Like many people, I opened a Mastodon account on the weekend the Musk era began on Twitter. This post picks up from…
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Science Communication Mapping the Mastodon Migration: Is It a One-Way Trip or an Each-Way Bet for Science Twitter?
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Covid-19 So What Was the Impact of Those Covid Vax Safety Pauses?
When several European countries paused use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in March 2021, the criticism from many commentators was swift, extreme…
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Evidence What’s Happening When Living Systematic Reviews…Stop?
I’m not sure when the name “living systematic review” was coined, but it was fleshed out in an article in 2014 by Julian Elliott…
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Covid-19 Intranasal & Co: A Very Big Month for Mucosal Covid Vaccines
Authorization for another 2 new vaccines, a potentially critical international licensing deal, and a new phase 3 trial: This month saw a…
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Science Communication Experiments on Naming Authors in Peer Review – Now With a New Kid on the Block
It’s been 6 years since the last results arrived from a randomized trial of revealing or concealing authors’ names for journal peer…
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Covid-19 Just How Many Covid Vaccines Are There? And Other Interesting Numbers
It’s just over 2 and a half years since the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 was released, kicking off the Covid vaccine race…
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Science Communication Bad and Good(-ish) News on the Abstract Spin Cycle
Abstracts are central to the science communication process. The words in them can lead searchers to find a paper. Because they’re the…
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Covid-19 And Then There Were 33…The Latest 11 Covid Vaccines to Reach the Phase 3 Results Milestone
There’s been a big leap in the number of Covid vaccines known to have phase 3 results since my last catch-up post…
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Covid-19 Next Generation Covid Vaccine Update: Intranasal & Other Mucosal Vaxes
Mucosal vaccines are aimed at the mucosal membranes—the wet linings starting inside our noses and mouths. They can be sprays, drops, or…
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Covid-19 Front-Runners in the Race for Variant-Proof and All-Coronavirus Vaccines
SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid – is the third from its virus family to cause devastating pandemics or outbreaks in…
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Covid-19 Women Versus Men Leaders in the Pandemic: An Update and Dig Into the Latest Data
Thanks to some virtuoso high-profile performances from a few women early on, this claim took off fast: having a woman at the…
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Science Communication Another Bit of Pandemic Fallout: The Weaponization of Absolute Risk Statistics
Back in the good old days, we only had to tear our hair out when people used relative risks without context, thereby…