Tag Archives: T Jacob John
COVID-19, due process and an SNR problem
At a press conference streamed live on March 18, the head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that the body – which serves as the European Union’s drug and vaccine regulator – had concluded that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was not … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged adverse events following immunization, AstraZeneca, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines, Covishield, European Medicines Agency, mRNA vaccines, Omelas, public health, risk communication, signal-to-noise ratio, T Jacob John, Ursula Le Guin
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Super-spreading, mobility and crowding
I still see quite a few journalists in India refer to “super-spreaders” vis-à-vis the novel coronavirus – implying that some individuals might be to blame for ‘seeding’ lots of new infections in the community – instead of accommodating the fact … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Science
Tagged basic amenities, caste, class, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Dharavi, herd immunity, housing poverty, inequality, Mumbai, novel coronavirus, public distribution system, public toilets, seroprevalence survey, super-spreader, T Jacob John
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