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Justin Lessler
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Faculty in Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Helps coordinate the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub https://covid19scenariomodelinghub.org/
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One of my favorite papers I have ever written....and one of the least cited :-)
May 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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btoporek.bsky.social
Cutting off funding to the institution that INVENTED CPR definitely seems like a smart idea. How did no one ever think of this before?
An excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article: "Johns Hopkins was founded in 1876 “to foster independent and original research” and now spends more than $3 billion annually on that effort—more than any other U.S. school, according to data from the National Science Foundation. Scientists at the school invented cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, confirmed the authenticity of the Dead Sea Scrolls, introduced the rubber glove to surgery and landed the first spacecraft on an asteroid. Twenty-nine people with links to the institution have won Nobel Prizes." An excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article: "A long list of Johns Hopkins’ USAID-funded projects have already been halted, including a nearly complete eight-year effort with half a billion dollars in funding to convince people in more than 50 countries to adopt behaviors such as sleeping under mosquito nets in Mozambique, breast-feeding in Baltimore and using contraception in Nigeria. Another project halted: An effort to provide chlorine tablets and soapy water and messages about good hygiene to help prevent diarrhea deaths in Bangladesh. "
March 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by Justin Lessler
bryandjames.bsky.social
Ran out of room to tag the original post #episky (read it to see @justinlessler.bsky.social on @npr.org describing the contagiousness of measles given different vax rates)
February 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
justinlessler.bsky.social
Due warning that they can be a little persnickety about the verification.
December 11, 2024 at 4:02 AM
justinlessler.bsky.social
I thought that was free to teachers/students? At least appears to be for me. docs.github.com/en/copilot/m...
Getting free access to Copilot as a student, teacher, or maintainer - GitHub Docs
Learn how to use Copilot for free as a student, teacher, or open-source maintainer.
docs.github.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:25 AM