Søren Neermark
@sneermark.bsky.social
Works with health preparedness @ Danish Health Authority 🇩🇰 | Passionate about emergency response, infectious diseases, OSINT & geopolitics 🌍 | Fun fact: Я люблю лакрицю і намагаюся вчити українську (I love licorice and I'm trying to learn Ukrainian)
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We have updated estimates for the Mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone. We estimate that the G.1 lineage started to diversify in SL around 16 November, suggesting 1-2 months of circulation before detection. G.1's estimated growth corresponds to a doubling time of ~2 weeks: virological.org/t/genomic-ep...
Genomic epidemiology of Mpox virus in Sierra Leone
This post has been updated to include new sequences, new analysis, and revised estimates. Background Sierra Leone confirmed its first Mpox case on January 10, 2025, with the Minister of Health declar...
virological.org
June 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We have updated estimates for the Mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone. We estimate that the G.1 lineage started to diversify in SL around 16 November, suggesting 1-2 months of circulation before detection. G.1's estimated growth corresponds to a doubling time of ~2 weeks: virological.org/t/genomic-ep...
Brief Update on Mpox in Africa
Africa CDC held its press briefing on health crises in Africa this past Thursday. During the meeting, it was presented that the situation in Sierra Leone shows some signs of decline but remains at a high level of cases. (1/12)
Africa CDC held its press briefing on health crises in Africa this past Thursday. During the meeting, it was presented that the situation in Sierra Leone shows some signs of decline but remains at a high level of cases. (1/12)
June 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Brief Update on Mpox in Africa
Africa CDC held its press briefing on health crises in Africa this past Thursday. During the meeting, it was presented that the situation in Sierra Leone shows some signs of decline but remains at a high level of cases. (1/12)
Africa CDC held its press briefing on health crises in Africa this past Thursday. During the meeting, it was presented that the situation in Sierra Leone shows some signs of decline but remains at a high level of cases. (1/12)
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A long thread about mpox and the context specific nature of outbreaks prompted by the large outbreak of MPXV Clade IIb happening at the moment in Sierra Leone:
May 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A long thread about mpox and the context specific nature of outbreaks prompted by the large outbreak of MPXV Clade IIb happening at the moment in Sierra Leone:
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I've been going through the imagery and mapping any destroyed/damaged structure, particular rescue priorities (potential mass casualty events) and IDP locations in all the imagery available.
google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Please check the map and share widely with anyone who will find it useful.
google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Please check the map and share widely with anyone who will find it useful.
Myanmar Earthquake Damage - Google My Maps
ANY organisation can use this data for any purpose.
Notes on methodology:
Destroyed locations:
All identified destroyed/damaged sites have been identified from satellite imagery. The sites were dete...
google.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I've been going through the imagery and mapping any destroyed/damaged structure, particular rescue priorities (potential mass casualty events) and IDP locations in all the imagery available.
google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Please check the map and share widely with anyone who will find it useful.
google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Please check the map and share widely with anyone who will find it useful.
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This is remarkable. The last of 8 patients who tested positive for Ebola Sudan has been discharged. Now the 42 day count down to this outbreak being officially declared over is on.
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
Uganda discharges the last Ebola patients. No new deaths from the contagious virus reported
Uganda health authorities say they discharged the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is remarkable. The last of 8 patients who tested positive for Ebola Sudan has been discharged. Now the 42 day count down to this outbreak being officially declared over is on.
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
Danish Humor at it's best - #healthcareforall also California😁! #MåkeCaliførniaGreatÆgain
🌞 BREAKING NEWS: Denmark to purchase California from Trump 🚀
Get ready for New Denmark, where the palm trees provide shade for the bike lanes, Disneyland becomes Hans Christian Andersenland, and universal healthcare is mandatory!
👉 Support the campaign at denmarkification.com.
#Denmarkification
Get ready for New Denmark, where the palm trees provide shade for the bike lanes, Disneyland becomes Hans Christian Andersenland, and universal healthcare is mandatory!
👉 Support the campaign at denmarkification.com.
#Denmarkification
Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?
Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdsourcing ever
denmarkification.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Danish Humor at it's best - #healthcareforall also California😁! #MåkeCaliførniaGreatÆgain
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So there's a new development in the bird flu situation -the bird genotype of the virus (D1.1), which has, in the current panzootic, been responsible for all of the severe cases of H5N1 in humans- has been detected in 4 dairy herds in Nevada. Here's what that could mean:🧵
USDA milk testing shows different strain of H5N1 bird flu in Nevada dairy herds
The USDA said four Nevada dairy herds were infected with an H5N1 bird flu strain that has circulated in wild birds, making prospects for containment in cows appear dim.
www.statnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
So there's a new development in the bird flu situation -the bird genotype of the virus (D1.1), which has, in the current panzootic, been responsible for all of the severe cases of H5N1 in humans- has been detected in 4 dairy herds in Nevada. Here's what that could mean:🧵
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Please see the risk evaluation guidance docs on Clade Ia and Clade Ib mpox from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (www.who.int/groups/techn...)
- excellent work from a great group of colleagues
www.who.int/groups/techn...
#mpox #PHEIC 1/2
- excellent work from a great group of colleagues
www.who.int/groups/techn...
#mpox #PHEIC 1/2
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January 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Please see the risk evaluation guidance docs on Clade Ia and Clade Ib mpox from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (www.who.int/groups/techn...)
- excellent work from a great group of colleagues
www.who.int/groups/techn...
#mpox #PHEIC 1/2
- excellent work from a great group of colleagues
www.who.int/groups/techn...
#mpox #PHEIC 1/2
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"Whenever I go to X now I see outrageous shit, and I actually get sucked into it. Bluesky is slower and more boring—but it is a good boring, you know.”
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org
January 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Whenever I go to X now I see outrageous shit, and I actually get sucked into it. Bluesky is slower and more boring—but it is a good boring, you know.”
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launches dashboard to track highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in the Americas. РАНО сlаѕѕіfіеѕ thе rіѕk оf zооnоtіс trаnѕmіѕѕіоn аѕ mоdеrаtе, wіth nо соnfіrmеd humаn-tо-humаn ѕрrеаd ѕо far. shiny.paho-phe.org/h5n1/
PAHO/WHO - Influenza A(H5N1) in Americas Region
The PAHO/WHO Influenza A(H5N1) Dashboard is a platform which aims to share information about Influenza A(H5N1) in the Americas.
shiny.paho-phe.org
January 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launches dashboard to track highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in the Americas. РАНО сlаѕѕіfіеѕ thе rіѕk оf zооnоtіс trаnѕmіѕѕіоn аѕ mоdеrаtе, wіth nо соnfіrmеd humаn-tо-humаn ѕрrеаd ѕо far. shiny.paho-phe.org/h5n1/
#H5N1 in cattle. USDA official data. Fewer new farms in last couple of USDA updates. 722 farms confirmed so far. Vast majority of farms found is in California - but they have also been doing bulk milk testing, so they are probably finding a higher proportion of infected farms than other states.
December 6, 2024 at 9:25 PM
#H5N1 in cattle. USDA official data. Fewer new farms in last couple of USDA updates. 722 farms confirmed so far. Vast majority of farms found is in California - but they have also been doing bulk milk testing, so they are probably finding a higher proportion of infected farms than other states.
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🦟 An outbreak with 199 autochthonous dengue cases in Fano (Italy) August-October 2024 "marks a notable shift in the #epidemiology of #dengue in Europe", according to Sacco et al.
"Our estimates suggest a higher transmissibility for DENV than previously observed in Italy"
🩺😷⚕️🦠 #IDSky EpiSky #MedSky
"Our estimates suggest a higher transmissibility for DENV than previously observed in Italy"
🩺😷⚕️🦠 #IDSky EpiSky #MedSky
Autochthonous dengue outbreak in Marche Region, Central Italy, August to October 2024
Between August and 28 October 2024, 199 autochthonous cases of dengue virus serotype 2 were notified in the city of Fano, central Italy. We describe the ongoing epidemiological and microbiological inv...
www.eurosurveillance.org
November 27, 2024 at 6:29 PM
🦟 An outbreak with 199 autochthonous dengue cases in Fano (Italy) August-October 2024 "marks a notable shift in the #epidemiology of #dengue in Europe", according to Sacco et al.
"Our estimates suggest a higher transmissibility for DENV than previously observed in Italy"
🩺😷⚕️🦠 #IDSky EpiSky #MedSky
"Our estimates suggest a higher transmissibility for DENV than previously observed in Italy"
🩺😷⚕️🦠 #IDSky EpiSky #MedSky
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Canada confirms first imported clade 1b mpox case
Seven countries outside of Africa have now reported imported clade 1b cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Seven countries outside of Africa have now reported imported clade 1b cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
November 25, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Canada confirms first imported clade 1b mpox case
Seven countries outside of Africa have now reported imported clade 1b cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Seven countries outside of Africa have now reported imported clade 1b cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Update on #H5N1 in cattle.
The trend of average number of new farms still increasing. A total of 618 farms is affected. Here as a proportion of all farms that sold milk in 2022 (USDA cencus data).
The trend of average number of new farms still increasing. A total of 618 farms is affected. Here as a proportion of all farms that sold milk in 2022 (USDA cencus data).
November 24, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Update on #H5N1 in cattle.
The trend of average number of new farms still increasing. A total of 618 farms is affected. Here as a proportion of all farms that sold milk in 2022 (USDA cencus data).
The trend of average number of new farms still increasing. A total of 618 farms is affected. Here as a proportion of all farms that sold milk in 2022 (USDA cencus data).
How is democracy doing, and who has the (real) power in Denmark? Read this thread by Michael Bang Petersen on a status on this important work
The victory march of democracy has ended
What can we as researchers do?
In the Scandinavian countries, a particular tool is available: Democracy & Power Studies.
The Danish government appointed me as director of such a study. We started our work this year.
A 🧵 on what we do & how we do it
1/8
What can we as researchers do?
In the Scandinavian countries, a particular tool is available: Democracy & Power Studies.
The Danish government appointed me as director of such a study. We started our work this year.
A 🧵 on what we do & how we do it
1/8
November 23, 2024 at 3:35 PM
How is democracy doing, and who has the (real) power in Denmark? Read this thread by Michael Bang Petersen on a status on this important work
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Danske tal fra Bluesky i går:
9.989 posts – 0,2% færre end dagen før.
2.622 unikke brugere – en vækst på 11% ift. dagen før.
Den mest aktive dansker har skrevet 191 indlæg siden dataindsamlingen startede.
Man kan nu se den procentvise udvikling dag til dag.
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9.989 posts – 0,2% færre end dagen før.
2.622 unikke brugere – en vækst på 11% ift. dagen før.
Den mest aktive dansker har skrevet 191 indlæg siden dataindsamlingen startede.
Man kan nu se den procentvise udvikling dag til dag.
bs-dk-post-e6271510d638.herokuapp.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Danske tal fra Bluesky i går:
9.989 posts – 0,2% færre end dagen før.
2.622 unikke brugere – en vækst på 11% ift. dagen før.
Den mest aktive dansker har skrevet 191 indlæg siden dataindsamlingen startede.
Man kan nu se den procentvise udvikling dag til dag.
bs-dk-post-e6271510d638.herokuapp.com
9.989 posts – 0,2% færre end dagen før.
2.622 unikke brugere – en vækst på 11% ift. dagen før.
Den mest aktive dansker har skrevet 191 indlæg siden dataindsamlingen startede.
Man kan nu se den procentvise udvikling dag til dag.
bs-dk-post-e6271510d638.herokuapp.com
Short thread: H5N1 in cattle. USDA is sharing data consistently on their website on weekdays now. See the latest updates here: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/livestock. California remains on a steep curve, as shown on the map below. (1/4)
November 19, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Short thread: H5N1 in cattle. USDA is sharing data consistently on their website on weekdays now. See the latest updates here: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/livestock. California remains on a steep curve, as shown on the map below. (1/4)
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In case you haven't seen it: @who-global.bsky.social now has a presence here on bluesky as well!
#IDsky 🧪
#IDsky 🧪
November 18, 2024 at 4:36 PM
In case you haven't seen it: @who-global.bsky.social now has a presence here on bluesky as well!
#IDsky 🧪
#IDsky 🧪
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Last week, a teenager in British Columbia contracted H5N1, the first human case acquired in Canada. The BC CDC and and Canadian Food Inspection Agency have released sequences from this infected person and domestic and wild birds sampled in BC, which we've just added to Nextstrain. A thread:
auspice
nextstrain.org
November 17, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Last week, a teenager in British Columbia contracted H5N1, the first human case acquired in Canada. The BC CDC and and Canadian Food Inspection Agency have released sequences from this infected person and domestic and wild birds sampled in BC, which we've just added to Nextstrain. A thread:
Anders Puck is not only one of my favorite danish military analysts - he is also right on the need of responsible social media. Transparency is important to keep discussions on the platform as unbiased as possible, this means providing API data as #bluesky do for research.
I am so excited about the migration from X that I made a whole YouTube video about what it takes to run a social media company in a responsible way.
Don't worry, I will be back to covering the normal topics and the war in Ukraine next time.
Don't worry, I will be back to covering the normal topics and the war in Ukraine next time.
Twitter and responsible social media
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Anders Puck is not only one of my favorite danish military analysts - he is also right on the need of responsible social media. Transparency is important to keep discussions on the platform as unbiased as possible, this means providing API data as #bluesky do for research.
A thread on mpox data sources and relevant websites.
The primary source is the WHO's global dashboard, which doesn't get enough credit. Updates were previously provided once a month but, due to the PHEIC, are now updated several times a week. https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/
The primary source is the WHO's global dashboard, which doesn't get enough credit. Updates were previously provided once a month but, due to the PHEIC, are now updated several times a week. https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 AM
A thread on mpox data sources and relevant websites.
The primary source is the WHO's global dashboard, which doesn't get enough credit. Updates were previously provided once a month but, due to the PHEIC, are now updated several times a week. https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/
The primary source is the WHO's global dashboard, which doesn't get enough credit. Updates were previously provided once a month but, due to the PHEIC, are now updated several times a week. https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/
Number of cases still going up rather fast. I notice a significant uptick in poultry related cases.
But is it more exposure (increase in outbreak), more testing (test and you will find) or a true increase in cases (higher positivity rate)?
But is it more exposure (increase in outbreak), more testing (test and you will find) or a true increase in cases (higher positivity rate)?
The US confirmed #H5N1 #birdflu count is now 52, from 7 states. 58% due to exposure to infected cows, 40% to infected poultry. The mystery Missouri case rounds out the mix. To date all cases have been mild. www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...
November 15, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Number of cases still going up rather fast. I notice a significant uptick in poultry related cases.
But is it more exposure (increase in outbreak), more testing (test and you will find) or a true increase in cases (higher positivity rate)?
But is it more exposure (increase in outbreak), more testing (test and you will find) or a true increase in cases (higher positivity rate)?
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Update on the teenager with #H5N1 #birdflu in British Columbia: Canada's national lab confirms it is H5N1 virus. It is a version of the virus that is slightly different than the one in cows in the US. This version is one found in wild birds. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian Influenza and Risk to Canadians
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada.
www.canada.ca
November 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Update on the teenager with #H5N1 #birdflu in British Columbia: Canada's national lab confirms it is H5N1 virus. It is a version of the virus that is slightly different than the one in cows in the US. This version is one found in wild birds. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...