I'm sorry it makes you sad. I'm in neither a teaching nor an instructional position. (Geez, you write one thing and everyone knows you deep inside.) :-)

It would be a pandemic if it were found in more than half of the WHO regions, I think. Again, it's all about case definitions and who is doing the defining. Strictly epidemiologically speaking, it would be a pandemic if it were found on the other side of either ocean and in epidemic proportions.

Cool story, bro.

Thank you. As I stated above, I always take comments and criticisms from anonymous members of the internet with seriousness. However, I checked my transcripts and received no such double major. Also, there are no tones in writing. It's all in how you read my comments... How the voices in your head tell you that I…

Likewise, thank you for the feedback. I always take criticism from anonymous members of the internet seriously and will strive to be better in light of your comment. :-)

He's about to eat his fist, isn't he? He thinks it's a turkey leg, doesn't he?

Read this: http://www.amazon.com/Epidemiology-S…

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As an epidemiologist (MPH, working on my DrPH), I can tell you that there is no difference between an outbreak and an epidemic. None. However, there is a difference between an epidemic and a pandemic, with a pandemic being a worldwide event. How much of the world needs to be affected for it to be a pandemic depends on…

I heard that a cop once walked up to Chris Christie and said, "Hey, you two, break it up!"

Are Teddy's two other testicles are much as a Dr. Buzz Killington as you are?

Were you watching off of "Roja Directa" too?

If someone 65 million light years away is looking at Earth right now, they're wondering what will happen to the once-luscious blue marble now that the asteroid has scorched it. Will any life on it survive?

This is the spot where I die... Of embarrassment because I just shat myself.

Also, how much money does "Big Pharma" make from vaccines? (Spoiler alert: It's not that much.) If anything, many of them, and physicians, lose money in vaccines. You're sounding like a conspiracy kook because you just parroted all of their talking points.

I worked on influenza surveillance at a major state health department. I can introduce you to several families of children and adults who died of the flu. They may be able to tell you how big of a deal the flu is. Then I can introduce you to economists who can tell you the impact it has on our economy every year. And,…

Occam's Razor: Aliens from a planet hundreds or thousands or millions of light years away finding our lonely blue planet and making the trip at great expense to hide among us and... And... And that's all I've got. That's the most likely explanation, right?

You see all that stuff on the walls, on the upholstery? Scoop it back up and put it in my head because you've blown my mind.

This is gross how? Some dude trying to prove the fecal-oral route of cholera actually drank the "rice water" that came forth from a cholera patient's rectum. He wrote about it in detail, too. He didn't get sick, so the theory was lost for a while until John Snow came along. Drinking rice water fecal discharge beats…

How about "do your own research"? That one gives me a headache every time. To claim that one can be as knowledgeable on a subject from reading blog posts and googling stuff as a person who goes to school, reads tons of books, takes tons of tests, and publishes research for peer review in high-impact and well-respected…