I enjoy writing essays and editorials on outbreak science. My work has been featured in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and others. I also occasionally write essays on my newsletter, Force of Infection.
2024
| America is Still Not Ready for the Next Outbreak |
Foreign Affairs |
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| Want People to Embrace Public Health? Make It More Like Weather Forecasting. |
New York Times |
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2023
| How to Handle the Bird Flu |
Foreign Affairs |
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| Focus on communication, not misinformation |
Harvard Public Health Magazine. |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (May 28 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (May 14 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (April 23 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (April 16 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (April 9 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (April 2 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (March 26 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (March 19 edition) |
New York Times |
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| You Ask, Experts Answer (March 12 edition) |
New York Times |
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| Beyond the Pandemic Origins Debate |
Force of Infection |
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| Why I Write Force of Infection |
Force of Infection |
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| What Ending the Emergency Actually Means |
Your Local Epidemiologist |
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2022
2021
2020
| Scientists want to predict Covid-19’s long-term trajectory. Here’s why they can’t. |
Washington Post |
| Covid-19 in the US: We’re not getting full value from our data. |
The British Medical Journal |
| How to Forecast Outbreaks and Pandemics. |
Foreign Affairs |
| Antibody tests show we’re nowhere near herd immunity. |
Washington Post |
| Quarantining cities isn’t needed. But a fast, coordinated response to covid-19 is essential. |
Washington Post |
| Hospitals, governments need more data to prepare for the new coronavirus outbreak. |
STAT News |
| Why we still don’t know how deadly this new coronavirus is. |
Vox |
2019 and earlier
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