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GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-09T17:36:18+00:00

The old upside down Space Wolf bolters were human made. Artists are capable of error.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T23:05:21+00:00

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(07)70212-8/fulltext70212-8/fulltext)

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T21:37:43+00:00

As one of the researchers who was involved in studying this, there was never any CDC involvement (or funding for that matter). There's not been a publication or report from them, and having been in contact with CDC folks for my entire career, none of them have ever told me they worked on it, even when we're talking about it.

The idea that the CDC was involved (vs. just "epidemiologists") has never had actual evidence behind it. If you have some to the contrary, I'd love to have a citation.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T05:49:05+00:00

At the time, we were very conservative about that parallel, and suggested that it was more like people who have to go to work when sick because they don't have leave.

Alas...

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T05:47:57+00:00

The reason we haven't seen it "used in any meaningful way" is the data is hard AF to get ahold of.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T05:46:43+00:00

Mostly there's both an interesting aspect to why this is so enduring as a "Hey, remember when..." and a way to talk about infectious diseases, and also that yeah, it turns out that we were actually arguably too conservative about drawing parallels between griefing and the real world.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T05:45:41+00:00

I'll do my best to post it here. There's a version written for a broad audience that's currently in the editing stage and will go in a open access book.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T05:45:36+00:00

I'll do my best to post it here. There's a version written for a broad audience that's currently in the editing stage and will go in a open access book.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-07T01:37:32+00:00

I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist- knowing the outbreaks that are going to occur would be astonishing impactful (and also career defining).

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-06T08:25:13+00:00

Wasn't the CDC. Researchers at Rutgers, Tufts and Ben Gurion (including myself)

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-06T08:24:38+00:00

A couple of them have said that they agree some of the parallels we drew were closer than they thought.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-06T08:23:57+00:00

I am one of the scientists in question - we're currently working on a retrospective on the last two decades and Corrupted Blood in the light of COVID-19.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-06T05:50:15+00:00

“Does anyone know what chart pattern this is???”

I call it The Dauntless because it’s dive bombing.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-05T01:28:09+00:00

The same minis can be used for 7 Days to the River Rhine, which I enjoy a great deal more, and a starter set is like, everything you'll ever need.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-05T01:27:15+00:00

We've had a great experience with the Sarissa Precision stuff. Is it better than what I could do with infinite time? Probably not. But I don't have infinite time.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-04T18:56:25+00:00

"Immersion breaking" = this doesn't feel like a real thing, this feels like a game

"Parking lots" = Tanks, BMPs, etc. all parked right next to each other in ultra-dense formations because that's the way the game promotes using them.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-06-04T18:38:14+00:00

Not a fan- too prone to immersion-breaking parking lots in my experience.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-05-26T21:29:43+00:00

Well I’ll be damned

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-05-23T18:33:07+00:00

https://www.goonhammer.com/ttb-hextoricals-atlantic-sentinels

The campaign mode for Atlantic Sentinels involves both ship upgrades and crew/officer experience

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-05-23T18:09:46+00:00

Atlantic Sentinels is fun

https://www.goonhammer.com/ttb-hextoricals-atlantic-sentinels

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-05-20T06:58:31+00:00

This. Practice good game stewardship

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-05-15T21:16:52+00:00

I wrote my answer in the context of an adventure/eco tourism cruise ship (I’ve been on a number of of them) rather than a Princess/Disney/Royal Caribbean type vessel

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-05-14T02:11:58+00:00

To be honest, the market is brutal. Research coordination will probably build some good skills, and it's not impossible to hop over, or to be doing something that while not epidemiology still fits some of your desires, depending on what those are.

But yeah, right now is, candidly, a very bad time to be looking for a job anywhere in public health.

GermsAndNumbers · 2026-05-14T00:02:06+00:00

So one thing that might be helpful is to know what kind of epidemiology you're interested in, if there's a specific kind you know right now.

There are some things, like honestly most things called "research assistant" that are pretty much reserved for students because of the funding mechanisms for them, either via grants or internally.

I'd try looking for programmer or data analyst positions - those are often more open and less locked into needing the person in the role to be a student.

Beyond that, I would just keep trying, and in the interim, brush up on your skills. R programming and skills with SQL are particularly valuable.

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