic! Specifically, we comics’ed about one of the most beloved comic strips of all time, Charles M. Schulz’ “Peanuts”. While the strip mostly steered clear of the issues of the day, occasionally Schulz did include topical material. One […]