Dave O'Connor

Husband and dad. #Parkrun event director. Virology professor @UW-Madison studying viruses n' stuff. In Twitter hibernation since way before it was cool.

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Adding it here for visibility. Looking to start routinely monitoring dairy products from Wisconsin milk and cream producers. NO H5N1 found in ANY Wisconsin retail products tested thus far, want to use retail monitoring to provide one type of early indication in case this changes.

[oconnorlab @dho_lab]

Got milk? Interested in citizen science? We are starting to look for grocery store milk and cream from certain dairy processors (can be identified from labeling on the carton) from around Wisconsin as part of our ongoing H5N1 influenza monitoring. DM @dho_lab if interested.

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

This news is about as good as it gets. Landmark day in HIV research.

[AVAC @HIVpxresearch]

JUST IN: Groundbreaking twice-a-year injectable lenacapavir for #PrEP trial in 🇿🇦and 🇺🇬 has proven highly effective among  young women. For long-acting #HIV prevention options to speed the end of the epidemic, it will depend on expanding choice and access. https://t.co/6t5MChGHq9

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Congratulations to @trentkainalu/@TrentPrall who is now Dr. Trent following his successful Ph.D. defense!

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

@SolidEvidence To give credit where it is due, it was Roger, Nancy, Shelby, and me. And some perplexed dog park patrons.

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

With a great segment from Marc on our search for a cryptic lineage in Wisconsin.

[Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence]

Cool episode (and not just because @amylizk and I are in it).

https://t.co/g9upmZNHpr

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Excited to see viral air sampling from our work in K-12 schools as part of @PublicHealthMDC 's updated respiratory illness dashboard. https://t.co/QjEA2cAhDH

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

@willvuyk and @SolidEvidence just updated our preprint describing a SARS-CoV-2 cryptic lineage traced to its source. The update responds to astute commends raised by other scientists. https://t.co/LREdB4btP6

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Big week for Dr. @MitchellRamuta - successfully defended his PhD thesis yesterday and had his last manuscript in the lab posted to Medrxiv today! When he's back online he can Twitter summarize. https://t.co/5UdS3WX0hM

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Updated version of our preprint describing a Wisconsin cryptic lineage is now in Medrxiv at https://t.co/bz8yHxIEzi. I'll leave it to @SolidEvidence to do the twittering about it. Congrats to all involved!

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Our newest preprint showing that African lineage Zika virus infection causes frequent pregnancy loss in 2-3 weeks in monkeys is now in Biorxiv (@lo_raasch and @JennaRosinski can provide more details)!: https://t.co/fmCZanBlqi

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

@bchesky Please follow this by setting the default displayed price for the number of max guests when this isn’t specified explicitly - prevent hosts from deceptively showing prices per guest.

[Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence]

For those of you that have asked me why I am convinced that cryptic lineages are coming from people, I can finally point to a pre-print with @dho and many fantastic collaborators in the UWisc and Wisc Public Health.
https://t.co/rQSpC3rKcN

[Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence]

Our paper with @DrJDennehy @RoseKantor @dho describing the first 9 cryptic lineages of SARS-CoV-2 identified from wastewater (from 3 states) is now online.
https://t.co/zEIPoKLLii

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

@taylorehill Nope.

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Had my first awful @Airbnb @AirbnbHelp experience ever due to a combination of a mistake I made at booking, poor AirBnB platform design, and a host who exploited loopholes in the AirBnB system.

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

There’s Something in the Air: Monitoring Indoor Air for #SARSCoV2

Air surveillance in indoor spaces where people gather can be an important complement to clinical and wastewater data

@MitchellRamuta @dho @dho_lab

https://t.co/Co0tVxIlhK

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

@PascaleDaniel6 Totally agree that prompt communication should be enforced, not just encouraged, by the platform going in both directions as a requirement for using it.

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Check out this blog post explainer that @MitchellRamuta put together describing our @NatureComms paper on detecting SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in air from schools and other congregate settings! https://t.co/owrU4OyolY

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

Which is a shame, because I've really enjoyed our previous stays and especially our AirBnB experiences.

And with that, back to my long Twitter hibernation!

[Dave O'Connor @dho]

After learning that their policies enable hosts to act in bad faith (by not responding to my initial message that would have avoided the entire situation), I'm not sure how much I'm willing to trust @Airbnb or their hosts in the future.