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There s no crystal ball for modeling the pandemic

There’s no crystal ball for modeling the pandemic Mathematical modelers explain challenges, limitations of their work to predict COVID-19 outcomes February 22, 2021 • By Sabrina Richards / Fred Hutch News Service While models can point to key variables that could slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, modelers caution against expecting them to predict the exact numbers of cases of COVID-19. Getty Images Illustration Dr. Laura Matrajt didn’t expect to make much noise on Twitter. She just wanted to clarify a term she’d seen sowing confusion on social media. It was mid-March 2020, and the term was “flattening the curve.” “I was seeing people in my social media discussing, ‘Is it useful? Is it not useful?’” she said. “Some were saying, ‘People are exaggerating, [SARS-CoV-2] is just like the flu.’”

New bacterium named in honor of Fred Hutch

New bacterium named in honor of Fred Hutch First organism named after research center linked to bacterial vaginosis, higher HIV risk February 24, 2021 • By Susan Keown / Fred Hutch News Service An electron microscope image of Megasphaera hutchinsoni, recently given its official name by researchers at Fred Hutch and their colleagues in Pittsburgh and Boston. The bacterium is associated with bacterial vaginosis, and women who have it are at greater risk of acquiring HIV. The scientists named it after Fred Hutch, where it was isolated, and in honor of the center’s HIV research. Image created by the Fredricks Lab s Susan Strenk and Tina Fiedler in the Fred Hutch Cellular Imaging shared resource with the assistance of electron microscopy specialists Steve MacFarlane and Bobbie Schneider.

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