#Consequences

Martin Kulldorff, Harvard epidemiologist, reminds us of 12 grounding principles to public health, with trust being the linchpin. This thread addresses whether, 1 year into the C19 response, you "trust"
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Agence (France-Presse) de l’écocide.THREAD. Banaliser les lâchers d’insectes génétiquement modifiés dans l’environnement est digne des pire lobbyistes de l’agrochimie.https://twitter.com/afpfr/status/1299444140237885441 « On
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This is some chilling rhetoric from House Republicans. I’m hearing echoes of the kind of “lawfare” tactics behind the US-backed 2016-18 soft coup in Brazil and some other countries. Despite
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Keir Starmer giving his most important speech yet-laying out his vision for the future. “The Conservatives say they want to build back. But I don’t want to go back. You
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A few basic legal facts that I think need to be stated: 1. You CANNOT sue or take any kind of action in court unless you are the affected party.
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The @DNC and @HillaryClinton conceded the “loss” to Trump within hours of the 2016 Presidential Election. @BarackObama welcomed his tormentor (Trump) into the White House within days for the good
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The void is unmanageably terrifying.The suburban house teetering on the edge of the void is titillating.This is actually the definition of the word “uncanny.”It’s also why the mail disappearing shakes
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When govts refuse to fund a #SafeSeptemberON it means they expect families to make up the difference: demanding educators do (more) unpaid work, allowing staff & students to work/learn in
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Minimum Effective Dose vs. Maximum Tolerable Dose in LIFTING (THREAD)Minimum effective dose is the minimum input necessary to attain a desired result.Maximum tolerable dose is the maximum input a system
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The Gender Dissidents Survey Results are here!https://gender-dissidents.net/  In the summer I asked people to fill in an online survey about why they were concerned about the push to replace sex
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THREAD: Decided to do a round up of the hot mess that has been the Tory government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic this year. We cannot forget how irresponsibly and
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One of the core things I learned studying the ethics and socio-political implications of AI is that everything in the creation of AI or robotics (its conception, programming, training, and
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This is absolutely not me excusing QAnon adherents for their own bad choices, but I hear the below again and again from people who know them: Everything spiraled as lockdowns
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Ok, It’s later and I’m ready to talk about it:Other than the fact you all left us to die one of the most infuriating aspects to 2020 is that during
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Having a think about sex and class, as one does, and what constitutes acceptable sexual performance. If you are posh (and your mum deported a bunch of citizens to their
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To all the young people out there: I’m sorry. I’m sorry that this year sucks and I j knew that you don’t want to hear the bad news and do
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