ID Week 2020: What I Learned

As ID Week 2020 draws to an end here is what I learned:

• Virtual conferences may lack a personal touch, travel and networking experience but they are still effective and engaging, we need to be continuously nimble with our educational platforms
• All policy is health policy
• Addressing health disparities is more important than ever
• Despite an surge in anti-science, expert opinion is invaluable
• The lack of a coordinated response to COVID-19 is a public health dumpster fire
• My colleagues are amazing
• Although we are small in number, the importance (and value) of infectious diseases specialists grows exponentially

See you next year.

Beautiful Data: A Primer On Data Visulaization

For those seeking a concise and relevant review  the presentation of visual data in infection prevention,  check out this masterful article in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

I must agree with Jorge Salinas et al, the visual representation of infection prevention data is human factors engineering for the eye.

Like visual abstracts,  the well designed graph or figure should require little background information to convey complex data in an easy to digest and aesthetically pleasing manner.

COVID-19 Infodemic: Quantifying Sources from The Cornell Alliance for Science

 

If you seek the sources of the misinformation that are driving the COVID-19, search no further. Hot off the press (here) today (10/1/2020) from the The Cornell Alliance for Science.

The primary driver of the COVID-19 misinformation published in the English language is not likely to surprise.