#KatelynJetelina
#YourLocalEpidemiologist

BA.2.86 update

Since the last BA.2.86 update, lab and epidemiological data have trickled in. Many of us took a big sigh of relief after seeing specific results over the weekend.

Here is your update.

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/ba286-update

#covid #COVID19 #SarsCoV2 #BA286

Opinion | It’s Time to Talk About ‘#PandemicRevisionism’ - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-katelyn-jetelina.html “Katelyn Jetelina is an epidemiologist and the author of the popular newsletter #YourLocalEpidemiologist. She argues that we’ve entered a new phase of the #Covid19 #pandemic: “pandemic revisionism.” In her telling, the revisionist impulse seduces us into swapping cheap talking points for the thorny, difficult decisions we actually faced — and may face again with the next novel virus.”

The science (or rather lack of the science) behind #TheLastOfUs

"This type of fungus has not significantly evolved in millions of years. The evolution has been incredibly specific…The odds of this movie happening in real life are essentially zero.

Fungus like Cordyceps is in insects rather than mammals because of their lower body temperature."

#KatelynJetelina #YourLocalEpidemiologist
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-last-of-us-perspectives-from

@shealola1 Thanks for this! Do you follow #YourLocalEpidemiologist ?

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/