Back in October, I submitted my application to become an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (STPF). AAAS is the largest science society in the world with the objective to advance effective science policies for the betterment of mankind. Last week, I was privileged to interview as a…
Month: April 2020
Book Review: Influenza, Dr. Jeremy Brown (2018)
To study infectious disease outbreaks, one of the first things researchers do is to sequence the genome. We did this in real time with the Ebola outbreak in 2014, we’re doing it right now with SARS-CoV-2, and we constantly do this with the influenza virus to predict when the flu season is approaching and how…
Comparing COVID-19 Testing Capacities Among the 50 States
Basically, positive tests for COVID-19 should beget more testing! Image Credit: © Joe Raedle/Getty Images at Live Science Previously we learned that the United States has conducted the most COVID-19 tests than any other country. But in reality, we haven’t performed nearly as many when you calculate the total tests performed against how many people…
Differences in social distancing measures and their impact on the COVID-19 curve
Image Credit: Toby Morris @xtotl — featured on The Spinoff Yesterday, the U.S. experienced our largest daily COVID-19 death toll with over 800 deaths. President Trump rightly implemented another 30 days of social distancing in the face of the grim reality of the virus. Further, the White House Task Force now says we may have…