Assistant Professor, Epidemiology @UMassSPHHS
Infectious disease epi & surveillance • Global/public health
(all tweets & views my own)
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Jun 30, 2022 • 12 tweets • 9 min read
▶️ Extensive discussions about potential protection from #monkeypox from pre-1980 smallpox (vaccinia) vaccinations.
▶️ What do we actually know, and
▶️ how well do we know it?
a thread. 1/n
Four main issues:
A. How long did vaccines protect against smallpox?
B. How often was/is 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 recommended?
C. How common were smallpox infections after 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ?
D. How well does smallpox vax protect against #monkeypox?
2/n
May 29, 2022 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
▶️ How 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 the current #monkeypox situation progress in non-endemic areas?
A thread,
1/n
▶️ There are 3 likely #monkeypox scenarios IMHO (from most to least likely)
A. Semi-rapid mitigation and elimination.
B. Low-level endemicity.
C. Major expansion, mortality and a concurrent pandemic.
🔽 A thread #COVID19 1/n
In 2014, reports of "peculiar" Guinea Worm infections in dogs in one river basin in Chad.
▶️ Initial explanation: unusual pop of dogs in isolated areas feeding on fish; risk to humans was "sporadic and incidental."
🚨 Reality: many areas in Chad; plus baboons in Ethiopia. 2/n
Jul 11, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Short thread on why "quick and easy" fixes are not going to get the US out of this pandemic quagmire.
▶️ A deathray system to zap malaria mosquitoes had a splashy TED talk and a flurry of press coverage- in 2010.
Simple practical guidance on steps you can take
▶️▶️ right now
▶️▶️ to prepare yourself, your family and within your community
▶️▶️ in the event of widespread #COVID19 transmission.