#Estimates

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

There’s a new paper circulating today about “risk factors” for COVID19 which is getting misinterpreted in a pretty common way: applying conclusions about causation to results obtained via methods designed

Katherine Scott

ScottKatherineJ

Today’s announcement of critical importance to the millions facing the end of #CERB. CERB will be extended for one month before EI reforms and 3 new emergency response programs come

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD

paimadhu

In our epidemiology course for journalists, I used this as example of selection bias & uncritical journalistic reporting.Here are a few headlines in Indian media screaming that 15% of Indians

Sarah Pierce

SarahPierceEsq

Some @MigrationPolicy analysis ahead of what's likely to be a blockbuster @USCIS hearing today...- At the end of FY 2017, USCIS had $790 in cash reserves- In November 2019, USCIS

Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH

AmakaEMD

I teamed up with @kcnorris_ucla and @EbonyBoulware to write this @JAMA_current editorial on a study that focuses on the removal of #race in #eGFR equations. We reaffirm that in medicine,

Richard Medhurst 🇸🇾🇵🇸

richimedhurst

1. Israeli war crimes, a thread:Six years ago, Israel halted its 7-week aerial bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.2,200 Palestinians were killed70% of them were civilians25% of them

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

Vaccines against the three major killers of the world's poorest: TB, HIV and malaria are unlikely to have vaccines anytime soon unless vastly more money is committed to researching them,

Maya Forstater

MForstater

A post on numbers - In the run up to the Gender Recognition Act in 2003 the government estimated that there were 5,000 transsexuals in the UK, thats 10 in

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

I know that everyone has been (justifiably) distracted by other things, but the #COVID19 epidemic in the US is looking pretty dire with 125,552 confirmed cases reported Friday by @COVID19Tracking.

Diana Kristinne

DianaKristinne

Given that I have a bit of time and have got myself up caught up a bit, I'm going to try and explain the deal with Barca's current financial difficulties.

Alex Washburne

Alex_Washburne

Dr. @sdbaral has an excellent guiding philosophy here.As someone who entered science to curiously question the answers, I've found epidemiology during COVID to be characterized by strong informal social control

take AIM

take__AIM

Here's part 1 of our first Spotlight on Specialist Skills. FAMUS stands for Focused Acute Medicine UltraSound; it is the point of care ultrasound standard specifically for physicians in

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

Great article in the Monthly Labor Review about employment this recession. I'm going to walk through some highlights, starting with this excellent figure that shows the depth of each post-war

Fidato

tequieremos

"The Forgotten Massacres in East Pakistan"American Professor Rudolph Rummel estimates that 150,000 Biharis were massacred by the vengeful victors of Mukti Bahini in a brutal bloodletting in 1971. Mujib ur

Lost in Caltranslation

WarrenJWells

Time for some Public Use Microdata!I pulled data on race, income, and car ownership by structure (single family home, duplex/triplex, apt building) for Berkeley and Albany, CA.Findings: people who live

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

If 2M vaccinated already, and another 1M plus are vaccinated over the next week, then 40% of the total mortality risk from COVID should be eliminated within 3 weekshttps://twitter.com/ReutersScience/status/1348226863907418112 According

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