#PANDEMIC

duncangolicher

duncangolicher

What have Francois Balloux, Anthony Fauci, Michael Levitt, Neil Ferguson and John Ioniddis and Toby Young got in common? Answer. They have all publicly stated calculations of infection fatality ratios

Hugo Mercier

hugoreasoning

Do you know someone who doesn’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccine? We might have something to help!Getting people to change their minds about vaccination is as difficult as it

Dr Simon Mair

simon_mair

I have new open access paper in @TheLancetPlanet. It's a theoretical framework that aims to shed light on some reasons that neoliberal capitalism is struggling with COVID, despite having such

Sharon Owens

SharonOwensTea

For this forthcoming International Women's Day (sometime in March, I believe) all I'm seeing are "events" which continue to reduce women to our reproductive capacity. As a woman, I am

Dave Feldman

DaveKeto

1/ Off Topic: What are governments ultimately going to do about cryptocurrencies?The recent Twitter hack popped onto my radar for a different reason than most -- which is that it

Nicole Quinn

Nik_Quinn

1/ Thrilled to announce @lightspeedvp Series A round investment in @lunchclubai, the next-generation networking platform. Here's more on what makes Lunchclub so special:https://bit.ly/2GiY98q 2/ The beauty of @lunchclubai is its

Dana Smith

SmithDanaG

Fauci is giving grand rounds at @JohnsHopkins today. Showing a map of the US covered in red, he says, "We are at the explosive, almost exponential, stage of the pandemic."

Lauren Hough

laurenthehough

Laundromat: Chevy salesman looking dude walks in with a laundry bag and a grocery bag. Throws laundry bag on top of a machine. From the grocery bag, removes 1 gallon

Generation Rent

genrentuk

The Ministry of Housing's Household Resilience Study, published today, has revealed the extent of the government's failings in supporting private renters through the pandemic.These are the key takeaways 1/

Mike Gibbs🏳️‍🌈

Mikeggibbs

We have a bad flu season every 5 Years.The last one was 2014-2015.We're timed for a bad flu season to hit this year.*On top of the pandemic virus.*That's how serious

Greg Sargent

ThePlumLineGS

While Republicans are running their "unity" scam in the media, Biden just rolled out new policies that would channel large amounts of resources into rural America -- into Trump country.

Tushar

tushar

As you’re aware Australia has recently announced that many of their government websites have been hacked by China. China takes information warfare very very seriously. Much more seriously than any

Paul Doroshenko, Q.C.

PaulDoroshenko

Early Saturday morning my grandmother died. Covid. She was in a care home in Edmonton. Last weekend we learned about it. It’s been a tough week. Kathren was 106. Lots

Millennials Are Killing Capitalism

MAKCapitalism

Today we're doing a thread on abolition. 2020 was certainly a year of abolition entering mainstream discourse on a large scale, with all the contradictions that creates. These are some

Financial Times

FinancialTimes

Many 16- to 30-year-olds around the world feel their futures have been thrown off track by Covid-19 and are increasingly anxious https://on.ft.com/36IEgRF Chief among their concerns is mental health and

Jon Levy

jonlevyBU

1. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about imposter syndrome and academia. I know there are larger societal problems in 2020, but many students are struggling right now, and maybe

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