#PANDEMIC

Everyone is raving about Biden-Harris COVID-19 task forcehttps://buildbackbetter.com/press-releases/biden-harris-transition-announces-covid-19-advisory-board/While I agree it has many respected names in medicine, it seems short in two areas
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The family hoped+believed he would recover. There was a WhatsApp video his wife + brother believed showed P responding to them. Doctors (incl. independent expert) said no - it was
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#Turkey is moving towards a serious escalation of its provocative threats and illegal actions against #Greece (+ #Cyprus). EU/NATO have remained largely silent and absent, failing to counter the power
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Already beginning the task of cleaning up Ivanka's image though. How many stories can they write about whether or not they'll be shunned, without explaining why their old friends may
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@uvic needs some serious shaming:Only days after Jamie Cassels releases a mealy mouthed statement on #BlackLivesMattters, the university has empowered @uvicsecurity to engage in an open campaign of carding Beyond
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1/ Just spoke to election security expert @beckerdavidj — he made some points I'm not seeing elsewhere that I'd like to share:Every vote in the battleground states in this election
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today was my last day at work for 2020. here are some observations from a worn out psychologist: all things considered, i have had an easy pandemic. my job is
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I think people want to attribute this to one specific thing—a holiday or a celebration or even Trump’s rallies—and we are seeing consistent exponential growth with a rate of spread
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There are a lot of articles and news segments about anticipated Black skepticism of covid vaccines but not a ton of data being cited as far as I can see.
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I have a very strong opinion about this paper that went viral over the weekend. I cooled down a bit since coming across it yesterday and will try to refrain
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okay I can't enjoy my taco until I tell #MedTwitter about what Eugene Gu created during Covid Pandemic. Gu teamed up with Bhargav Raman to start a company called "CoolQuits".
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Because I have a lot of nervous energy right now, I'm going to tweet some hurricane tips for those who haven't been through it before. First, let's start with your
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One of the worst examples of wishful thinking masquerading as news I've seen was the right wing claim that the 'Swedish model' could deal with virus. There was no need
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In July @ayesharshahid and @OsmSiddiqi wrote a fantastic short piece puzzling over the skewed gender breakdown of reported COVID-19 cases in Pakistan (**74%** male!) and suggested that a skew in
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Gig economy weighted against 'employee' relationship https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/gig-economy-weighted-against-employee-relationship-20200810-p55kex.html Australian inquiry (in Victoria) on the gig economy finds "P
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Can I take a moment to recognize journalists? Too much of the world lacks reliable reporting & a free press to hold politicians, systems, societies to account. This can happen
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