Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA
Director of the top public U.S. #COVID forecasting dashboard (PMC). #HealthPsych PhD Program Director, #CovidCancer scientist, over 100 science publications.
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Let's talk #DeathTrajectories ๐งต One of the biases in #PublicHealth policy is the focus on acute COVID deaths. It's a lagging indicator and only covers 1 of 5 common death trajecto...
1/ PMC COVID-19 Forecast, Jan 8, 2024 (U.S.) We're peaking at >2 million infections/day. ๐น1 in 23 people are actively infectious today ๐น1 in 3 people in the U.S. will be infected...
As a clinical health psychologist, I notice that many people are using psychological defense mechanisms to downplay the risk of COVID. These are my Top 7 examples: ๐งต https://t.c...
1/ PMC COVID-19 Tracker, Dec 18, 2023 We are headed into potentially the 2nd largest COVID surge all-time in the U.S. If #wastewater levels follow historic trends, we will reach...
PMC COVID-19 Tracker, Dec 11, 2023 The surge continues. Today: ๐น1.2 million daily infections ๐น1 in 41 infectious (2.5%) In 4 weeks (Jan 8): ๐น1.6 million daily infections ๐น1...