Why vaccination strategy is not as simple as it seems
Why COVID-19 vaccination priority is not as simple as vaccinating the most vulnerable first, and what the math says about alternative strategies.
The case against "herd immunity" through infection
A closer look at the argument for letting COVID-19 run its course toward herd immunity through infection, and why that framing is incomplete.
Interpreting graphs: the red-blue coronavirus divide
A close reading of a red-versus-blue COVID-19 case graph circulating online, and what the figure does and doesn't show about politics and the pandemic.
Comparing COVID-19 Responses
How to compare countries' COVID-19 responses fairly—normalization, demographics, timing, and what death rates do and don't tell you.
Resources for Tracking the COVID-19 Epidemic
A guide to trustworthy COVID-19 data sources and dashboards, with notes on which metrics matter and how to avoid number overload.
Rethinking poster sessions? (Post associated with EEID 2019)
On rethinking scientific poster sessions, with notes from EEID 2019 and a link to the open-access Scientific Reports paper.
5 Tips for Early Career ESA Attendees
Practical advice for early-career ecologists attending ESA's annual meeting, from navigating concurrent sessions to making the most of mixers.
ESA2016 & HTML presentations
Notes from ESA 2016 in Ft. Lauderdale: a talk on network roles in food webs, and lessons from using reveal.js HTML slides on conference projectors.