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The Big One?
Posted on March 2, 2020
This novel coronavirus pandemic is my third pandemic as a human being (after the HIV and the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemics). Is it the big one? Not really. At least I don’t think so.
The diseases you’re going to get
Posted on June 19, 2017
When I was in college, I was living on my own in a little apartment and had to commute into the university (about 30 miles) every day. The commute wasn’t bad. In fact, I spent most of my day at the university, going back to the apartment late in the evening. Those were the days […]
That’s Weird. Radical Islam Is Not an Existential Threat, According to WHO and the World Bank
Posted on July 25, 2016 1 Comment
There’s this thing that you do when you work in public health. You try to look at the top causes of death and disability so you can better understand what you need to do in order to save lives “millions at a time” or some such. To do this, you need to be mindful of […]
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