Rodrigo Karlop

Medical Doctor, Epidemiologist 🦠 🇧🇴 🇺🇸, in 🇸🇪! Opinions are my own!

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

Thank you to @CAUSALab for the support, it was a intellectually intense and fantastic experience!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

This year, CAUSALab awarded 47 tuition waivers for PhD students to attend the Summer Courses on Causal Inference @HarvardChanSPH.

Thank you to Johnson & Johnson for their generous support of the 2026 Course Tuition Waiver Program!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

This year, CAUSALab awarded 47 tuition waivers for PhD students to attend the Summer Courses on Causal Inference @HarvardChanSPH.

Thank you to Johnson & Johnson for their generous support of the 2026 Course Tuition Waiver Program!

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

Fantastic experience!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

The 2026 CAUSALab Summer Courses on Causal Inference have come to a close 📝

330+ in-person & online participants across 4 courses represented:
🏢 180+ organizations
🌎 48 countries
📍30 U.S. states

Thank you for an exciting two weeks of #causalinference!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

Scenes from the courses 📸

Week 1 welcomed participants to Key Topics in Causal Inference (KTCI) & Target Trial Emulation (TTE).

Today kicked off Combining Information for Causal Inference (CICI) & Advanced Confounding Adjustment (ACA). Looking forward to a great Week 2!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

CAUSALab's Summer Courses on Causal Inference are back @HarvardChanSPH!

We are thrilled to kick off @CAUSALab's week one courses today, Key Topics in Causal Inference (KTCI) & Target Trial Emulation (TTE).

Attending KTCI or TTE? Be sure to tag us.

[Anthony LaMesa @ajlamesa]

Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It?

A conversation with two political scientists who argue that there is no evidence the measures saved lives.

h/t @alexanderrusso
https://t.co/Wavw7xsVqJ

[Umeå Epidemiology and Global Health @UmuEpiGH]

At this fine hour:
➥ @Yercin_MO defending his #PhD
on preventable risk factors for #CVD in Cochabamba, #Bolivia
https://t.co/d5zAzsXyoO , with oppponent Professor John Porter @LSHTM

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

@mazen_baroudi @forteforskning @umeauniversity @UmuEpiGH Congrats!!

[Umeå Epidemiology and Global Health @UmuEpiGH]

In Swedish television
➥ Only 10-15% of all youth clinic visitors are men, but why?
@mazen_baroudi 's research project is going to look at #Swedish youth clinic's accessibility for young men

https://t.co/5Z6ZYrJBx6

https://t.co/MF8AY5joFc

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿?

Use a few simple techniques:

1. Focus on ONE thing. Block your time in the calendar for everything and try to focus on the current task only.

2. Use 3:3:3 Plan. 3h to work on your most important projects. 3h for shorter tasks. 3h for maintenance activities.

3. Use a deep work practice, for at least 4h per day, with no distractions (use airplane mode on your phone).

4. When learning something new, apply the Feynman Technique. Pick a subject, attempt to explain it to a 5-year-old, then do more research to fill in any knowledge gaps.

5. Organize your duties according to an Eisenhower Matrix. The aim is to spend more time on vital tasks that advance your long-term values, missions, goals, and principles.

6. Processing messages and emails in bulk during one to three condensed times during the day.

7. If you want to improve in something, do it for 20mins per day. After a year, you will be better than 90% of people.

8. Use the Getting Things Done methodology to track everything you do efficiently.

9. Use Zero Inbox Policy. Get rid of unnecessary emails immediately. If the email requires someone else's attention, forward it. If an email takes less than a few minutes to reply, do it directly; otherwise, schedule a time to deal with it.

10. Beat procrastination with Pomodoro. Choose a task, set a timer for 25min and work on it without distractions, take a short break, and do it again. After 4 sessions, take a more extended break.

11. Create yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals and plans. With the goal, you will probably get nowhere.

12. Do daily and weekly reviews. Ask yourself: "What did I do today that was aligned with my goals?" "Can I improve something?"

13. Learn to say NO to many things! One no is yes to many other things.

14. Walk 30mins every evening. Even better, do a walking meditation during this time.

15. Automate everything you can. Try to use different tools to automate everything you can, especially repetitive tasks.

To learn more about it, check out my newsletter in the comments.

#technology #softwareengineering #techworldwithmilan #productivity #gettingthigsdone

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

COVID-19 vaccines are NOT causing excess deaths- they ARE saving lives. Worth a read!👇🏽
(Shared from a thread by @thereal_truther):

The vaccine has indisputably saved countless lives.

A death from the vaccine is astronomically rare & the majority of rare deaths around the world are not mRna.

There's no country in the world where the unvaxxed haven't died at higher rates

Highest vaxxed countries correlate to the the lowest excess deaths.

https://t.co/gGl8Uxc8OW…

Highest vaxxed US states correlate to the lowest excess deaths.

https://t.co/O8gqcKSOR2…

https://t.co/ynCyytU9Mp…

Highest vaxxed US counties correlate to the lowest excess deaths.

https://t.co/O8gqcKSOR2…

Results from a study in Cyprus covering 2+ years. All excess deaths correlated to confirmed COVID-19 deaths.

"There was no association between vaccination rates & all-cause mortality either overall or by age group, both in a short (8 weeks post-vaccination) and in a long (1 year post-vaccination) timeframe."

https://t.co/kA36vdNIQN…

COVID-19 excess deaths in Eastern European countries associated with weaker regulation implementation and lower vaccination coverage

"Excess mortality increased by 4.1 per 100 000 (P = 0.038) for every percentage decrease in vaccination rate."

https://t.co/7wCUdVHJCC…

Comparison of vaccination and booster rates and their impact on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries

"slow vaccination and booster administration was a major factor contributing to an order of magnitude higher excess mortality in “slower” European countries compared to more rapidly immunized countries."

https://t.co/kA36vdNIQN…

Sweden has the lowest excess in Europe since vaccines. One of the highest 60+ booster rates in Europe. They are on the 6th dose currently & have negative excess for all of 2023.

18-44 were vaccinated at over 80% rates & have negative excess in 2021, 2022 & 2023.

https://t.co/gGl8Uxc8OW…

Since vaccines were available the highest vaxxed countries correlate to lowest excess in the most vaccinated/boosted age group, with Sweden leading all countries in Europe. 82% of 80+ & 75% of 65-79 in Sweden have 5+ doses. Clearly vaccines aren't causing excess deaths in 65+.

https://t.co/gGl8Uxc8OW…

Meanwhile Bulgaria, the lowest vaxxed country in Europe has the highest overall excess. Around 1% of Bulgaria has died in excess which is equivalent to 4 million dead Americans.

Bulgaria’s excess rate is almost 3x their WW2 death rate, and about the same as the UK’s WW2 death rate.

https://t.co/8PHcnHhW1Y…

https://t.co/kA36vdNIQN…

The vaccine indisputably reduced severe disease & hospitalizations.

The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in reducing the incidence, hospitalization, and mortality from COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 54 worldwide studies:

https://t.co/kA36vdNIQN…

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 58 worldwide studies:

https://t.co/CeT6RjaJZc…

Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Preventing All-Cause Mortality (adjusts for all major confounders including age, health & healthy vaccine effect)

https://t.co/kA36vdNIQN…

How about young & healthy?

97% of the US Military (~1.3 million) was fully vaccinated by 2022.

No significant rise in mortality was seen since 2020 & a large drop occurred in 2022.

https://t.co/gGl8Uxc8OW…

The military hospitalization rate in 2021 was the 3rd lowest rate of the past decade.

The hospitalization rate in 2022 was the lowest rate of the past decade.

https://t.co/gGl8Uxc8OW…

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

@KlaJoh Best of luck Klara!!

[Umeå Epidemiology and Global Health @UmuEpiGH]

'HIV ended up in second place' - prioritizing social integration in the shadow of social exclusion : an interview study with migrants living with HIV in Sweden
➥
Faustine Nkulu Kalengayi
Ouma Anne
Anna-Karin Hurtig
https://t.co/OKH1WtUw3b

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

CDC Director Mandy Cohen recommends a COVID mRNA booster for everyone 6 months and older.

Pfizer's latest booster received approval based on a study involving 10 mice.

Moderna's new booster had a two-week trial with 50 people, resulting in one adverse event requiring medical attention.

Moderna did not provide any details about that adverse event.

Trust the science!

Dr. Marty Makary (@MartyMakary):
https://t.co/pX4Sq0Dl4Q

Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg (@TracyBethHoeg):
https://t.co/mBZyV6j5xI

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

@mazen_baroudi @ev4gh @UmuEpiGH @H_S_Global Congrats!!

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

@ASilumbwe @schneider_helen @MarshaOrgill Congratulations brother!

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

@jose_chaibo Congratulations!!

[Umeå University @umeauniversity]

Tomorrow, we have our annual Welcome fair for new students! It's the perfect opportunity to learn what our university and Umeå can offer. More information and the programme can be found here: https://t.co/Z5WnqUm9Lc

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

@jose_chaibo @ASilumbwe @KhetwayoZ I need to try that sea food also!!

[Rodrigo Karlop @rodrigokarce]

@BAHeraldcom @AmyBwrites 30 k is an arbitrary number, proved and admitted as such by the affected parties, they came up with that number for indemnización purposes. Real numbers are closer to 8k