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John Skylar, PhD

This article contains dangerous, ridiculous misinformation about virus genetics (no, Omicron is NOT…

This is false information about COVID-19 and the article should be taken down IMMEDIATELY.

Dec 23, 2021

Dec 23, 2021

Disease intelligence in a Twitter world

The following is a guest blog post that I wrote for a friend’s blog (now defunct) in 2009. At the time, I was one year into my PhD and the…

Dec 30, 2020

Disease intelligence in a Twitter world

Dec 30, 2020

Vaccine futures

Have we reached the point where we can speculate about vaccine timelines?

Jul 29, 2020

Vaccine futures

Jul 29, 2020

New York must stand with Texas and Florida

We have been where you are and we know what is coming; we would not wish it on anyone.

Jul 3, 2020

New York must stand with Texas and Florida

Jul 3, 2020

Use the right words to show the seriousness of COVID-19

The conversation about this disease is being hijacked and politicized to put less emphasis on immediate risk to human life.

Apr 22, 2020

Use the right words to show the seriousness of COVID-19

Apr 22, 2020

The big thing I got wrong about COVID-19

As an emerging disease researcher, I learned that with new viruses you are never working with good information. The thing about emerging…

Mar 27, 2020

The big thing I got wrong about COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020

I have spent my whole life preparing for COVID-19. Here is what I have learned.

Between modern virology and the history of the Black Plague, I have some thoughts to offer from a life spent preparing for “the big”…

Mar 23, 2020

I have spent my whole life preparing for COVID-19. Here is what I have learned.

Mar 23, 2020

SARS-CoV-2: A Deadly Serious Science Communications Project

If you are just joining us here on social media, there is a new virus in town. By “town,” I mean human-inhabited Earth. At this point…

Mar 2, 2020

SARS-CoV-2: A Deadly Serious Science Communications Project

Mar 2, 2020

PhD Problems: You’re a Smartass Even When You Think You Aren’t

Living in a household with two academics is a strange experience. My wife right now is rounding the bases to complete her doctorate. I've…

Sep 5, 2018

PhD Problems: You’re a Smartass Even When You Think You Aren’t

Sep 5, 2018

PhD Problems: You Have a Compulsion About Getting Things Perfect

Business doesn’t have time for you to repeat the project until you’re satisfied.

Aug 30, 2018

PhD Problems: You Have a Compulsion About Getting Things Perfect

Aug 30, 2018

John Skylar, PhD

John Skylar, PhD

Virologist, author, damn fool. Also found at www.johnskylar.com and www.betterworlds.org. Opinions my own, impressions yours.

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