#Decline

halvarflake

halvarflake

Social media, statistics, and fake news. A quick thread:Somebody in my social media stream posted a gushing review that "Sweden has reached herd immunity, because COVID cases are falling steeply"

Enigma

enigma_pt

The U.S. population is projected to grow to about 420 million by 2050. (United States Census Bureau). According to the forecast of the US Census Bureau, by this time the

Robert Dunham

RDunhamDPIC

"The latest decrease in the public's tolerance for the #deathpenalty is largely owed to political liberals and moderates. While two-thirds of conservatives still consider it to be morally acceptable, moderates

Bruce R

Flit_BruceR

I think it's probably time to conclude the IHME midrange fatality estimate (60K) for the US is going to be overshot by a considerable factor. It assumes this V-shaped end

Lori

lori10habs

Yesterday I caused a stir when I suggested the #habs should “Pacioretty” Tatar this off-season. I was gobsmacked that anyone could see this idea as even remotely out of the

Heinz Brandenburg

HzBrandenburg

This is an interesting debate, whether media bias, i.e. the Tory press vilifying Corbyn, is responsible for his low approval ratings. The problem with this is that the decline in

Mark D. Levine

MarkLevineNYC

Steep decline in vaccination in NYC. And still half of adults here have not received their first shot.The era of mass vax sites is over. We need to take vaccination

Todd in the Shadows

ShadowTodd

Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" had five #1 hit singles. Can't really imagine anything that happening again anytime soon. The whole concept of "successive hits" seems increasingly like a thing of

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Hi Greta, Thanks for making clear your opposition to our systems of representative democracy & regulated capitalismHowever, it is wrong to state that they can't solve our greatest ecological problemsIndeed,

Stacey Midge

revstacey

I should be finishing my sermon but I'm distracted (mostly horrified) by the pastoral boundaries conversation, and most boundaries discussions are a lot of "Don't do this!" so I thought

Christina 🌹

dramata1

One thing I notice in the game translation field is the difference in how senior and junior translators react to adversity, whether that's in the form of poorly organized source

Wesley Yang

wesyang

There is tremendous pathos in Biden’s run: a man suffering from age-related cognitive decline, practically assured not to survive his first term if he wins, and yet stubbornly persistent at

Dr Moderate

centrist_phone

The YouGov MRP.Terrible news for Labour? No.Dig a little deeper, and all is not what it seems.There are numerous trends and data points that indicate that Labour are, in my

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

Let's revisit the comparison between the United States and continental Western Europe, where the death toll reached 51k yesterday So far, the US continues to track very closely alongside death

Diego Bassani, PhD 🏠😷💉

DGBassani

Thankful for being wrong. My previous mobility graphs had an axis error (time on the mobility axis was misaligned - shame on me for doing these in a spreadsheet): mobility

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

The US is in the midst of a definitional national emergency. While COVID is in steep decline in most of Europe and East Asia, case loads are growing exponential in