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Jul 15, 2022
Can I catch COVID / BA.5 outside?
The newer omicron sub-lineage BA.5 currently accounts for 65% of all new COVID-19 infections. This variant is rapidly gaining ground...
Jul 14, 2022
What the heck is Centaurus?
BA.2.75 is a sub-lineage of SARS-COV-2 Omicron that evolved from the BA.2 Omicron lineage family. It was first detected in India in early...
Jul 12, 2022
BA.5 update for July 12, 2022
🦠Prevalence: BA.5 now accounts for 65% of all sequenced cases of SARS-COV-2 in the US. BA.4 and BA.2.12.1 each account for 16-17%. The...
Jun 12, 2022
Justin Bieber's Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is an Example of Why Vaccines are Important
People who are using Justin Beiber’s Ramsay Hunt syndrome as an anti-vaccine talking point don’t understand that this is a...
Jan 31, 2021
Levels of Evidence and making sure you are using reputable sources when making your health decisions
#evidencebased #scientificmethod #epidemiology #research
Jan 21, 2021
Measles vaccine and US measles cases and death rates over the last 100 years
#measles #vaccine #epidemiology #womeninstem #publichealth #prevention
Jan 14, 2021
Misinformation debunk - "mortality year over year percentage is the same!"
#debunk #mortality #epidemiology #womeninscience
Dec 13, 2020
Natural Infection Immunity vs. Vaccine Immunity for COVID-19
#Vaccine #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #immunity #Vaccination 
Nov 22, 2020
Risk Factors for Chronic vs Infectious Diseases
#covid19 #epidemiology #prevention #publichealth
Nov 6, 2020
why is the flu seasonal?
#Influenza #Flu #Seasonality #epidemiology
Oct 26, 2020
scientific evidence vs. conspiracy theories
#conspiracytheory #scientificevidence #epidemiology #covid19
Oct 23, 2020
No, the flu is not "worse" than COVID-19
#influenza #covid19 #mortality #epidemiology #nerdgirl
Oct 18, 2020
update on 2020 excess mortality and debunking miscoding claims
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Mortality #ConspiracyTheory #excessMortality
Oct 15, 2020
Public health mitigation strategies and the swiss cheese model of pandemic defense
#publichealth #prevention #covid19 #girlscientist #epidemiologist
Sep 1, 2020
Weekly death data 2017-2020 shows how significant 2020 excess mortality is
The way to assess the overall mortality impact of a pandemic is to look at excess all-cause mortality (difference between observed...
Aug 2, 2020
COVID-19 death coding
This was my first "viral" tiktok video - who ever thought a year earlier that I would go viral for explaining how death certificates are...
