T Jacob John

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COVID-19, due process and an SNR problem

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Scicomm adverse events following immunization AstraZeneca COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 vaccines Covishield European Medicines Agency mRNA vaccines Omelas public health risk communication signal-to-noise ratio T Jacob John Ursula Le Guin

At a press conference streamed live on March 18, the head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that the body – which serves as the European Union’s drug and vaccine regulator – had conclud…

Super-spreading, mobility and crowding

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Analysis Science basic amenities caste class COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Dharavi herd immunity housing poverty inequality Mumbai novel coronavirus public distribution system public toilets seroprevalence survey super-spreader T Jacob John

I still see quite a few journalists in India refer to "super-spreaders" vis-à-vis the novel coronavirus – implying that some individuals might be to blame for ‘seeding’ lots of new infection…