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Over the past few days we have honored past #PioneersOfPolicy. Today, we are recognizing present #PioneersOfPolicy. May the past and the present inspire the future.@ResearchAmerica x @BlackInSciPol#BlackInSciPolWeek#BlackInSciPol#BlackInSTE

Peter Silverstone

Shrink_Wrapped_

Wearing face-masks reduces covid-19 transmission significantly.Unfortunately not enough Canadians wear them routinely. Why don’t they ?This thread gives reasons for conclusion that only by mandating their use will enough people

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

Here is a thread on "bad Enlightenment takes" in the context of the culture war.This one is a few months old, but because it exemplifies a lot of problems with

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

A minor point from afar on the debates I see about the fundamentals after yesterday's Q2 numbers: the problem isn't just that the economic data is out of sample, it's

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

Mardochee Reveil, PhD

mardorev

There are mentors and there are sponsorsMentors give you advice. Sponsors advocate for you, especially in spaces that you don't have access to.In other words, sponsors will go to war

Iacovos Michael

IacovosMichael

The mRNA vaccine and Christmas cakeWhat is mRNA, and how does an #mRNAvaccine work? I will attempt to answer these questions in simple non-scientific terms. First of all, what is

Katherine Ellen Foley

katherineefoley

One thing I don't see anyone talking about in the @pfizer #CovidVaccine discussion is the difference between efficacy and effectiveness. It's a small nuance, but it matters when we're talking

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/13I talk a lot on this show about expertise. I’m an expert about nothing except snack foods. But I’m big on expertise. Which is why, as I take stock of

John Drury

ProfJohnDrury

I've just done 5 BBC radio interview in a row. Each one started with the question: what shall we do about all these people breaking the rules? I said:1. Public

Joalda Morancy

solarrsystem

Welcome to Day 1 of Black Hole Week!Today we'll start off with the basics. How do black holes form? How are they structured? How could a black hole possibly die?

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

NC schools experience:11 districts data; ~100k in person schoolAug to Oct 2020NC had 1-2 cases per 1k pop (that's brisk)733 community acq casesIf schools' transmission mirrored the stateExpected 800+ cases

Jillian Carmichael

ViralCarmichael

How to talk about COVID vaccines, a thread:After perusing social media and talking with my non-scientist friends, the biggest concern I keep hearing about COVID vaccines is that the speed

Dr. Cecília Tomori

DrTomori

Great! Let’s embrace the @WHO recommendations, including 2 yrs of #breastfeeding & the International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes - starting w the @AmerAcadPeds itself & its corporate donors that

Chris Kavanagh

C_Kavanagh

The way @BretWeinstein & @HeatherEHeying (and other IDWers) misrepresent science is extremely frustrating to watch. They get some things right but then ruin it by feeding their audience bad heuristics

WendySueSwanson MD

wendysueswanson

I've encouraged "shot selfies" here for vaccine promotion & education for a decade. BUT there was a glut of vaccine; all were able to vax.Some of the COVID vax selfies

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