Strongly endorse. Every #MentalHealth clinician should attend!

Expect a PMC forecasting update between Wednesday and Friday, regardless of what Biobot does.

The next month: In addition to the dashboard, Biobot has provided free weekly reports. If they keep providing reports, the model will update as usual, at their cadence. If they 'sunset'

My visualizations will not go offline, unlike Biobot. I will continue to update them regularly, post weekly update threads, and build out with as much as data as are available.

Cancer doesn’t care which party you’re in! Chemo affects Republicans and Democrats the same way. Let people mask for their health! This is a bipartisan issue.

Tell your representative to
vote to not concur with the Senate changes to HB 237! #ncpol

ncleg.gov/findyourlegisl…

👉Top 7 psychological defense mechanisms to downplay COVID:

1⃣ Denial
2⃣ Projection
3⃣ Displacement
4⃣ Compartmentalization
5⃣ Reaction formation
6⃣ Rationalization
7⃣ Intellectualization

A must read thread by Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA 👇
x.com/michael_hoerge…

'This bill makes careful people into criminals & it's an outrageous violation of our freedom & our ability to protect ourselves.'

State Sen. Senator Natasha Marcus (D) spoke with Dan Grossman on @ScrippsNews about her opposition to #HB237 , which would ban masking in North Carolina.

Check out this graphic Biobot added. It's dead-on. They're much better at normalizing data than the competition. My own analyses bear this out. This is why I have continued to use their data for year-over-year comparisons, and consequently forecasting.

CDC went with a

The PMC Forecasting Model will continue. I have at least 3 solutions depending on the severity of the problem.

Another successful #cancer retreat today in Louisiana.

Proud to co-lead Louisiana's Cancer Population Sciences and Disparities research program!
#LCRC

'So this bill will protect the Ku Klux Klan to wear masks in public, but someone who's immunocompromised like myself cannot wear a mask?'
— North Carolina Senator Sydney Batch, who is a cancer survivor

Unbelievable.

If Louisiana bans masks, I will continue to mask in all public indoor settings and require them for in-person attendees in the few non-virtual meetings I run.

We don't inflict COVID on people with #cancer or anyone else. Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
#HealthPsych

Comparing hospitalized COVID patients vs hospitalized flu patients deeply underestimates the burden of COVID.

1) Americans are getting COVID every 12.5 months on average, versus every 10+ years for flu
2) Focusing on hospitalized patients selects for most extreme acute cases.

Our 38,000-word review of masks & respirators (out any day) includes a new meta-analysis of RCTs by Raina MacIntyre 😷💉💉💉💉 et al, plus some impressive physics by Mark Ungrin, modelling/observational studies by David Fisman and sociology of masking by Prof Deborah Lupton Master of Public Health, PhD. Sneak preview of conclusions:

I've been horrible at following back the past 6 months. If you've followed me and are interested in engaging with each other on the topic of health, please drop a like, or even better a turtle emoji 🐢, so I can #FollowBack .

Thanks for the reminder, tern

Před rokem jsme se rozhodli převést #wastewater data do užitečných metrik, které by lidé mohli používat při rozhodování v reálném světě. Přidali jsme odhady případů, procentuální odhady infekčnosti, tabulky rizik, odhady Long COVID atd. Další přijdou. (představte si rok 2030!🤣)

Lung transplant patients—many from out of state—bring MILLIONS of dollars into NC’s economy. We are REQUIRED to mask in public for the first YEAR after. State Senator Buck Newton will make that illegal with #HB237 . Tell Buck NO! Call him at (919) 733-5878

A year ago, we set out to translate #wastewater data into helpful metrics people could use to guide real-world decision making.

What a difference a year makes! Thanks for all of your feedback and encouragement. We added case estimates, percent infectious estimates, risk tables,

Fresh off the press - U.S. FDA says not to use Cue COVID tests: fda.gov/medical-device…