Brian Kavanagh PhD
@msmsurvey.bsky.social
Wide range of interests but primarily sexual health/sociology, education, academic, travel, history, books. Irishman happily stranded in Athens (formerly London) 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Brian Kavanagh PhD
The book did unfortunately popularize the “Patient Zero” idea, linking disease emergence to “superspreaders”.
Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
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Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
(2/3)
Correcting the record: Gaetan Dugas, stigma, and the Patient Zero narrative - AIDS Foundation of Chicago
We all recall the first case of COVID-19 reported in the US in late January 2020, and the first waves of lockdowns beginning in mid-March of that year; the pandemic’s […]
www.aidschicago.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The book did unfortunately popularize the “Patient Zero” idea, linking disease emergence to “superspreaders”.
Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
(2/3)
Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
(2/3)