“A study from J&J in September [2021] showed that after a second dose, the J&J
vaccine was about 91% effective, nearly matching the efficacy of the Pfizer and
Moderna shots after two doses.”
posted 8/30/2022 8:00pm ∞
“[A] new report published in The Lancet describing 41 early cases in the
outbreak indicate that the earliest identified person sickened had no
epidemiological links to the [Wuhan animal] market.”
(Added November 2022: This was the first thing I posted about the plague, and
the first thing that really made me think it might be something that would
affect my family.)
posted 1/28/2020 10:26pm ∞
“Whenever COVID-19 cases doubled, climate-related tweets
dropped by about 5 percent. The doubling of COVID-19
deaths saw climate tweeting decline by over 7 percent. … [A] big boost in
case counts could easily offset the arrival of a major hurricane.”
posted 11/5/2022 8:00pm ∞
“No longer needing to sing at high frequencies that could be heard over the
highway’s rumble, the sparrows’ songs became more expansive, occupying more of
the soundscape’s ‘acoustic bandwidth.’ Even those with quiet voices became
audible; in those first months, ‘you could hear four times as many birds as you
could before,’ says [Professor Elizabeth] Derryberry.”
posted 12/23/2022 8:00pm ∞
“[M]y professional bias influences my priorities: Ensure the vulnerable around
us (like grandparents) do not end up in the hospital with
COVID-19 (or flu or
RSV ). This means we are
going to do everything in our power to break transmission chains before
gathering for the holidays.”
Katelyn Jetelina ,
Thinking through the holidays this year
(Your Local Epidemiologist ,
November 3, 2022 )
posted 11/15/2022 8:00pm ∞