Paula Bianca Blomquist

[Applied Epi @appliedepi]

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[Applied Epi @appliedepi]

Day 9: Where do R version names come from?

The current version is 4.4.2: Pile of Leaves. Check yours by running R.version on your console.

Internet chat suggests these names are all inspired by the Peanuts comic. And sure enough…

#r #rstats #charliebrown #peanuts 🥜

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@ELeijonmarck @mdancho84 Good advice by OP - we cover similar in the #EpirRHandbook (fyi @ELeijonmarck ;) )

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@sadizid @IsaacATFlorence @ShirinAliabadi My turn 😍

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@sadizid @IsaacATFlorence Hahaha that’s so good

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@sadizid Why

[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @LSHTM]

How did social mixing change in December? 👥

#CoMix data shows levels were comparable to those seen during the second lockdown, says @Jarvis_Stats 📉

More in @FT 👇 https://t.co/osBPzEtbFn #COVID19 @cmmid_lshtm @EpiPose

[Shirley B. Wang @ShirleyBWang]

I'm just a girl, standing in front of R, asking for the write.csv() default to include row.names = FALSE.

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

Latest report on what we know about Omicron so far. More to come soon.

[Meaghan Kall has moved to Bluesky @kallmemeg]

NEW: @UKHSA Variant Technical Briefing

Technical Briefing 33
https://t.co/lOqLhRGaU4

Updated Omicron Risk Assessment
https://t.co/sRQKyc9Usq

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

Honestly what epic women I work with! @kallmemeg brings sense to twitter but also to the endless covid work within UKHSA

[Meaghan Kall has moved to Bluesky @kallmemeg]

Honoured & humbled to be included in the 2021 #Nature10 list alongside a group of truly incredible scientists

It’s been a privilege to play a role in the pandemic & challenge received wisdom about the role of civil servants

Alt caption: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

[Meaghan Kall has moved to Bluesky @kallmemeg]

NEW: Omicron Variant report from UKHSA

Technical Briefing 31 - Omicron Variant (VOC-21NOV-01) https://t.co/gdQHerM5y3

Updated Omicron Risk Assessment https://t.co/R1ZhkcOmlE

[asad @sadizid]

The Omicron timeline is incredibly condensed, the speed of science and communication mindbogglingly fast. This is what I have so far 🧵

23/11 - Tom Peacock tweets about a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 genotypes with many mutations

24/11 - South Africa reports B.1.1529 to WHO

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@kallmemeg Every week is particularly nuts for you Meaghan!!

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@kallmemeg @IsaacATFlorence 🥰

[MapAction @mapaction]

MapAction continues to respond to the #HaitiEarthquake with #dataanalysis, visualisation and data gathering both in person and remotely. We are working with @Tearfund and @UNOCHA's #UNDAC A&A cell.

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@kallmemeg @maf_df 😂😂 But also... how was that 6 years ago 😭

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

The age of innocence #theworldbeforecovid

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@IsaacATFlorence @kallmemeg @iamgkadam @ewanbirney @HannahCurrant1 @Pouriaaa But actually - I would use st_as_sf for the first bit (line 14) eg

coords_sf <- st_as_sf(coords, coords=c(“long”, “lat”), crs=4326)

Although can change object name to prevent confusion

[Paula Bianca Blomquist @PBBlomquist]

@IsaacATFlorence @kallmemeg @iamgkadam @ewanbirney @HannahCurrant1 @Pouriaaa Just make sure you know which boundaries you are using (2019, 2020, 2021) 😝

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: people worry when they hear "40% of hospitalisations are fully vaxxed", but this chart shows that's actually good news.

The more people you vaccinate, the higher their share of hospitalisations, but the *total* number in hospital is a fraction of what it would otherwise be