Andrew Lover
@andrewalover.bsky.social
Infectious disease surveillance & epidemiology
Associate Professor, Epidemiology @UMassSPHHS
(all posts & views my own)
http://loverlab.io
https://www.umass.edu/public-health-sciences/
#epidemiology #IDsky
#academicsky
#episky
Associate Professor, Epidemiology @UMassSPHHS
(all posts & views my own)
http://loverlab.io
https://www.umass.edu/public-health-sciences/
#epidemiology #IDsky
#academicsky
#episky
"The answer is AI- obviously! Sorry, what was the question again?"
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"The answer is AI- obviously! Sorry, what was the question again?"
Evergreen cartoon (source: x.com/redpenblackpen)
October 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Evergreen cartoon (source: x.com/redpenblackpen)
Sadly- this is no longer reliable. There are multiple plugins that take AI text and type it into g-docs at human speed, with errors/deletions/edits.
September 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Sadly- this is no longer reliable. There are multiple plugins that take AI text and type it into g-docs at human speed, with errors/deletions/edits.
I've had good luck here:
datasetsearch.research.google.com
datasetsearch.research.google.com
Dataset Search
datasetsearch.research.google.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I've had good luck here:
datasetsearch.research.google.com
datasetsearch.research.google.com
There are several extension in Chrome that block all AI searches.
July 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There are several extension in Chrome that block all AI searches.
NB: the reported case in CT was imported from the Four Corners area.
July 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
NB: the reported case in CT was imported from the Four Corners area.
Evolution 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩.
July 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Evolution 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩.
Also, Carl Djerassi's "Science in fiction" novels- www.djerassi.com
Carl Djerassi - Science-in-fiction
www.djerassi.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Also, Carl Djerassi's "Science in fiction" novels- www.djerassi.com
[PSA enters the chat] "Hiiii--- it's meeeeee!"
June 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
[PSA enters the chat] "Hiiii--- it's meeeeee!"
An older colleague in chemistry recounted that twice in his career while researching something in a (paper!) journal, he stumbled across something in an unrelated article that 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 (eg, project breakthroughs that led to major promotions at big pharma).
June 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
An older colleague in chemistry recounted that twice in his career while researching something in a (paper!) journal, he stumbled across something in an unrelated article that 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 (eg, project breakthroughs that led to major promotions at big pharma).
🅞🅤🅣🅑🅡🅔🅐🅚 🅔🅟🅘 Rules of thumb --->
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟭: all early data are wrong.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟮: never trust weekend/holiday data.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟯: don't assume anything.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟰: double-triple check your denominators.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟭: all early data are wrong.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟮: never trust weekend/holiday data.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟯: don't assume anything.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟰: double-triple check your denominators.
June 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Let's just say... refluxing Br2 is mesmerizingly-horrifying in a pretty unique way.
👀
👀
May 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Let's just say... refluxing Br2 is mesmerizingly-horrifying in a pretty unique way.
👀
👀
Cristol-Firth Hunsdieker for the "win" .....
CCl4 ✅
HgO ✅
Light ✅
‼️ Refluxing Br2 ‼️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
CCl4 ✅
HgO ✅
Light ✅
‼️ Refluxing Br2 ‼️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
May 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Cristol-Firth Hunsdieker for the "win" .....
CCl4 ✅
HgO ✅
Light ✅
‼️ Refluxing Br2 ‼️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
CCl4 ✅
HgO ✅
Light ✅
‼️ Refluxing Br2 ‼️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🅞🅤🅣🅑🅡🅔🅐🅚 🅔🅟🅘 Rules of thumb --->
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟭: all early data are wrong.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟮: never trust weekend/holiday data.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟯: don't assume anything.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟰: double-triple check your denominators.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟭: all early data are wrong.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟮: never trust weekend/holiday data.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟯: don't assume anything.
𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟰: double-triple check your denominators.
May 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
April 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When is "GWD" 𝒏𝙤𝒕 𝒒𝙪𝒊𝙩𝒆 "GWD"? 😵💫
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
When is "GWD" 𝒏𝙤𝒕 𝒒𝙪𝒊𝙩𝒆 "GWD"? 😵💫
Prior study from Vietnam in 2021 found novel Dracunculus sp (so not GWD specifically), but these may be different....?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Human infection with an unknown species of Dracunculus in Vietnam
Guinea worm (GW) disease, caused by Dracunculus medinensis, is an almost eradicated waterborne zoonotic disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) c…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Prior study from Vietnam in 2021 found novel Dracunculus sp (so not GWD specifically), but these may be different....?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Randomly, if you haven't seen this, highly recommended- a really fascinating read:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/797419/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/797419/
Politics and public health: smallpox in Milwaukee, 1894-1895 - PubMed
Politics and public health: smallpox in Milwaukee, 1894-1895
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Randomly, if you haven't seen this, highly recommended- a really fascinating read:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/797419/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/797419/
shades of the "case-chaos" design!
(the moniker turned out to be... unintentionally informative)
academic.oup.com/aje/article-...
(the moniker turned out to be... unintentionally informative)
academic.oup.com/aje/article-...
Assessment of the “Case-Chaos” Design as an Adjunct to the Case-Control Design
Abstract. In 2012, a novel case series method dubbed the “case-chaos” design was proposed as an alternative to case-control studies, whereby controls are a
academic.oup.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
shades of the "case-chaos" design!
(the moniker turned out to be... unintentionally informative)
academic.oup.com/aje/article-...
(the moniker turned out to be... unintentionally informative)
academic.oup.com/aje/article-...
Can you get repeated measures? Can dramatically improve power:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14580266/
eg, journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14580266/
eg, journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
How many repeated measures in repeated measures designs? Statistical issues for comparative trials - PubMed
The proposed method offers a rational basis for determining the number of repeat measures in repeat measures designs.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Can you get repeated measures? Can dramatically improve power:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14580266/
eg, journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14580266/
eg, journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...