Ahead of the Curve

Jul 24, 2020 The Twisted Helix

The Twisted Helix: Chapters 38-40

Jul 20, 2020 Epidemiology

Getting to Herd Immunity: Beware of Shortcuts

The term herd immunity is tossed around as the ultimate endgame for the pandemic, the magic moment that allows us to go back to normal...

Jul 19, 2020 Epidemiology

Counter Intelligence: COVID-19 Is Not 99% Harmless

The daily tick of two numbers has become a national obsession. We count deaths and cases like some sort of pandemic weather report, a grim..

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 19, 2020 Covid19

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

Jul 19, 2020 Covid19

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..

Jul 19, 2020 Infection Control

What If There Is No Immunity?

We are all waiting for the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. It might take a year. It might take two. But it might be wise to prepare for..

Jul 24, 2020 Myth Information

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..

Ahead of the Curve