Six years since the inception of Digital Contact Tracing!
We've shown that privacy-preserving DCT could play a key, low-cost role in mitigating future outbreaks whilst simultaneously gathering valuable epi insights in real time.
michellekendall.github.io/2026/03/05/d...
New post on the era of the statisticAIn... kucharski.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
The killings in Minneapolis didnât come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
đ¨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 monthsđ¨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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Support services always seem to become an afterthought when medicine đ is available.
But these services save lives, create friendships, educate, build self-love. Something a pill could never do.
We must save them.
Decades-old HIV charity's fear over future funding www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thoughtful post by @daisychristo.bsky.social on learning to write in an era of AI: substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-th...
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found heređ
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
He's right. "Nothing short of devastating"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Study finds after Burundi abolished school fees in 2005, girls gained 1.22 more years of education. For very-low income girls, 1 additional year of school reduced teenage motherhood by 7%. Wealthier households likely already ensured education for daughters. theconversation.com/does-free-sc...
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. âŹď¸
We interviewed @chrischirp.bsky.social to better understand the recent cuts to funding in the US and why diversity is important in science. TLDR: Diverse teams produce more impactful work and we need to study diversity to improve healthcare. Listen now: www.scienceorfiction.co.uk/p/why-is-div...
âThere are hundreds of thousands of deaths that we are projected to be facing in the course of the next year,â says @ariadnelabs.bsky.social's Atul Gawande, who served as assistant administrator for USAIDâs Bureau of Global Health during the Biden administration.
The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature. 2. Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events. 3. Wuhan is home to Chinaâs foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research (gene altering and organism supercharging) at inadequate biosafety levels. 4. Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with COVID-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market. 5. By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasnât.
The White House has turned COVID.gov from a public health resource into a politically charged platform promoting the lab-leak theory and attacking specific scientists and the pandemic response in general. Letâs fact check its 5 headline claims⌠đ§ľ
NIH grant applications often run to well over 100 pages, and if awarded there is a contract to receive funding so researchers can deliver the science in the grant proposal.
Itâs not âentitlementâ to want that agreement to be honoured.
What does global poverty look like if we rely on the notions of poverty in rich countries like Denmark, the US, or Germany?
And how should this perspective inform our aspirations for the future of global poverty?
Bring every one of them back to the US.
If they are criminals, let them face due process and incarceration here or deportation to their country of origin.
Photo of Neptune
Iâd like to tell you a story about planets, and what it means for a scientific theory to be wrong⌠đ§ľ
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The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trumpâs policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
my website for searching all SAGE Covid-related documents is now complete: sagesearch.info
Contains over 900 documents from Jan 2020 to Feb 2022, filterable by document type, categories covered and date.
There are AI-generated summaries of every doc.
You can also free-text search summaries
A second child, an 8 yo girl, has died of measles in Texas. Some have asked "could this actually be RFK Jr's or Trump's fault? They've barely been in charge. Vaccination has been falling since before".
It's a valid question, with a clear answer.
Yes. They have ignored the standard of care
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No more occupational health research.
No more HIV research. Or tuberculosis. Or sexually transmitted infections.
No environmental health & science research.
No chronic disease research & prevention.
The CRUELTY is the point.
This wonât make anyone healthier.
It will do the exact opposite.
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A quick thread of charts showing how Trumpâs economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US governmentâs economic policy since records began.
The U.S. is ending funding that provided contraception to nearly 50 million women, many in the worldâs poorest countries. The change stands to have enormous implications, including more maternal deaths and an overall increase in poverty.
Sagaing Earthquake in Myanmar: Situation Report - the health needs are soaring and WHO is ready to respond.
www.who.int/southeastasi...
Colleagues are cancelling their US work trips. I worry that international colleagues in the US are at risk if they collaborate with us on certain topics.
I've written a new post about the increasing danger of being a foreign scientist in the US.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
Take the time to follow the link and read for yourself the list of cancelled grants.
The combination of cruelty, shortsightedness, and absolute ignorance is astounding.
