Neil Morte

United States Georgia Southern University

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Commented on COVID-19: from a PHEIC to a public mental health crisis?
We can see the impact at that time on mental health. It still rages on despite opening up. The post effects are traumatic and has to have close attention to help worldwide.

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Commented on Rapid COVID-19 vaccine development
What is normally measured is decades was done essentially in a year and Pfizer being FDA approved recently. Look where we are now and we shall see what other developments take place and how we continue to learn and adapt.

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Commented on Improved diet quality, a missing ingredient for accelerating stunting reduction: an example from Ethiopia
Very impactful example and would love to see examples in other areas and how that stunting differs.

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Commented on Changes in diet quality and body weight over 10 years: the Multiethnic Cohort Study
Very good longitudinal data analysis. Not surprising that improved diet over time will cause smaller weight gains. However, this is super important to develop interventions and focus on the variation between racial groups. Well done!

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Commented on Fatigue, anxiety, and quality of life in breast cancer patients compared to non-cancer controls: a nationwide longitudinal analysis
Well done study with age matched controls. Further confirms that the fatigue, anxiety, and QOL are significantly impacted and should be addressed.

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Commented on Household food waste: attitudes, barriers and motivations
Those themes presented are huge especially guilt and financial implications. That in turn can sort of turn the tide in terms of awareness and being more conscious about food waste and mitigating that.

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Commented on Misinformation
Big issue today and moving forward

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Commented on Quantitative Support for a Subjective Fatness Index for Immobilized Polar Bears
How much is this being used now? Is this a standard since this article?

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Commented on Genetic Mapping in Human Disease
We have definitely seen the boom for consumers to identify this type of information.

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Commented on COVID-19 testing in outbreak free care homes: What are the public health benefits?
Great to know that the practices are working. I wonder what differences would be in other communities and areas where care homes are.

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Commented on Mouse models for breast cancer metastasis
Have there been mouse models for other cancer types?

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Commented on Real estimates of mortality following COVID-19 infection
What are the estimates now that we are over a year removed from these results?

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Commented on Decision making, impulsivity and time perception
Very interesting how impulsivity causes decisions to be made in a different manner. With a decade, I wonder what other research has been done.

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Commented on APHA Public Health Fellowship in Government
Great opportunity! I wonder if these types of opportunities would go to a virtual or hybrid format?