the current HPS outbreak is due to a different #hantavirus which has been known for 20 years to be able to spread from person to person through airborne droplets from coughing and sneezing and has a 40% CFR. Since it infects about 100 people a year in Argentina and Chile, it isn’t likely to create an epidemic. #epidemiology
on 02026-05-08#Hantavirus #epidemiology #history when HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) was discovered in 01993, when I was in high school nearby, due to an outbreak with a 52% CFR.
on 02026-05-08#Helen-Chu is the Allergy and Infectious Disease Program Lead at the University of Washington department of #Epidemiology. #covid #history
on 02025-07-11#paper on “#Epidemiology of post-#covid syndrome” finds alarming death rates after hospital release in #UK, Boldison et al. 02021
on 02021-01-24#paper on non-pharmaceutical #covid interventions in 190 countries. #Epidemiology found social distancing was the most effective.
on 02021-01-24poster on non-pharmaceutical #covid interventions in #Hong-Kong #epidemiology
on 02021-01-24