--- title: Daniel Halperin | TIME description: Daniel Halperin, PhD is an epidemiologist based at the Gillings School of Global Public Health of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has published over 60 peer reviewed articles on infectious diseases and is author of the book, Facing COVID Without Panic: 12 Common Myths and 12 Lesser Known Facts about the Pandemic. canonical: https://time.com/author/daniel-halperin/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/daniel-halperin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daniel Halperin ## Daniel Halperin Daniel Halperin, PhD is an epidemiologist based at the Gillings School of Global Public Health of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has published [over 60 peer reviewed articles](https://danielhalperin.web.unc.edu/) on infectious diseases and is author of the book, [_Facing COVID Without Panic: 12 Common Myths and 12 Lesser Known Facts about the Pandemic_](http://www.amazon.com/Facing-COVID-Without-Panic-Epidemiologist-ebook/dp/B08D25GQX6)_._ ## Daniel Halperin *  Jan 25, 2023 ### [COVID-19 Is No Longer a Public Health Emergency](https://time.com/6249841/covid-19-no-longer-a-public-health-emergency/) It's time to rethink the data we're using to measure the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-halperin/","name":"Daniel Halperin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-halperin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-halperin/"},"name":"Daniel Halperin","jobTitle":null,"description":"Daniel Halperin, PhD is an epidemiologist based at the Gillings School of Global Public Health of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has published over 60 peer reviewed articles on infectious diseases and is author of the book, Facing COVID Without Panic: 12 Common Myths and 12 Lesser Known Facts about the Pandemic.","url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-halperin/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```