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Christopher Snowdon

cjsnowdon

1/ New study looking at risk factors for hospitalisation and critical illness from COVID-19. Thread.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.08.20057794v1 2/ Age is by far the biggest risk factor for hospitalisation. Morbid obesity increases t

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

We’ve seen some heated debate this week but today let’s celebrate all the excellent work that has been and is being done on questions of Ireland, empire and race. Please

Erin K O'Brien MD

ErinOBrienMD

Dr. @nafisseh_warner and Catherine Njathi-Ori and I have presented on microaggressions, what they are, how they may affect us in medicine, and how to have a dialogue about them. @choo_ek

Hong Kong - Be Water

BeWaterHKG

2.54 million for front page ads w/Carrie Lam's "Letter to HK". Background: sunrise at Victoria Harbour. Abstract: lyrics from the overplayed "Below Lion's Rock" 獅子山下When will they get it? The

J. Buendgens-Kosten

JudithBK

Research on research trends - always fun! They looked at 12 years of data from 42 journals on applied linguistics - including e.g. ReCALL, CALL, LL&T. They extracted topics from

Dave 🌊

dave_krugman

THREAD: About 5 years ago, I started a photography project limiting myself to my iPhone with no added attachments. The idea behind this project is that photography is more about

Paasha Mahdavi

paashamahdavi

Some good news amidst the storm: Thrilled to announce that my new book Power Grab is out from @CUP_PoliSci! It’s about how leaders survive in power by nationalizing oil, metals,

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

"I didn't discard European theology but black theology began with deconstruction—that is, dismantling the oppressive, white theologies I was taught.... theologies that not only ignored black people but blinded me

Bill Shillito

solidangles

The division by zero @NCTM webinar was really cool! Thank you @Joannbarnett and @ChondaLong for putting it together!I'll share some of my own thoughts in this thread. #NCTM100 (1/n) I

Lorelei 🌕🧙‍♀️🕸🍄

hatpinwoman

Women have been treated barbarically by medicine over the centuries. Whether it was being committed to asylums b/c their husband had enough of them, or b/c they showed some kind

Dan Hirschman

asociologist

Very excited to share this new publication! @prabhbob, @ellenberrey, and I find that less selective colleges enroll *fewer* Black students in years they consider race in admissions, the opposite of

Fabio Rojas

fabiorojas

1/ Is it safe to open schools during COVID? Yes - more evidence from a new article in Clinical Infectious Diseases.https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab306/6224418 2/ Background: The argument for opening schools

Nat Alison

tesseralis

Not having privilege is a form of privilege, and it's one we don't talk about nearly enough. Yes, having privilege is, on balance, wonderful and rewarding. I wouldn't give it

Andrew Bostom

andrewbostom

1/ “WE CANNOT TEACH IN MASKS”-“Historically, the deprivation of the face & the refusal of contact with others (frequently in the context of virulent disease) have been the very first

Brian D. Earp

briandavidearp

Very disturbing to see this lack of scientific nuance from one of the main people responsible for driving US policy & funding toward a mass surgical campaign affecting the genitals

Aidan Simonds is in Day ??? of Quarantine

aidansimonds

So I started a thing a couple months ago where I decided to watch all of the mainline Disney animated films in order. Now that we're all socially distancing it