Rafa Lopes
rafalpx.bsky.social
Rafa Lopes
@rafalpx.bsky.social
Researcher on drivers of epidemic dynamics
Postdoc at @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social & @colincarlson.bsky.social labs
PhD in Physics
Opinions are my own.
DEFENSOR DO SUS!
O Brasil carece demais de jornalismo sério e que investigativo.

Esse tipo de reportagem era o que tínhamos sobre um grupo que cooptou as jornadas de junho de 2013 que começaram simplesmente contra o aumento da tarifa do transporte público na capital.
August 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is just a post to show off the covers of two talks I gave this August.

One of them with an illustration from @crisvector.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Is it just me that just noticed that @github.com changes their icon accordingly the repo status? If it is public, the icon is bright white; if it is private, the icon is dark 😱
May 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“A friendship with water, darkness and earth”
February 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Lowen latest album is strong contender for the album of the last year. Just listening now!
February 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Toda vez que eu vejo galera criticando energia eólica eu fico essa sensação aqui:
January 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
From the sequence of surfaces, we can set a threshold to what we will call a hexagon part of a wave or not, and then we can calculate the speed of expansion of that surface. The third result of our paper!
January 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
And the second wave movie we studied
January 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM

If we record the succession of these maps, we can produce a novel visualization of the pandemic rollout in the Contiguous United States (CONUS). These two videos, show the development of a wave of infections around the introduction of 'Alpha' and 'Delta' variants in the US.
January 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The result is a continuous set of surfaces showing the high incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections that is smooth over space. This produced the following results:
January 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Our first result is a new map of the US population and infection incidence of SARS-CoV-2, here it is the panels of Figure 1 of the paper:
January 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It is pumpkin carving season🎃
October 21, 2024 at 4:49 AM
October 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Tem um modo alternativo pra se preparar pra um apagão pós tempestade, viu?
October 18, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Eu amo o Dahmler
October 11, 2024 at 1:22 PM
For two days now, I'm mesmerized by this album:
October 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Qual vocês acham que vai ser o resultado disso além de mais munição pro Marçal ficar provocando ainda mais o Datena e os outros adversários?

Sinceramente, o nível da coisa é tão baixo, principalmente por causa do Marçal, que é melhor não ter debate algum, além de nos poupar do circo
September 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM
As Veias Abertas (e Queimadas) da América Latina
September 14, 2024 at 4:09 AM