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Update, this comment refers to the original blog post submission, which pulled out forecasted numbers with no context. The Telegraph article is better.

Then it's a scenario model, which asks what-if questions usually for planning purposes (e.g., what's the most hospital beds we might need?). Scenario models can have longer time ho…

The outbreak in Uganda is troubling, but a forecast that goes out 6+ months is silly. No professional infectious disease modeler will forecast out more than a few weeks because the…

All city high schools are assigned by choice/match. I think with middle schools it varies. https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/high-school-choice

I live in Baltimore City and have to agree that it's troubled. Another thing that makes it difficult for the city to thrive is the abysmal schools. Middle schools and high schools …

For what it's worth, I maintain a data repository for this outbreak ( https://github.com/cmrivers/ebola_drc ) and the 2014-2015 outbreak in West Africa ( https://github.com/cmriver…

My guess is that human enhancement for military use will be subject to international negotiations in the coming decades, but will probably not be considered under the Biological We…

This is a risky strategy - your paper can end up back in the hands of the same reviewers from round one.