David Welch
@welchdavid.bsky.social
Phylo, dynamics, epidemiology, data sci, computational biology
University of Auckland
University of Auckland
Super happy to have a chance to help @siouxsiew.bsky.social after her epic few years of work which which was rewarded by her employer (also my employer) battling her in court over whether scicomm is real academic work (law said it is).
Please support her if you can www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Please support her if you can www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Super happy to have a chance to help @siouxsiew.bsky.social after her epic few years of work which which was rewarded by her employer (also my employer) battling her in court over whether scicomm is real academic work (law said it is).
Please support her if you can www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Please support her if you can www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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About measles, the risks and the best protection you can get by my fantastic colleagues theconversation.com/nz-may-be-on...
NZ may be on the cusp of another measles outbreak – what happened in 2019 should be a warning
Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
About measles, the risks and the best protection you can get by my fantastic colleagues theconversation.com/nz-may-be-on...
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University of Auckland ordered to pay scientist Siouxsie Wiles $205,000 in court costs
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-...
University of Auckland ordered to pay scientist Siouxsie Wiles $205,000 in court costs
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-...
'Tsunami of threats': Auckland uni ordered to pay Siouxsie Wiles $205k
The final amount was more than Wiles first sought from her employer.
www.nzherald.co.nz
June 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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University of Auckland ordered to pay scientist Siouxsie Wiles $205,000 in court costs
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-...
University of Auckland ordered to pay scientist Siouxsie Wiles $205,000 in court costs
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-...
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A long thread about mpox and the context specific nature of outbreaks prompted by the large outbreak of MPXV Clade IIb happening at the moment in Sierra Leone:
May 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A long thread about mpox and the context specific nature of outbreaks prompted by the large outbreak of MPXV Clade IIb happening at the moment in Sierra Leone:
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Since the NYT Armchair Brigade is at it again, let me just share a few public quotes made in May, 2020.
1️⃣ "Even Kristian Andersen [.] first thought that COVID-19 was just as likely to have been accidentally released from a lab as it was to have come from nature"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sci...
1️⃣ "Even Kristian Andersen [.] first thought that COVID-19 was just as likely to have been accidentally released from a lab as it was to have come from nature"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sci...
Scientists: 'Exactly zero' evidence COVID-19 came from a lab
www.cidrap.umn.edu
May 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Since the NYT Armchair Brigade is at it again, let me just share a few public quotes made in May, 2020.
1️⃣ "Even Kristian Andersen [.] first thought that COVID-19 was just as likely to have been accidentally released from a lab as it was to have come from nature"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sci...
1️⃣ "Even Kristian Andersen [.] first thought that COVID-19 was just as likely to have been accidentally released from a lab as it was to have come from nature"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sci...
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The Covid Response will be launched tomorrow in Wellington at the Royal Society Te Apārangi. There will be copies for purchase and Susie Ferguson and I will be talking about the book - and our pandemic response and preparedness - from 6-7pm www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-c...
'The Covid Response' by Shaun Hendy - BWB Talks, Wellington! - BWB Bridget Williams Books
Bridget Williams Books invites you to a BWB Talk in Wellington with Shaun Hendy in conversation with Susie Ferguson, discussing his new book, The Covi...
www.bwb.co.nz
April 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Covid Response will be launched tomorrow in Wellington at the Royal Society Te Apārangi. There will be copies for purchase and Susie Ferguson and I will be talking about the book - and our pandemic response and preparedness - from 6-7pm www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-c...
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We are advertising two PhD scholarships to work on models of the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Open to international students.
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@iddjobs.bsky.social
Open to international students.
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@iddjobs.bsky.social
Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics at University of Canterbury on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics at University of Canterbury, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We are advertising two PhD scholarships to work on models of the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Open to international students.
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@iddjobs.bsky.social
Open to international students.
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@iddjobs.bsky.social
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Grateful to @smritimallapaty.bsky.social for covering our analysis of host transcriptional infection signatures at the Huanan market! Still not the “smoking raccoon dog” but getting closer…
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market
A preliminary analysis takes a closer look at genomic data collected at the market.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Grateful to @smritimallapaty.bsky.social for covering our analysis of host transcriptional infection signatures at the Huanan market! Still not the “smoking raccoon dog” but getting closer…
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This is so backward
1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry
2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.
1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry
2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.
December 4, 2024 at 2:46 AM
This is so backward
1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry
2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.
1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry
2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.
Handy RStudio editor features:
Duplicate line Opt+Cmd+Up/Down (PC is Shift+Alt+Up/Down)
Add multiple cursors Ctrl+Opt+Up/Down (PC is Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down)
Duplicate line Opt+Cmd+Up/Down (PC is Shift+Alt+Up/Down)
Add multiple cursors Ctrl+Opt+Up/Down (PC is Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down)
December 3, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Handy RStudio editor features:
Duplicate line Opt+Cmd+Up/Down (PC is Shift+Alt+Up/Down)
Add multiple cursors Ctrl+Opt+Up/Down (PC is Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down)
Duplicate line Opt+Cmd+Up/Down (PC is Shift+Alt+Up/Down)
Add multiple cursors Ctrl+Opt+Up/Down (PC is Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down)