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Katelyn Jetelina

What Katelyn Jetelina thinks about epidemiology

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Epidemiologist; founded Your Local Epidemiologist in March 2020 to translate public-health science.

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6 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Katelyn Jetelina has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingThe current flu season is early but follows a normal pattern.

    Their wordsThe season is early, but the curve looks normal. Hospitalizations are rising at about the rate we’d expect.

    ↗Election stress and your heart, early flu, another CDC leader leaves, and a mom’s hard question about vaccine injuryyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

  2. 3 weeks earlier

  3. Our readingThe flu will move from the Pacific eastward in a sweeping motion.

    Their wordsThe flu will slowly but surely move from the Pacific eastward in a sweeping motion.

    ↗Getting ready for sick season. Also ticks rebounding, flu sweeping, and dengue showing its teeth.yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

  4. 4 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingViruses face an inherent trade-off between being highly lethal and being highly contagious, rarely achieving both.

    Their wordsThey face a fundamental biological trade-off: highly lethal or highly contagious, but typically not both.

    ↗What AI can and cannot do in biosecurityyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  6. 1 day earlier

  7. Our readingSome coastal regions see bigger COVID waves in summer than in winter, unlike colder regions that peak in winter.

    Their wordsThe West, like California and Hawaii, has bigger waves in summer than in winter.

    ↗Respiratory increasing, while Covid-19 peaking? Also, the air after 9/11 killed more than the actual attackyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  9. Our readingMeasles outbreaks are largely confined to tightly-knit, unvaccinated communities.

    Their wordsmeasles really only spreads in tightly knit, unvaccinated pockets.

    ↗Respiratory increasing, while Covid-19 peaking? Also, the air after 9/11 killed more than the actual attackyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  10. 3 weeks earlier

  11. Our readingThe raw count of food recalls is a poor measure of foodborne illness trends because unknown contamination goes uncounted.

    Their wordsThe problem is that "number of recalls" is a terrible metric because we don't know what we don't know.

    ↗Foodborne illness increase? Common cold, Covid-19 summer wave, and more.yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece