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George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

This is the mind-blistering fact that everyone should be aware of. The government still has *no plan* for ending the pandemic. Or even for ending the lockdown. I knew we

Hilda Bastian, PhD

hildabast

Preprint of the South African phase 1b/2 trial for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is online. Primary efficacy analysis is for 2,026 people who weren't infected with HIV (there was also a

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

As @hankgreen nicely points out, we have to be careful that "we don't know whether the vaccine reduces transmission" doesn't morph into "the vaccine doesn't reduce transmission." How do we

SpinningHugo

SpinningHugo

In anticipation of the AZ contract publication, a quick walk through of the vaccine contract we do have (which may be different, though I doubt it) and why the Commission's

Friend of the Talking Bird

DrugGovoruna

Since I keep contributing to inequality/IQ/meritocracy threads, let me state my own position. I have written these things on Twitter before; they are unoriginal. What I see around me is

Caz Margenau🐝🌊🗳🏳️‍🌈

CazMar78

Let's nerd out, #TeamPete.Better navigation = Better transportation.DOT oversees civil Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), most commonly known by another three letters- GPS.Yup, when your phone's location is wrong you

Nathan Chomilo, MD, FAAP

ChomiloMD

I have enrolled in a #COVIDvaccine trial & last week got my first shot!!But this wasn’t always my plan. I had a surprising amount of hesitancy early on. So I

Joaquim Campa

JoaquimCampa

Thread of the most beautiful Libraries of the World1. The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading , Rio De Janeiro. Credit: Alamy 2. Public Library of Stuttgart 3. Trinity College Library,

Olivia Smith

OliviaSmithHist

Following the great news that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is approved for use today, here is a thread of women who helped modern vaccines get to where they are today:

Allen Cheng

peripatetical

A thread about the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in development. There are a lot of candidate vaccines in development, but we still have a long way to go. Vaccines work by training

JamieSW

jsternweiner

1. In 2016, Baroness Royall cited, as an example of 'antisemitism' in Oxford, that 'should a Jewish student preface a remark "as a Jew..." they are likely to face ridicule'.

Carole V. Bell

BellCV

Today is a great day to think about the destructive legacy of right-wing media. A good source on that is the book Race-Baiter by NPR media critic Eric Deggans. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eric-deggans/race-baiter/

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE - Recovery trial results finally out - and hopefully puts nail in coffin. Out of 4700 people randomized... HCQ did NOT lower #covid19 mortality. It anything it was trending

Jamie Triccas

TricckyLab

Really interesting data coming out of latest report on Oxford/AZ vaccine efficacy trials (another one!).A little on this.#COVID19 #CovidVaccine https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3779160 What did they find?Trial looked at p

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The recent Novavax vaccine trial reported lower efficacy in its SA arm. This is plausibly caused, at least in part, by the high frequency of the B 1.351 lineage in

Dr EM

PankhurstEM

As always a man tells us there are more important things to deal with than women's rights.Women talking about sex discrimination, proposed legislative overhaul which will remove their rights are

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