We only have early data on how long threads about the omicron variant might be, but initial results suggest the average omicron thread might contain as many as 25 tweets. [PRELIMINARY DATA, NOT PEER-REVIEWED] (3/164)

This echo chamber promotes provocative statements and a rush to be first rather than correct (or even just well supported by the evidence). It elevates those who chose a stance and defend it absolutely. It favors frequency of message over novelty of content 2/

4. Don't call myself a corona centrist any more, but if it still means anything I think it means trying to do data-driven analysis to calibrate between "it's all fine" and "we're doomed", like I did here with delta mobile.twitter.com/BristOliver/st… (and aspiring to do with omicron still)

Our health care heroes continue to do the impossible and remain strong during the fight against #COVID19, but together we can help reduce the stress on our health care system by doing what’s possible: vaccinating and boosting, wearing a mask, and staying home when sick.

Non academic (Remote, USA) Interested COVID-19, policy, and disease modeling? The CDPH COVID Modeling Team is recruiting a paid, remote, part-time summer intern with @LAWhite_Ecology Tomas Leon at California Department of Public Health More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/intereste…

Interested in public health? Want to contribute to #rstats 📦 development? We are working on {epinowcast} 0.1.0 and have some issues for you. github.com/epiforecasts/e…

Come work with us!

Interesting Q&A. Learned about these but wish WHO had more publications from their social science/behavioral insights groups: who.int/publications/m… who.int/initiatives/be…

Since 2020, the Midasnetwork coordination center has been supporting the #covid19scenariomodelinghub's projections for trajectories of the COVID-19 pandemic under alternative possible futures. The scenario modeling team has now moved on to flu... fluscenariomodelinghub.org

Very proud of our modeling team for adding flu projections to our CalCat site, you can look at by county, region or statewide! We’re seeing an early flu season so get your flu vaccine now if you haven’t already!

Fundamentally the “earn to give” philosophy of effective altruism is about reallocating private resources toward public goods. Make money so that you can fund altruism. But we actually have a way less sexy, way more scalable way of doing that, called “taxes”.

If UC actually bargained in good faith, we would have a UAW Local 5810 contract after over a YEAR. I would have had *8 weeks* of leave with my infant, instead of just 4 Daycare & transit support Instead, I strike - so future parents have it better than I did.

You can now track CA flu cases & hospitalizations in your county and region with the new flu feature on CalCAT: calcat.covid19.ca.gov #FightFluTogether

Imagine a country in which essential services were a matter of public infrastructure and rights rather than charitable enterprises and the philanthropic whims of millionaires. Non-profit charity hospitals make up about 50% of all US hospitals. Not good. kvpr.org/local-news/202…

Select boomers and millennials are looking for the same home but the former is often coming to the market equity rich and less price/rate sensitive than the latter. This has allowed boomers to overtake millennials as the top buyers in 2022

Humans doing the hard jobs on minimum wage while the robots write poetry and paint is not the future I wanted

Please submit! We would love to see a wide variety of contributions for different public health modeling topics. Natalie Linton

The California Department of Public Health is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 4th Annual Western States Modeling Symposium, to be held virtually on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 10am PT. Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…