The Ferrari Lab
@theferrarilab.bsky.social
Infectious disease epidemiologist, mathematical modeling ... and Lucy's person.
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (@ciddpsu.bsky.social) at Penn State
theferrarilab.net
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (@ciddpsu.bsky.social) at Penn State
theferrarilab.net
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Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
Offered by The Pennsylvania State University. Not so long ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would die of an infectious disease. In ... Enroll for free.
coursera.org
If you're working on home lesson plans for your kids -- or just need a distraction from doomscrolling -- here are links to all the content from our #MOOC on epidemics:
On Coursera: coursera.org/learn/epidem...
On Youtube: www.youtube.com/@centerforin...
On Coursera: coursera.org/learn/epidem...
On Youtube: www.youtube.com/@centerforin...
Breaking: Mike Johnson named to coach the Atlanta Falcons in the 2017 Superbowl
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Breaking: Mike Johnson named to coach the Atlanta Falcons in the 2017 Superbowl
Not for nothing. But I
don’t have any need to
spare the Clintons now and I voted for both of them.
don’t have any need to
spare the Clintons now and I voted for both of them.
February 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Not for nothing. But I
don’t have any need to
spare the Clintons now and I voted for both of them.
don’t have any need to
spare the Clintons now and I voted for both of them.
Someone was asking me why I would give up all the opportunities and conveniences of city life. Yeah ... I can't imagine why.
February 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Someone was asking me why I would give up all the opportunities and conveniences of city life. Yeah ... I can't imagine why.
Man, I wish the Democratic Party had a good social media intern who could capitalize on this.
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Man, I wish the Democratic Party had a good social media intern who could capitalize on this.
I found this wonderful quote by Alan Hinman looking back on some old correspondence with him:
"If an eradication program fails to strengthen infrastructure, it is a failure of planning and leadership, not inherently a failure of the program."
This will be my new mantra.
"If an eradication program fails to strengthen infrastructure, it is a failure of planning and leadership, not inherently a failure of the program."
This will be my new mantra.
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I found this wonderful quote by Alan Hinman looking back on some old correspondence with him:
"If an eradication program fails to strengthen infrastructure, it is a failure of planning and leadership, not inherently a failure of the program."
This will be my new mantra.
"If an eradication program fails to strengthen infrastructure, it is a failure of planning and leadership, not inherently a failure of the program."
This will be my new mantra.
Snow and sunshine are a helluva drug
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Snow and sunshine are a helluva drug
This guy is the Simone Biles of mental gymnastics.
Opinion | A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM
This guy is the Simone Biles of mental gymnastics.
Some of my colleagues say they’ll work forever because they can’t imagine what they would do if they retired. I’m pretty sure I could keep myself busy.
January 29, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Some of my colleagues say they’ll work forever because they can’t imagine what they would do if they retired. I’m pretty sure I could keep myself busy.
Allan was a mensch, plain and simple. What a loss and what a well-lived life. He had a favorite pizza place in Geneva and we had dinner there several times. That I go to do such mundane things with my heroes will never cease to amaze me.
@taskforce.bsky.social mourns the loss of our friend, colleague, mentor and vaccine visionary, Dr. Alan Hinman, who passed away at the age of 88 on January 26. He spent more than 50 years working in public health, devoting his career to a vision of a world without vaccine-preventable diseases.
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Allan was a mensch, plain and simple. What a loss and what a well-lived life. He had a favorite pizza place in Geneva and we had dinner there several times. That I go to do such mundane things with my heroes will never cease to amaze me.
There's a lot of bad news in health and politics. But at least you didn't write this headline in Spring of 2025 ...
... it's me, I'm the one with the really bad timing.
... it's me, I'm the one with the really bad timing.
Rubella and measles: The beginning of the endgame
Benchmarks must be established and progress tracked to set a global target and take action
www.science.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:13 PM
There's a lot of bad news in health and politics. But at least you didn't write this headline in Spring of 2025 ...
... it's me, I'm the one with the really bad timing.
... it's me, I'm the one with the really bad timing.
timeline cleanse
January 26, 2026 at 10:48 PM
timeline cleanse
there are few things in this world as good as a snow day
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
there are few things in this world as good as a snow day
Reflections on nordic skiing:
1. you can be both envious and thankful of the one who breaks the trail
2. each person that skis in the track means that those behind can go faster and further
3. if you didn't get to break trail this time, it will snow again
1. you can be both envious and thankful of the one who breaks the trail
2. each person that skis in the track means that those behind can go faster and further
3. if you didn't get to break trail this time, it will snow again
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Reflections on nordic skiing:
1. you can be both envious and thankful of the one who breaks the trail
2. each person that skis in the track means that those behind can go faster and further
3. if you didn't get to break trail this time, it will snow again
1. you can be both envious and thankful of the one who breaks the trail
2. each person that skis in the track means that those behind can go faster and further
3. if you didn't get to break trail this time, it will snow again
I got to sit next to Bill Foege a day-long meeting with Bill Gates in 2015 about the feasibility of pathogen eradication. We were the only two people in a room of ~40 that were wearing ties. If that day is the closest to greatness I reach, I'm cool with that. 1/
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I got to sit next to Bill Foege a day-long meeting with Bill Gates in 2015 about the feasibility of pathogen eradication. We were the only two people in a room of ~40 that were wearing ties. If that day is the closest to greatness I reach, I'm cool with that. 1/
Just to break up your feed
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Just to break up your feed
Lucy was built for winter. But even she says Fuck ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Lucy was built for winter. But even she says Fuck ICE.
Huh, you mean his excitement with Bill Gates over polio eradication hasn't held up? Color me shocked.
January 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Huh, you mean his excitement with Bill Gates over polio eradication hasn't held up? Color me shocked.
I have so many rewarding memories about my visits to WHO. It is to see the US abdicate its leadership in global health.
January 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I have so many rewarding memories about my visits to WHO. It is to see the US abdicate its leadership in global health.
Thinking of spring.
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Thinking of spring.
Mike Johnson re President Trump: “We take him seriously, not always literally.”
I only wish he would take the same stance with the Constitution.
I only wish he would take the same stance with the Constitution.
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Mike Johnson re President Trump: “We take him seriously, not always literally.”
I only wish he would take the same stance with the Constitution.
I only wish he would take the same stance with the Constitution.
Has any one thought about sneaking tic-tac-toe into the next cognitive exam?
a computer screen displays greetings professor falken hello and a strange game
Alt: Scene from the end of WarGames
a computer screen displays:
greetings professor falken
hello
a strange game
the only winning move is
not to play
How about a nice game of chess?
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Has any one thought about sneaking tic-tac-toe into the next cognitive exam?
The complete abdication of public health leadership in the US
Would the #CDC's principal deputy director view it as a public health loss for the US if the country loses its #measles elimination status? "Not really," Dr. Ralph Abraham said at a press conference today. www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
Senior CDC official: Loss of measles elimination status in U.S. would be ‘cost of doing business’
The principal deputy director of the CDC said he would not view the loss of the United States' measles elimination status as a significant event.
www.statnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:34 PM
The complete abdication of public health leadership in the US
I’m not posting enough Lucy content
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I’m not posting enough Lucy content