Alexis Heckley
@alexisheckley.bsky.social
NSERC postdoctoral fellow at The University of Oklahoma, studying Neotropical bat behaviour and parasites.
PhD from McGill University, studying intraspecific variation in guppies and stickleback.
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PhD from McGill University, studying intraspecific variation in guppies and stickleback.
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Popular science narratives about pandemics - specifically, that they happen because of disordered relationships with nature - just aren't true. Half of modern pandemics have been one virus (influenza), and only a modest fraction of pandemic pathogens (3 of 10) have jumped from wildlife to humans.
January 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Popular science narratives about pandemics - specifically, that they happen because of disordered relationships with nature - just aren't true. Half of modern pandemics have been one virus (influenza), and only a modest fraction of pandemic pathogens (3 of 10) have jumped from wildlife to humans.