Ellie Murray
Epidemiology assistant prof @BUSPH | Associate editor for social media @amjepi | cohost @casualinfer podcast | #epitwitter | github.com/eleanormurray
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Mantenerse seguro y conectado
Wellness event by MassSupport.org on Thursday, October 29 2020
Holidays in the Time of Coronavirus | SPH | Boston University
The Epidemiology COVID-19 Response Corps takes on pressing questions, including how to handle Thanksgiving and other holidays this fall and winter.
Social Demography Seminar – ONLINE – Sharrelle Barber
Sharrelle Barber, PhD, assistant professor, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, will present “Racism in the time of COVID-19: Implications for theory, data, and action.”…
A No-Excuses Guide to Wearing and Caring for Face Masks
We’ll be wearing masks for a while. Everything you need to know about this new fixture in our lives.
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A nice new article on the what, why, when, and where of masks
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10 Signs the Pandemic Is About to Get Much Worse
New Covid-19 infections are accelerating, portending a deadly fall and winter
William Goedel, PhD on a new faculty position and gay Galapagos tortoises - Shiny Epi People
Will Goedel, PhD, HIV epidemiologist, discusses how his identification as an LGBT faculty member has shaped his experience. He also talks about skipping a postdoc and going right into a faculty position. Talking to gay Galapagos tortoises, egg eve...
Viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the predictive value of repeat testing
SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics that report viral RNA concentrations can be used to determine a patient's stage of infection, but this potential has not yet been realized due to a lack of prospective longitudinal data to calibrate such inferences. Here, we...
Time To Tap Covid-19 Innovations & Systems To Reimagine TB Care
The TB epidemic is worsening because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the massive setback to progress in reaching any of the TB targets, it's time for the TB community to ask: are there Covid-19 innovations and systems that can be effectively...
We asked 20 medical experts with kids about their pandemic Halloween plans. Here's what they said
We asked doctors and epidemiologists: How are you making the most of Halloween this year while maintaining masks and social distancing?
Organizing Safely During The Pandemic
By: The Marshall Research Lab and the Dream Defenders
Apply to Submit a Covid Audit Diary
The Covid Audit is a collaboration between Elemental (Medium's health and wellness publication) and the Epidemiology Covid-19 Response Corps at the Boston University School of Public Health. For each installment, we ask real people to keep a diary...
You can manage your covid-19 risk by setting your own ‘contact budget’
When it comes to covid-19, we all have different levels of risk we're comfortable with. Setting a weekly "contact budget" can make it easier to decide which risks are worth taking, says epidemiologist Eleanor Murray
7 Organizations That Support Black Wellness
Racism is a public health crisis. These organizations are here to help.
ASSESSING THE AGE SPECIFICITY OF INFECTION FATALITY RATES FOR COVID-19: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, META-ANALYSIS, AND PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS
This paper assesses the age specificity of the infection fatality rate (IFR) for COVID-19 using results from 28 seroprevalence studies as well as five countries that have engaged in comprehensive tracing of COVID-19 cases. The estimated IFR is close...
Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates
More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments make a big difference, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling, researchers say.
Thread by @AlexBerenson on Thread Reader App
Thread by @AlexBerenson: 1/ Last week @mlipsitch - a Harvard epidemiologist - wrote a blistering @washingtonpost piece attacking any plan for herd immunity. Letting people at low risk for #Covid become infected “co...…