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The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts "Revere" to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.

Recent Posts

• Thanksgiving and swine flu
• A virus walks into a bar . . .
• The global swine flu vaccine shortage
• Swine flu in China: no problem
• Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Ricky Gervais on The Book of Genesis
• Trying to understand the Norwegian swine flu mutations [with Addendum]
• The uninsured and surviving an accident
• The rapid flu test and coin flips; more confusion
• Hate crimes, risks and numbers
• Swine flu and bird flu and lessons learned and to be learned

Recent Comments

• iljitsch on Thanksgiving and swine flu
• Bob on Thanksgiving and swine flu
• stefano on Thanksgiving and swine flu
• Keith Harwood on The global swine flu vaccine shortage
• revere on Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Ricky Gervais on The Book of Genesis
• Mencius Moldbug on Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Ricky Gervais on The Book of Genesis
• Mencius Moldbug on Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Ricky Gervais on The Book of Genesis
• Snowy Owl on A virus walks into a bar . . .
• Mathematician on A virus walks into a bar . . .
• revere on A virus walks into a bar . . .

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