Please follow my twitter account @jsm2334 for more recent commentaries and threads on COVID-19 topics

Covid-19 Data Science
Finding the signal in the noise of Covid-19
Reporting and balanced evaluation of research results, data sets, applications and models, and commentaries related to Covid-19 and its underlying virus, SARS-Cov-2

What the COVID-19 Crystal Ball Predicts for Texas in July
Collaborator David Rubin from CHOP, the leader of the PolicyLab COVID-19 modeling efforts, did a podcast for "Y'all-itics" with Jason...

Why aren't we seeing more deaths with the recent COVID-19 surge?
The past few weeks have seen an alarming surge of incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in Arizona, Texas, Florida, and South Carolina, with upticks...

Podcast discussion about balance between deniers and alarmists
I participated in a podcast led by my colleagues Jason Moore and Marylyn Ritchie last week. They put out this interesting podcast on...

Uplifting story from two COVID-19 survivors
Yesterday, Marlin and Julie Eby were interviewed at their church about their experiences with COVID-19. Both became positive in early...

What is Test Positivity Rate, why is it important, and what can we learn from it?
As states have reopened, the media has watched carefully for evidence of a "surge". Some naive analyses look only at cases/day, which...

Turn up the AC ... what is going on with this Southern Surge?
Since states started opening up from stay-at-home orders in late April, we have seen heterogeneous results. Some states have showed...

Interview: Some Practical Tips and Perspectives on Opening Safely
I did an interview on a livestream at our church, Church of the Saviour in Wayne, PA this morning after the service. We discussed some...

Karl Friston: Up to 80% not even susceptible to Covid-19 because of "Immunological Dark Matter"?
Unherd.com has published an article discussing some ideas about COVID-19 with Karl Friston, who is a leading and impactful statistical...

Podcast interview on the Gist with Mike Pesca
Today, I was interviewed for the Gist podcast by Mike Pesca -- kool dude, great podcast and I was honored to get to be interviewed on it...

COVID-19: Straight Answers from a Top Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic
Blue Zones published this insightful interview with Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, an acclaimed expert in epidemiology of infectious...

Another Paper Rigorously Demonstrating the Benefit of Masks and Basic Social Distancing
The Lancet just published a paper presenting a meta-analysis to quantify the mitigative effect of mask wearing and social distancing in...

Second Surge After Re-opening? A Detailed State-by-State Analysis
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly every state in the United States instituted lockdowns of some sort -- most with stay-at-home...

Memorial Day, George Floyd-inspired protests and the spread of SARS-CoV-2
These thoughts are increasingly coming to mind. I support my black friends and the idea of coming together to battle racism, but as I...

Promising targeted antibody discovered for SARS-CoV-2 may prevent or treat COVID-19!
A paper was just published in Cell, a top biological journal, presenting results from a study that has identified a targeted antibody...

Promising results for drug targeting cytokine storm for hospitalized COVID-19 patients!
A newly published paper in Lancet Rheumatology presents results from a study assessing the effect of Anakinra, a recombinant IL-1...

Can't we even trust top journals? Evaluating and processing information in "Wartime Science"
This covid pandemic has brought the whole world to its knees, and stimulated an unprecedented level of focus and urgency to quickly...

Interesting insights into how SARS-CoV-2 virus manipulates immune system
STAT has an article discussing some emerging details of unique ways that the SARS-CoV-2 virus interacts with the immune system and...

More people taking drugs for anxiety and insomnia, and doctors are worried
The WSJ had an article discussing the uptick in prescriptions for anti-anxiety, anti-depression, and sleep-aid drugs in the USA relative...

Houston, we (may) have a problem ...
I hear from many of my Houston area friends how excited they are that lockdowns have been lifted, and they can return to some sense of...


























