Fine-scale spatial clustering of measles nonvaccination that increases outbreak potential is obscured by aggregated reporting data
The United States witnessed large, persistent measles outbreaks in 2019, nearly losing its elimination status, despite achieving national measles vaccination coverage above the World Health Organization recommendation of 95%. Previous research...
Nina Masters
127d ago
So proud to share this paper after 3+ years of work! It reveals what happens when non-vaccinators are spatially clustered.
TL;DR spatial clustering increases outbreak probability & size. We need fine-scale vaccination data! #epitwitter #measles
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Amy Coney Barrett can take a lot of things away from me as a woman (reproductive rights, health insurance), and that makes me livid.
But she can't take away this: pnas.org/content/early/…
#phdchat #epitwitter #womeninSTEM #ScienceMatters