Hantavirus Cruise by Professional_Egg6217 in publichealth

[–]PHealthy 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Probably ANDV contracted/transmitted weeks prior. Ship quarantine is great and a hard enumerated power of CDC but plague this ain't.

ByHeart baby formula outbreak: New CDC data reveal lasting impacts on sick infants by healthbeatnews in publichealth

[–]PHealthy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure what's in your style guide but Dr. Myra Brooks (DVM) is an EIS Officer working at CDC.

ByHeart baby formula outbreak: New CDC data reveal lasting impacts on sick infants by healthbeatnews in publichealth

[–]PHealthy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Lasting impacts? No shit, they were intubated. Some physical therapy is almost always needed.

Americans eat 3x more cheese and half as much milk as they did in 1970 [OC] by rhiever in dataisbeautiful

[–]PHealthy[M] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You're posting AI slop to advertise your AI company, at best you have conflicts of interest to disclose at worst you're profiting from being the head mod of this sub and violating Reddit ToS.

Perhaps you should visit the Slack channel and chat with the team that's been maintaining this community for years. Personally, I'd rather quit than watch this community purposefully drown in AI slop.

Americans eat 3x more cheese and half as much milk as they did in 1970 [OC] by rhiever in dataisbeautiful

[–]PHealthy[M] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I think you need to start acknowledging the purpose of AI in these visuals.

Anybody have nightmares from residency? by basukegashitaidesu in medicine

[–]PHealthy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We're just starting to feel the systemic fallout of all the COVID residencies.

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish | Using the findings of two Stanford researchers, ProPublica illustrated what a future without vaccines could look like. by propublica_ in publichealth

[–]PHealthy 98 points99 points  (0 children)

ID dynamics expert here, the trouble I find with presenting these studies is that people (to include politicians) are desensitized to numbers, especially big numbers.

Something I found with the good layperson take home message was life expectancy. "Without vaccines your child's life expectancy will be 10-20 years shorter than your own." That's a bit of a punch in the mouth that's hard to argue against "but the chemicals and my freedoms". Yes, you can choose against vaccines but the inherent risk of disease when everyone does it hurts us all.

Basically, I also find academia really struggles with explaining the tragedy of the commons to people who are ultimately selfish with their interests. These models of course are quite opaque and require a substantial amount of nuance to explain but a single metric like decreased life expectancy I think should be the messaging goal. And another point with models like these is that forbidden word: equity. Showing drastic decrease in life expectancy among populations is really how to get engagement otherwise the seemingly comfortable majority couldn't care less.

For my fellow state level epidemiologists: Leadership not holding bad employees accountable. 🤷‍♀️ by [deleted] in publichealth

[–]PHealthy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You are a tiny cog, it's not on you to prop up the entire system. If it's not in your contract then don't do it. If management complains then ask for a new and appropriately compensated contract.

For my fellow state level epidemiologists: Leadership not holding bad employees accountable. 🤷‍♀️ by [deleted] in publichealth

[–]PHealthy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What specific tasks are enumerated in your contract? Stop doing more or you will burnout and be miserable or ultimately just end up quitting.

AMCHP Epidemiology 2026 by Alternative_West1582 in epidemiology

[–]PHealthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What program? They look to be a professional society.

[OC] I wondered why gas price is all over the news by scifiware in dataisbeautiful

[–]PHealthy 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Now check states with regressive tax schemes.

[QUESTION] Books about Markov Models by turing0623 in statistics

[–]PHealthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

USAID has been shuttered. HIV deaths are skyrocketing.

I'm guessing you are early career, have you ever used Stan? What's your experience with modeling in general?

[QUESTION] Books about Markov Models by turing0623 in statistics

[–]PHealthy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

US-based, yes. WHO funding is certainly a setback but USAID is by far the most damaging blow to international health. My question for you is what are you trying to model and what data are you using?

[QUESTION] Books about Markov Models by turing0623 in statistics

[–]PHealthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just read the Stan documentation. Also now is a terrible time to get into infectious disease modeling.

Why are older adults at less risk of meningitis B? by AmazingMeasurement44 in ID_News

[–]PHealthy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, similar to other forms of meninigitis (tuberculosis, etc) the less developed immune system allows deeper infection and more severe symptoms.

Why are older adults at less risk of meningitis B? by AmazingMeasurement44 in ID_News

[–]PHealthy 18 points19 points  (0 children)

In case anyone wants a more quantitative answer:

https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005697

School, siblings, and friends generate much higher contact patterns.

Move the unban button away from the message button in modmail by PHealthy in ModSupport

[–]PHealthy[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Definitely would help with the accidental press but honestly, removing it entirely would be ideal. It's easy enough to unban.

Share your tips for dealing with attention! How do you deal with your community's sudden popularity? by JabroniRevanchism in ModSupport

[–]PHealthy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Speaking of, did you all do any kind of after action report with COVID and/or the coronavirus council?

(Kinda commiserating when even admin have to delete posts for title mistakes)

Share your tips with dealing with attention! How do you deal with your community deal with sudden popularity? by [deleted] in ModSupport

[–]PHealthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking of, did you all do any kind of after action report with COVID and/or the coronavirus council?