Susan Rattigan 🦠

ID/Nut epi #epitwitter, vaccine advocate, #rstats, cool aunt #WomeninSTEM. forever interdisciplinary. PhD student @HarvardChanSPH. views own

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

@Barbara12912 DMd you!

[IDDjobs: infectious disease dynamics jobs @IDDjobs]

CLOSING SOON: Postdoc (Gainesville, USA)
Study dynamics of arbovirus transmission in the context of a US NIH funded cluster-randomized trial in Brazil
with @datcummings @uf_idd @MHitchingsEpi
at @UF_EPI @UFPHHP @UF_CLAS
More details: https://t.co/pQUOGMYsw5

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Oh wow. The Lancet — one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world — is out with a forceful statement about Roe v. Wade *on the cover*.

[Dr. Saskia Popescu @SaskiaPopescu]

We may want to be done with COVID, but forcing our way through it is myopic & frankly ridiculous. People are still getting sick, going to hospitals, & dying. We need primary prevention, like masks +vaccines. Personally, I’ll continue to wear a mask on airplanes & pubtranspo (6/6)

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

@vferrera I absolutely agree. Guess I’m just concerned ab those who do it w/o the privilege of tenure or similar - can we make change without damaging the careers of those already burdened.

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

I disagree. Gatekeeping entrance to prestigious institutions will not end harassment. Systemic boycotts may be effective, but claiming that individual boycotting would lead to the end of harassment would only further the divide between those who NEED change and those who don’t.

[Bingyi Yang @BingyiY]

Our work about individual NPI policies’ effects on COVID-19 spread in the US counties is now out @NatureComms. We found, earlier in the pandemic, multiple interventions were needed to bring Rt below 1. Relaxing some NPIs needs counterbalanced by others.1/3 https://t.co/oYVo2gOeQT

[Epicentre_MSF @Epicentre_MSF]

💡#LeSaviezVous
En 2020, Epicentre a mené 264 projets dont 119 initiés pendant l’année, dans une cinquantaine de pays, essentiellement en Afrique.
Découvrez-en certains le 10 juin à l'occasion de la Journée Scientifique #JS2021
▶️ https://t.co/9HjhdV3Hbx

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

@divinedre11 20+40= 60, 8+7=15, 60+15=75

[Natalie E. Dean, PhD @nataliexdean]

The imminent FDA authorization of a vaccine for 12-15 year olds is great news, and adolescents should be able to access vaccine. But in the short term, we must also grapple with the ethics of vaccinating adolescents ahead of high-risk adults in other countries.

[UF IDDynamics @uf_idd]

Thank you @EPI_UF! Super proud of our hardworking team

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

Our paper on Take Home Kits is out now as a preprint in @AJICJournal ! We demonstrate that THKs are a safe, effective, and feasible way to test HCP without exposing others and burdening PPE supply #ResPECT @datcummings @PerlTrish

https://t.co/yDTUnX1EET

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

@KatherineABerry Why is this thread me EVERY DAY for the past two months

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

@michaelmina_lab No tweet. For those w/o expertise (in any subject), it can be very difficult to weed through misinfo. By validating even one piece of info, you could come off as endorsing the rest

...bummed I didn’t watch the cartoon in time though 😂

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

With new votes joining the tally, we are on a strong path. But even while we wait for more, let’s celebrate the extraordinary organizers, volunteers, canvassers & tireless groups that haven’t stopped going since Nov. Across our state, we roared. A few miles to go...but well done!

[Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski]

Why a SARS-CoV-2 variant that's 50% more transmissible would in general be a much bigger problem than a variant that's 50% more deadly. A short thread... 1/

[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

My first tweet of 2021 is going to be about 1 dose vs. 2 dose vaccine. I have tweeted in the past of the immunological advantages of a 2 dose vaccine. However, given the enhanced transmission variants on the rise, we need a modified strategy. (1/n)

https://t.co/si1bxgKqbf

[(((Howard Forman))) @thehowie]

We need to be addressing vaccine hesitancy with as much innovation, attention, & passion as we have addressed vaccine development.

We need to make certain that we do not re-play the mistakes made with testing: health equity must be a priority.

We need a transition NOW. 2/2

[Susan Rattigan 🦠 @susandoessci]

@MHitchingsEpi I’m moving there immediately