March 2012
22 posts
February 2012
34 posts
Webidemiology: disease sleuths surf for outbreaks... →
This continues to fascinate me.
What keeps you up at night? Experts share their... →
One the one hand, I’m glad Acheson and I agree. On the other hand I hope Whole Foods was not considering sponsorship of the podcast.
Disease outbreaks from raw milk 150x greater than... →
badbatz:
The rate of outbreaks caused by unpasteurized milk (often called raw milk) and products made from it was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 13-year review also revealed that the states where the sale of raw milk was legal had more than twice the rate of outbreaks as states where it was...
“Spoken speech is one thing, written speech is quite another. Print is the proper...”
– Letters of Note: Interviews are pure twaddle
On why podcasting is different than blogging.
“The CDC website said the clover spouts used at the affected restaurants all came...”
– Magic man defends spouts, another chain pulls the wonder food | barfblog
This is disheartening. ISS has had a very good safety record using a seed screening program they developed and pioneered in conjunction with Bob Sanderson.
Explaining and Proclaiming Uncertainty: Risk... →
badbatz:
Peter Sandman (he of the risk=hazard+outrage school of thought) breaks down communication difficulties during the sprout outbreak last year in an epic poem that will have your Instapaper scrolling for a good long while. I don’t know how I didn’t run across this until now.
There are a lot of lessons, but the main thrust is this:
That’s the focus of this long column – the difference...
“Because if you had a Number Two and you experienced ‘slippage’ with...”
– Slippage and snot happens: wash your hands of these food safety myths | barfblog
I’m gonna call him O. Pete Powell from now on.
“There were 1,400 illnesses attributed to raw milk over the last 30 years.
Last...”
– Anon bike riding microbiologist (via foodsafetytalk)
Um, don’t they teach microbiologists about denominators? Gosh, I hope this wasn’t one of your students!
Divide by the number of raw milk drinkers (<500,000?) and by the number of children on bikes (~30,000,000?). Then adjust for...
Federal inspectors told to ignore moldy food at... →
File this one under disgust.
“There were 1,400 illnesses attributed to raw milk over the last 30 years.
Last...”
– Anon bike riding microbiologist
We should be getting Hepatitis A vaccines -... →
Marler is advocating for vaccination. The science on the subject is less clear.
Figuring Out the High Risk Foods - Leavitt... →
badbatz:
foodsafetytalk:
Maybe we should talk about attribution?
If you do attribution without me, I’ll kick you both in your dongles.
As for this meeting itself, I think it was quite useful, and probably more important than a lot of people realize. Attribution is a space to watch over the next year, as it really does impact how agencies will measure effectiveness of programs, how they...
Salmonella Enteritidid Cluster 1111TXJEG-1 is Taco... →
Heck of a p-value.
Figuring Out the High Risk Foods - Leavitt... →
Maybe we should talk about attribution?
@ebertchicago: Game Changer? Abstract for paper... →
While it is so cool that Roger Ebert is tweeting about stuff published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, it does point out the difference between smart people who are generally knowledgeable and smart people with in-depth expert knowledge.
This is cool, no doubt, but microbes that eat weird stuff is a well established fact. Scientific publications are like bricks. This is no cathedral...
Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Public... →
badbatz:
January 31, 2012 Washington, DC
The purpose of the public meeting is to discuss federal efforts to advance tri-Agency — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) — understanding of foodborne illness source attribution and to develop a path forward towards harmonized estimates of...
Going public: Mexican-style restaurant chain A... →
And more from Doug as well.
Towards a Policy of Secrecy or Transparency in... →
More on naming of restaurant chains during an outbreak.
