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Jacob Steere-Williams Profile picture
Jacob Steere-Williams
@steerewilliams
Historian of Disease in Modern Britain Prof @ the College of Charleston Associate Editor, JHMAS, author of The Filth Disease (URP)
Jan 24, 2022 • 25 tweets • 4 min read
We've reached a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (a really long thread). So many (even safe, rational) folks are leaning on a new motto- one I'm calling 'endemic fatalism'. "We're all going to get it," is what I keep hearing. No doubt that Omicron has shifted the narrative The CDC recently reported that the Omicron variant has 53% less risk of hospitalization and 91% less risk of death when compared to Delta. This has led many people to think that Omicron is spreading so rapidly around the world, hitting both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated
Aug 13, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
from my fall syllabi (thread) "we are still living in a natural disaster of a pandemic, and the College of Charleston is not requiring masks, vaccines, or social distancing. While I can't require or enforce these scientifically-backed public health safety measures I would like to highly recommend that you get vaccinated (unless medically you cannot), wear masks during our class sessions, and spread out the desks as best we can.
Aug 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I won't ever forget those that showed compassion and solidarity during this natural disaster. I'm so thankful for networks of friends, colleagues, and family members who fought for what is moral and right to save lives and keep our communities together. I also will never forget those that refused to put health and safety first- who couldn't be bothered to wear a mask to protect lives, to show their support for the vulnerable, who refused to follow the science to protect our communities. Who were silent and complicit.
Jun 24, 2021 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Incredibly excited and honored to kick off the #PandemicMethodologies conference with some reflections on my public history work during the past year in my talk “Pandemic Public(s): At the Intersection of Public Health and Public History” This two-day conference lineup is 🔥 I have been teaching the history public health for over a decade, telling students that we’ll see the next big pandemic in our lifetime- and to expect the historical continuities of infectious disease; fear, scapegoating, science denialism, and innovation #PandemicMethodologies