This week, Threads finally launched its long-awaited search function. You can finally search the platform for your favorite topic... unless that topic is COVID or vaccines.
Author: kmpanthagani
Dear NIH, please fund health communication research
What’s going on with COVID right now?
When (and how) do we debate vaccine science?
Over the weekend, a vaccine brawl took place. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—presidential candidate and longtime spreader of old, tired vaccine rumors— had a conversation with Joe Rogan on his podcast. The conversation bled onto social media in which Rogan ultimately challenged Dr. Peter Hotez—a Nobel Prize-nominated vaccine scientist—to debate RFK Jr. about vaccine rumors that have already been addressed dozens of times. Dr. Hotez declined. Here's why that was the right call...
Previous drafts of Florida’s vaccine analysis tell a very different story
Who funds you? Explaining research funding.
No, ER misdiagnoses are not killing 250,000 per year
A critical review of Florida’s new vaccine analysis
A case study in graphs that crush my soul
Graphs are central to scientific communication, and when used appropriately are amazing tools that help people understand complex data. But with a few small changes, graphs can also be used to mislead and distort what's going on. Recently I came across a graph (trying to minimize the effectiveness of COVID vaccines in kids) that was so bad it deserves its own entire post. Check out a break down of the chart crimes here.
BA.5: What do you need to know?
Recently, BA.5 has been all over the news, raising alarming questions about immune evasion, reinfections, and the future of the pandemic. What makes BA.5 different from previous COVID viruses? In our latest post, we address what makes BA.5 special, along with what these differences mean for vaccine efficacy and the chances of reinfection.