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Matriarch

imatriarch

In 2019 Trump proclaimed January National Slavery & Human Trafficking Awareness Month. There are nearly 25 million human trafficking victims worldwide. Trump has done more to combat this modern slavery

Jonah Fleishhacker

jonahfleish

For the 56 million people like me who are last in line for the vaccine rollout, you are probably wondering when vaccines will be available for the general public. Good

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Upate July 21: There’s no reason we should still be experiencing this crisis in the US. 1/ Six months in, we should still not be here. The crisis should

Ryan Hill

RyanReedHill

Hey academics on Twitter:Have you ever been scooped?Do you worry about getting scooped?My job market paper estimates the consequences of getting scooped in science using cool data from structural biology.Let’s

Andrew Goodman-Bacon

agoodmanbacon

Excited to *finally* share an old paper w/ @seth_freedman and @nehamm!http://goodman-bacon.com/pdfs/fgbh_medicaid_x-sec.pdfSome folks say "Medicaid kills people" b/c they compare recipients to non-recipients while controlling for

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 22@UCSFhospitals, 19 Covid pts, stable (Fig), with 9 in ICU, 4 on vents. ZSFG still @ 30 pts, 11 vents. Numbers quite stable overall. Relatively

Trisha Greenhalgh 😷 #CovidIsAirborne

trishgreenhalgh

1/Thread on objections to face coverings for the general public. See this tweet for a longer lay summary.https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1249743825637199875?s=20 [Mute thread if you’ve had enough on this topic.] 2/Also draws on

Max 'Just Give People Money' Ghenis

MaxGhenis

We're (appropriately) digging a big hole in the budget we'll need to start filling once the economy recovers. Many will again call for a wealth tax, so it's worth reiterating

Social Finance, David Hirshleifer

4misceldah

1/ In a recent series of papers, I argue that many important behaviors are shaped by neglect of selection bias in social observation. HT to @Ben_Golub for a fascinating thread

David Purpura

davidjpurpura

Thread: Want to know what preschoolers can do mathematically? Check out our new manuscript led by @elitkow with @rjduncan5 and @jarlogan in JECP. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32283343/ It’s one of my new faves

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

Friday Fluday Thread: Influenza-Like Illness Data for MMWR Week 15, ending April 17, 2021 United States Influenza testing, MMWR week 15.CDC flu view. https://cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm2016 to 2019 4-year average: 2,637 cases;

Sofya Anisimova

SofyaDAnisimova

I was saving this thread for Armistice Day, but didn’t have time to write it. It is the story of one of the biggest Russian #FWW military cemeteries. Founded in

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

IMPORTANT NOTE: Starting this week, the Labor Department will be changing its approach to seasonal adjustment for weekly unemployment claims. And the Times will be changing the way we report

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

What’s worse than losing school days during pandemic? Losing a parent. Nearly ~40,000 children have lost a parent to #COVID19, black children even more. "The number of children experiencing a

Glen Peters

Peters_Glen

THREADWhat will happen to global fossil CO₂ emissions in 2020?Daily global fossil CO₂ emissions decreased by –17% (–11% to –25%) by early April 2020 compared to 2019.For January–April emissions fell

Grills

CryptoGrills

I'll do a long tweet thread on @ShareRingGlobal and explain why I have been extremely bullish on them ever since I discovered them. And why in fact I am still