PhD Epidemiologist. Assoc. Prof. at the University of Waterloo. I tweet about public health, food and water, poop, and epidemiology, among other things. she/her
First Olympic win hugs for Emerance Maschmeyer as Canada wraps up a 6-1 win over ROC
Next up is a BIG GAME. It's Canada vs. USA 🏒
Monday Feb. 7th at 11 pm ET
We'd like COVID testing and tracing again. Also RATs. Also vaccination mandates for schools. Also freely and readily available N95 masks. And ventilation standards, incentives, and rebates.
Radical Right Populism and the Politics of Cruelty: The Case of COVID-19 in Brazil Under President Bolsonaro https://t.co/IU59iQhFNp
@debfrombrazil on 🔥
By now on this fine Friday you have all seen this terrible MMWR study. It has many flaws, but I particularly am incensed that it insults my favorite observational design, the test-negative control design.
https://t.co/gcvOf12kQt
The thing that is hardest for people to confront is that white identity itself is a racist construct. There is no white identity independent of structural racism. Whiteness has no meaning independent of racism, predominantly white spaces are a form of structural racism.
New study showing that always wearing a good mask (respirator: N95,KN95) in indoor public settings is associated with much lower odds of +Covid test. Real-world evidence confirms basic principles and lab studies. https://t.co/u1xtRwvjG4 comments from @jljcolorado and me