Dr Ellie Murray, ScD
@EpiEllie
Epidemiologist and science communicator | cohost @casualinfer podcast | Newsletter: E is for Epi at http://epiellie.substack.com
In 2000, measles in the US was all but gone. Now, it's at a 25-year high. Get the information you need to keep you and your family safe, direct from me, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist. Sign up for the E is for Epi newsletter. Link in replies.
This is public health❤️
Big news! The House just passed my Baby Changing on Board Act. This simple bill will make our public transit system more family-friendly, sanitary, and safe.
Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal. Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
I'm an epidemiologist and I have back pain, so when a new study claimed gabapentin causes dementia, I had to do a review. Link in replies.
Did Zohran Mamdani lie on his college applications or does the New York Times just not understand how to interpret survey data? Link in replies.
Drinking raw milk is a really bad idea. Only 3% of Americans drink raw milk, but they experience 96% of all milk-related infections.
she's the last person i'd expect to drink raw milk omg😭