One of my favorite authors, Steven Pinker, sums up why history is an imperfect guide for progress: “If history is about all the wars, all the disasters, you’re missing all this incremental improvement that can only be ascertained through data.” b-gat.es/2DTCxMv

Big Modern Family fan here.

Wow, Doctor Strange watched Avengers Endgame 14,000,605 times and he only spoiled the title.

On the day of his 51st birthday, jump on board for a lap of Monaco magic with Michael Schumacher 🎥 #F1 #KeepFightingMichael

It’s this. Work as a society to limit spread (hand washing etc) and we’ll have enough ICU beds to manage.

“The pandemic of influenza in 2009 originated in North America, we didn't call it North American flu,” Mike Ryan said in response to US President Trump’s stigmatized term of “Chinese Virus,” adding that this is a time for solidarity and not blaming.

Today we mourn the loss of lives in the #COVID19 outbreak. We will never forget the year of 2020, the sacrifice we made, the courage we mustered and the unity we displayed. Our hearts are with all people fighting the disease. Stay strong. Light will shine out of darkness.

This is how Angela Merkel explained the effect of a higher #covid19 infection rate on the country's health system. This part of today's press conf was great, so I just added English subtitels for all non-German speakers. #flattenthecurve

An update to the video below (recorded April 11) on the origins of #SARSCoV2. There is a 4-aa insertion at SARS-CoV2's S1/S2 cleavage site, and there's some discussion now about the origin of this insertion. 1/

How We Know The Coronavirus Wasn’t Made In A Lab youtu.be/r5Nvom5e9vQ via YouTube

Joe Biden visited this Beijing noodle shop in 2011 when he was vice-president. Today, they'd love if he returned

Our new tradition 🥰 a manuscript mug for the first author’s first pub from the lab 🧠 ☕️

#China has completed greatest poverty reduction programme in human history, while #Homelessness in the West is at record levels. In last 40 years China bombed nobody or isn't Sanctioning any countries to death - Why is #EU allowing #US to drag us into confrontation with China..?

Unless we know answer to ‘why antibiotics are mis-used over the counter’ we may not be able to act effectively on it. Widespread use of medicine during COVID-19 shares a common problem. Our insights from a qualitative work in Nepal. #AMR #COVID19 #Mucormycosis

#COVID19 in Nepal is dire with many hospitalisations & deaths, economic hardship, unemployment, poverty and hunger. With our Unit in Kathmandu, we set up a fundraiser for the Rotary Club who provides food to the unemployed gofund.me/50cba186 Buddha Basnyat @OUCRU_Vietnam

Our review on book by Dr. Maya J. Goldenberg #vaccinehesitancy we have presented our window-summary to a great book that answers a lot of 'whys' into vaccine hesitancy Phaik Yeong Cheah MORU Tropical Medicine Oxford thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Heterologous vaccination interventions to reduce pandemic morbidity and mortality: Modeling the US winter 2020 COVID-19 wave pnas.org/content/119/3/…

Our NEW training programme, Strategic Modelling for Public Health Policy, launches today. Aimed at entry level modellers working in a range of sectors. Courses start 24 April. For more information and to sign up click here: como-international.github.io/training/train…

🎓 Dphil Opportunities! Pursue a UK-registered DPhil/PhD at OUCRU and compete for a prestigious, fully funded OUCRU Prize Studentship! This is your chance to make impactful research into critical areas. Explore our projects & apply by 3/12/2024: linktr.ee/oucru

Exciting news alert! Oxford Martin School and Pandemic Sciences Institute have teamed up to launch an innovative new programm️e on Digital #PandemicPreparedness, which will help develop a blueprint for #DigitalHealthSystems for future pandemics. Find out more 👉 oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/new-progr…