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Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

A few things I said in my new article but they might hear repeating: 1) virus is airborne. Meaning it can linger in air indoors, but will rapidly be diluted

Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH

JuliaLMarcus

I've been thinking about the widespread concern that masks will promote a "false sense of security." We've learned a few things from #HIV prevention and #harmreduction that I think should

Rhiana Gunn-Wright

rgunns

my op-ed for the @nytimes came out today, and i'm prouder of it than i've been of anything in a long time. i know i'm supposed to write a long

Practice #MutualAid in the Plague Years

dianamswancutt

Passing on someone else's thoughtful remarks:"Can we do a food bank giving challenge today? 1. Find your local food bank: https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank …2. Make a donation.3. Invite others to match your

Jared Lyons

jaredlyons

This is a good piece!https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/upshot/pets-health-boom-coronavirus.html Rather than the “owner staring at pet” syndrome the article suggests, I think there’s a more likely reason for the apparent uptick in vis

Alec MacGillis

AlecMacGillis

"In WI and OH, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of milk. An Idaho farmer has dug huge ditches to bury 1 million pounds of onions. And in FL, tractors are crisscrossing

K.G.C. (iCARE4America)

cameronkgvi

Finally some Republicans are admitting what many knew to be true all along:"Mr. Trump didn’t hijack the Republican Party. He is the logical conclusion of what the party became over

Oni #BraylaStone Blackstock

DrOniBee

“The genetic record shows that it was mostly enslaved women who contributed to the present-day gene pool...Enslaved men often died before they had a chance to have children. Enslaved women

Reed Galen

reedgalen

.@IvankaTrump & Kushner have been the subject of many stories like this one by @NYTLiz. They deserve no sympathy, and no easy return to society, polite or otherwise. They took

Jim Tankersley

jimtankersley

Quick Monday thread on the COVID-19 economy and where it's going from here: I'm on The Daily this morning talking with @mikiebarb about the historic unemployment crisis that crashed over

12 Ball

BoltzmannBooty

Guy who advised the CIA that waterboarding was chill & that inflicted pain only qualifies as torture if it presents the risk of organ failure or imminent death will now

Jane Appleyard Allen

Jane_A_Allen

I worry that emphasizing this finding now will further stigmatize smokers and vapers, and increase their anxiety (and the anxiety of those who love them) pointlessly during what is already

John Eligon

jeligon

NEW: The corner where George Floyd died was designed to keep black people away. Dozens of homes there have deeds prohibiting black residents. Those deeds helped make Minneapolis one of

David Lat

DavidLat

Every household should have a pulse oximeter, just as you have a thermometer for checking fever. My physician parents have had one for years -- an old-school, giant box. After

silviowaisbord

silviowaisbord

Here is my take on this article. It makes some good points, familiar to people who work on comm, social norms and behavior/social change. New behaviors should be easy and

Padma Lakshmi

PadmaLakshmi

“I pitched ‘Taste the Nation’ to several networks. I flew to Los Angeles on my own dime 2 or 3 times & everybody said no. When my agent told me