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Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
I’m very excited to finally share the results of a passion project that has been on my mind for nearly a decade. You can find the pre-print below, but what follows is the saga of how this project came to be:
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PMC COVID-19 Forecast, Jan 8, 2024 (U.S.)
We're peaking at >2 million infections/day.
🔹1 in 23 people are actively infectious today
🔹1 in 3 people in the U.S. will be infected during the peak two months
🔹2nd biggest U.S. surge all-time
#MaskUp #VaxUp
ALT U.S. Winter 2023-24 COVID Surge - The Peak Best Estimate Range Rank among COVID waves 2nd 2nd 2nd Date of peak Jan 5 Jan 3 Jan 10 Daily infections at peak 2.07 million/day 2.03 million/day 2.22 million/day Percentage of population infectious at peak 4.34% (1 in 23) 4.26% (1 in 23) 4.64% (1 in 22) CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR January 8, 2024 Wastewater Levels (copies/mL) 1413 New Daily Cases 2,056,000 % of Population Infectious 4.3% (1 in 23 people) New Daily Long COVID Cases 103,000 to 411,000 4-WEEK FORECAST FOR February 5, 2024 Wastewater Levels (copies/mL) 1,096 (-22% lower) New Daily Cases 1,595,000 % of Population Infectious 3.34% (1 in 30 people) New Daily Long COVID Cases 80,000 to 319,000
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
As per PMC projections, we are now unequivocally in the 2nd largest #surge of the U.S. #pandemic with 4% (1 in 25 people) actively infectious as of Dec 30.
In some counties, over 1 in 10 people are infectious.
Full report coming Monday at pmc19.com/data
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ALT Year over year Biobot graph confirms we are in the 2nd largest surge all-time
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
All are very welcome to create their own PhD project in my Duke Biology lab in in vision/signaling/camouflage/biophotonics/navigation. Stipend ($38,500 USD) is guaranteed for six years via TA/RA/fellowship. Current one-bedroom rent is ~$1600. DM me if interested. #scitwitter
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University of California San Diego Police jailed student workers, confiscated their belongings and charged them with felonies - all for writing informative messages about the university's ongoing labor violations using washable chalk.
Sign the petition! chng.it/Vfy76sDp
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
"Most of all, long covid is… an insistent indicator that the pandemic is not actually over.”
It’s okay to not want to talk about covid - it’s been traumatic - but Ed Yong knows we need to.
theatlantic.com/health/archi…
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
"My first memories of the ocean were hunting for little coquina clam shells and dragging washed-up kelp along the California coast on family vacations." - Kaitlyn
#StaffSunday #OceanCommYOUnity
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
If you've had an eye on our feed lately, you saw our staff getting personal about their special connection to the ocean. Click the link below for a chance to share YOUR thoughts and memories related to 🌊, 🏝, sand castles, & underwater adventures⬇️
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Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
Last week we hosted a workshop in Salinas, Puerto Rico, with our partners @SeaGrantPR, the @uhmanoa, and @OA_NOAA to hear from fishers, resource managers, scientists, and others about the tools and programs they need to build #resilience to #oceanacidification.
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Non-white scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations; barriers to entry & success in academia pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22…
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🌊Please participate in this survey about ocean acidification data quality control to help develop best practices! ⬇️
📢Calling all ocean carbon researchers:
Please take part in this survey to help with the development of best practice documents and online training resources in data quality control for the ocean acidification observing community.
Survey: forms.gle/qgQYm8Tutrgd2XoY9
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
Our #OceanAcidification update is out 🌊 Come with us to Fiji and get a sneak peek into our most recent in-person training in the Pacific Region ⬇️ #OceanCommYOUnity
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🚨 SCHOLARSHIP ALERT 🚨 for #OceanAcidification research & #CapacityBuilding. Details ⬇️ Deadline: April 15, 2023
Scholarship alert! @goa_on's Pier2Peer program offers scholarships up to $5K to eligible mentor/mentee pairs. Awards from @oceanfdn support international collaborations for technical capacity, cooperation, and knowledge.
Apply by April 15!
bit.ly/p2p-scholarship
ALT Researchers gather in the laboratory to discuss data collection for ocean acidification. Credit: The Ocean Foundation
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
Earlier this month, two of our research staff attended an #OceanAcidification workshop in Fiji. This training will support our goal to create a state-of-the-art OA lab and a high-quality OA monitoring program. bit.ly/3xLcQIS
@oceanfdn @goa_on @OA_NOAA
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
Alexis Valauri-Orton (@oceanfdn) shared efforts toward #CapacityBuilding for OA monitoring. Low-cost monitoring kits, like GOA-ON in a Box, empower users to expand our global OA monitoring network.
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Kaitlyn Lowder (@oceanfdn) and her team have been leading a regional vulnerability assessment in Puerto Rico. Using scientific #syntheses, community interviews, and an upcoming #stakeholder workshop, they aim to prioritize next steps for building resilience to #OA in the region.
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RAT COVID TESTING:
It's so important that you swab the inside of your cheek (especially at the level of your upper & lower molars), under your tongue and the back of your throat before you swab your nose. Sensitivity of available RATs increases significantly with this approach.
Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
Put your $8 into the #BluePlanet 🌎 instead of a #BlueCheckmark, so it has an actual value.
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Kaitlyn Lowder, PhD retweeted
I hope @COP27P is watching these. As it in Africa, this year’s climate change negotiations should be all about doing not talk and talk.
We need compensation
We need to rebuild.
We need to prepare for the worst #ClimateEmergency #lossanddamage
