Meagan Fitzpatrick
Asst Prof @UMCVD @UMBaltimore | Infectious disease modeler | vax economist | look, friends #vaccineswork | PhD @YCIDMA @YaleSPH | alum @NotreDame | She/her
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Two metres or one: what is the evidence for physical distancing in covid-19?
Rigid safe distancing rules are an oversimplification based on outdated science and experiences of past viruses, argue Nicholas R Jones and colleagues
Physical distancing is an important part of measures to control covid-19, but exactly how far...
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Adding helpful nuance to social distancing recommendations. Neither is perfect, and other factors influence which is sufficient: such as ventilation, group size, masking.
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The COVID-19 response illustrates that traditional academic reward structures and metrics do not reflect crucial contributions to modern science
The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated many open and collaborative analytical research projects with real-world impact. However, despite their value, such activities are generally overlooked by traditional academic metrics. Science is ultimately...
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Meagan Fitzpatrick
Global health economics position open at @NotreDame @ndeckinstitute -- "the Keough School and EIGH seek to reduce health disparities and address health challenges that affect the poor"
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Foege Letter
Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Brett Murphy (Brett Murphy, Independent Journalist).
Meet the People We're Counting on for a Covid-19 Vaccine
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine put their lives on hold to create a Covid-19 vaccine — and with the weight of the world on their shoulders, there’s no end in sigh…
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Sometimes, it's 2020.
And sometimes, possibly at the same time, you get to work at the @UMCVD with a constellation of scientists so amazing that they are featured in @RollingStone.
#VaccinesWork
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Abusive behavior
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Just How Safe Is Biden?
The former vice president’s most recent COVID-19 test was negative, but he’s not yet in the clear.
'Stunning': Dr. Gupta reacts to Washington Post White House report - CNN Video
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reacts to a report from the Washington Post that claims the White House stopped a plan by the United States Postal service to mail 650 million masks to Americans.
Is it safe to reopen schools? With no clear state guidance, Maryland districts are left to weigh the risks.
Without prescriptive advice from state health experts about when it's safe, each county school superintendent will have to make a determination on their own — and take the political heat — as to when and how to reopen schools.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick
Quoted in Sun today re: metrics for "safe" reopening of schools. tl;dr -- MD state suggestion for in-person learning starting at 15 daily cases per 100K is not "safe". Current incidence, hovering at 9-11 per 100K, also doesn't seem "safe" 🧵/4
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Communities, Schools, Workplaces, & Events
Cleaning and Disinfecting: Everyday steps, when someone is sick, and considerations for employers.
Robert May, 1936–2020: A man for all disciplines
Robert (Bob) May, Baron May of Oxford, a long-time International Member of the National Academy of Sciences, passed away on April 28, 2020, in Oxford, United Kingdom, from “frailties of old age, Alzheimer's disease, and pneumonia,” at the age of 84....
We’re on our own
The failure of U.S. government scientists in the Trump administration to follow the science around COVID-19 has left the medical community to fend for itself.
Alison Galvani—a modeller whose career has flourished early
Alison Galvani experienced tragedy at an early age, losing her mother at 5 years old,
which fractured her family life and led to her being sent away from home in San Francisco,
CA, USA, to boarding school in the UK. Ever since those difficult early...
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Meagan Fitzpatrick
So thrilled to read @TheLancetInfDis profile of my doctoral advisor, @Alison_Galvani! @YCIDMA @YaleEMD
Fauci calls her "an international star"! 🌟🤩
But ummm...did they cut the part about her favorite grad student?
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Africa to be declared free of wild polio
Rumours and misinformation about the vaccine slowed down immunisation efforts.
COVID-19 Outbreaks | Department of Health | State of Louisiana
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I Was Wrong: We Can’t Skip Phase 3 Vaccine Trials
I wrote a blog post over the weekend that has generated tremendous pushback, including an op-ed in the New York Times as well as thousands of comments on Twitter. I was wrong.