Jessica Pickett
@pickettjessica
Pittsburgh-based health economist in the vaccine industry. Interested in everything; knowledgeable about demand for medical care & politics of service delivery.
All caveats apply, but fwiw Claude couldn’t find *any* other documented references to RSV conspiracies — including in the index of RFK Jr.’s book, unlike Lyme — so infers that he was just ignorantly riffing off the cuff (and hopefully not floating a trial balloon about mAbs).
Not your point, I know, but: please don’t stigmatize responsible muzzle use. Many reactive dogs benefit enormously from mitigating safety risks — including / especially to themselves! — in stressful situations. Indeed, it’s *such* an important skill for emergencies that I muzzle train every foster.
So much of the AI discourse On Here is about the (substantial) downside risks. But from where I sit: tools like this PopHIVE connector also mean Claude can now replicate, update, tailor and/or expand public health impact models in a couple hours for just a few bucks. 🤯 (“And that’s not nothing.”)
Meanwhile, I asked Haiku which fictional character it most strongly “identifies” with 👀
Just splurged at my neighborhood bookstore. But which should I pack for a Balkans roadtrip? (Other recommendations also welcome!)
So this is bad for obvious reasons, but even more concerning if you know how many companies already provide access to anonymized claims / EHR data for health outcomes research. I.e., there are plenty of lower hanging opportunities for spurious analysis unless identifying individuals *is* the point.
Historian partner pulled his nose out of the archives long enough to wander obliviously around London this afternoon, Marcus Brody style
…including about why those concerns are more legible from the outside
...but animal husbandry practices entailed in the region's burgeoning lambskin fur trade would certainly have posed ideal conditions for a zoonotic leap around that time
Despite all the media attention to that hypothesis, to our knowledge this is the first time anyone looked for contemporary descriptions of the initial outbreak(s) in local records from its purported origins. Spoiler: it was kind of a big deal.
This is from a couple weeks ago but captures Poe and Ichabod perfectly
I have never *personally* bathed in our attic clawfoot tub, but it was a key selling point when we bought the house
E.g., www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... (partner would surely steer me toward more recent historiography but is asleep so this will have to suffice)
Samuel L. Jackson famously said it’s his favorite role to re-watch