#Masking

real talk: i keep opening my wips and then doing nothing with them. it's like, intellectually i know i'll get good feedback. but i'm still grappling with all this self-doubt
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Good morning in sad, jealous tweets. All schools in Taiwan have been open since February. They did not listen to China or WHO in January and immediately masked up and
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Frightening tales from US campuses, which have turned into Soviet prisons. Horrific and upsetting. Why are young people putting up with this? They need to revolt.https://jordanschachtel.substack.com/p/tales-from-americas-covid-college Quote
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Whatever your choice of diet, meat eater, vegetarian or vegan, our food all originated from the same source. Our soils. We’ve all seen those memes “thank a farmer” and “without
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This is possibly the 7th case of community transmission since the August Auckland cluster. I’m hugely grateful for all work done but this is concerning. We don’t have too many
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global health policy in 2020 has centered around NPI's (non-pharmaceutical interventions) like distancing, masks, school closuresthese have been sold as a way to stop infection as though this were science.this
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The advice on face-covering is changing: Wear a face mask if you feel it’s necessary, but make sure it's a DIY so you don't deprive health professionals who really need
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The Branson, Missouri mayor is currently pleading with attendees at a special aldermanic meeting on masks to wear their masks. The city attorney is outlining the Supreme Court and other
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Gov. JB Pritzker will have a coronavirus update for Illinois at 2:30 p.m. I'll live tweet.Follow for updates and let me know if you have questions.From earlier today:https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/05/coronavirus-kills-30-more-peop
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"Social Responsiveness Scale" (SRS). I want to take another gallop through this extremely strange questionnaire that has been used to prove 'deficits' in autistic people. Does it?Here we go...and I've
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I'm more worried about the US outbreak than at any point since early March. We're on a similarly devastating trajectory, minus the political will to do something about it. That's
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In preprint w/ @KateGrabowski @khgrantz @andrewazman @CJEMetcalf @Lizstuartdc we look at #COVID-19 risk to household members from in-person schooling. A summary follows. Caution: this work has not yet been peer
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I had an epiphany last night.Since vaccines came available, there's been an odd phenomenon: Many of the most ardent pro-lockdown, pro-mask zealots show euphoric excitement - sometimes to the point
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1/ So the vaccines are coming. Barring unexpected safety issues (ALWAYS POSSIBLE) I'd guess approvals could come before Christmas. BUT, you're not getting it anytime soon. Then some really hard
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We are not ready to reopen.Last week, approx 4 days after interacting with a patient, I found out that she had tested COVID positive.I had been wearing only a surgical
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It can be very difficult for autistic adults to stay in work. As high a figure as 80% unable to find long term work has been suggested, and in my
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