Louie DyCaveat with COVID TestingIn general, tests are good at saying that someone is positive for COVID, but really bad in saying that someone is negative for COVID.3 min read·Jan 9, 2022----
Louie DyOn Sinovac: Appraisal of Phase III Trial Data — Brazil ArmWith the release of the preprint of the Phase III trial of Sinovac in Brazil (PROFISCOV) and several press releases, there are many…13 min read·Apr 14, 2021----
Louie DyProblems with Meta-Analysis on Ivermectin and Other TreatmentsSome of you may encounter a website* containing early meta-analyses of different treatments, such as Ivermectin, Zinc, Vitamin C, Vitamin…3 min read·Mar 30, 2021----
Louie DySystemic Risk of Pandemic Via Novel Pathogens: Commentary, Part 6 of 6 (Conclusion and Synthesis)One year has passed and there are still secrets and properties of SARS-CoV-2 that are yet to be unlocked. We don’t know what the long-term…5 min read·Mar 5, 2021----
Louie DySystemic Risk of Pandemic Via Novel Pathogens: Commentary, Part 5 of 6This part indicts governments and naive policymakers:2 min read·Feb 24, 2021----
Louie DySystemic Risk of Pandemic Via Novel Pathogens: Commentary, Part 4 of 6Next, we deal with problems in epidemiological metrics:3 min read·Feb 23, 2021----
Louie DySystemic Risk of Pandemic Via Novel Pathogens: Commentary, Part 3 of 6The next part of the note deals with naive evidence-based medicine and naive evidence-based public health:2 min read·Feb 20, 2021----
Louie DySystemic Risk of Pandemic Via Novel Pathogens: Commentary, Part 2 of 6The next part of the note exemplifies a principle that major governments and organizations around the world neglected:5 min read·Feb 7, 2021----
Louie DySystemic Risk of Pandemic Via Novel Pathogens: Commentary, Part 1 of 6Last year January 26, 2020, Taleb wrote this note BEFORE COVID-19 became recognized by the World Health Organization as a pandemic in…4 min read·Feb 1, 2021----
Louie DyComplexity Standpoint: Should children be allowed to go back to schools or to shopping centers?Each of us is connected in a network. The degree and clustering coefficient shows how connected we are to our families. The centrality…4 min read·Jan 25, 2021----
