Ahead of the Curve

Jul 10, 2020 The Twisted Helix

The Twisted Helix: Chapters 34-37

Twisted-Helix-Chapters-34-37Download CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Pump By the time I look up, Athena is holding the tire iron about six inches from my head. "Damn it. I..

Jul 7, 2020 Epidemiology

The Epidemiology of Trump

Scientists are trained to be scrupulously apolitical. To reveal a political leaning is to raise the possibility of bias, the poisoned fruit of science. So,..

Jul 10, 2020 The Twisted Helix

THE TWISTED HELIX: CHAPTERS 31-33

Jun 28, 2020 Epidemiology

Trump Supporters Are Dying for His Reelection: The Epidemiology of Politics

COVID-19 continues to surprise and confound, but, over the course of the pandemic, epidemiologists have come to a consensus on several facts about the spread..

Jun 18, 2020 Treatments and Vaccines

What If There Is No Immunity?

We are all waiting for the vaccine. It might take a year. It might take two. But it might be wise to prepare for the..

Jun 18, 2020 Covid19

Hydroxychloroquine and COVID19: Attack of the Treatment Zombie

Prior to March 21, most Americans had not heard of and probably could not even pronounce hydroxychloroquine, a drug normally used to treat malaria. Donald..

Jul 11, 2020 The Twisted Helix

The Twisted Helix: Chapters 27-30

CHAPTER-27-30Download CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Flight Showers. Abe takes showers every morning. Just like Dad. For a moment, I can’t move. All the exhilaration I felt..

Jun 10, 2020 Myth Information

WHO’s on First: Muddled Messaging Meets Clickbait Headlines

As WHO walks back the message that made it into the press yesterday concerning “asymptomatic disease” it is interesting to look at how that debacle..

Jun 7, 2020 Epidemiology

COVID Lives Matter

As America takes to the streets to express its anger and frustration over the deaths of its black citizens, COVID-19 continues to kill. Cruelly, the..

Jun 2, 2020 Climate Change

Will COVID-19 Kill Mass Transit?

Nothing screams unavoidable proximity quite like public transportation at rush hour. With governments around the country easing up on stay-at-home orders, Americans seem to be..

Ahead of the Curve