cmriversepi

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   Nation's Report Card shows drops in science, math and reading(npr.org)

   13 points by cmriversepi 1y ago|6 comments
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   Vaccine committee's entire membership dismissed(caitlinrivers.substack.com)

   36 points by cmriversepi 1y ago|1 comments
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   by cmriversepi 2y ago

   I’m an epidemiology professor and I write a weekly “weather report” outbreaks [1]. These communication and data blackouts are coming at a bad time. We’re having an unusual flu season—activity has rebounded unexpectedly. I’ve been having to
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   Tribute to Carter's public health work(caitlinrivers.substack.com)

   4 points by cmriversepi 2y ago|0 comments
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   by cmriversepi 2y ago

   The first round of test results should come in Friday or this weekend. The longer it goes undiagnosed, the more we tip into categories 2 and 3.
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   by cmriversepi 2y ago

   I’m an epi professor and longtime HN lurker. I wrote a short essay yesterday about how to think about these mysterious outbreaks [1]. Briefly, the most common outcome is they are determined to be an endemic disease. Less likely is an emergi