#PANDEMIC

Bobby Lewis

revrrlewis

Fox News contributor Bill Bennett compares coronavirus to the flu, claiming that "this was not and is not a pandemic." this is not a hannity appearance from mid-february, this is

Institute for Fiscal Studies

TheIFS

The lockdown in response to the #coronavirus pandemic has effectively shut down many sectors of the economy.These shut-downs will affect the youngest and lowest paid workers, and women, the most.Our

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lizburgh

A little out of character for my usual posts but I wanted to quickly revisit a clear example of positive public influence:Billie Eilish *wore a face mask* to the 2020

Brent S. Sirota

BrentSirota

A very useful meditation on COVID and secularization by @C_Stroop. It makes me wonder how much the right-wing theatrics of defiance, the framing of lockdown orders as assaults on religious

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

I see people on here every day asking how the pandemic and public health/masks/safety recommendations got politicized.And this is really the answer: since the beginning, places like Fox have used

Dirk Willem te Velde

DWteVelde

Pleased to share new #ODImonitoringCoronavirus analyses on impacts & policy responses to Coronavirus in 30+ low & middle income countries in 4 continentsThis thread presents country analyses as they becomeavailable

Brendon Bernard

BrendonBernard_

Some 11.4% of job postings on @IndeedCanada in March mentioned remote work, nearly triple their pre-pandemic share. In my latest report, I look at:What types of jobs offer remote work?Where

Jordan Lancaster

jordylancaster

if you snitch on people for going outside you’re a commie guys. i’m pro social distancing and have been sitting in my apartment for weeks. but you can go for

Cynthia Chuang MD MSc

ChuangCynthia

1/ I am (nervously) on board with my county starting to open up this week. Our friends & neighbors need to get back to work. @DauphinCounty—let’s show everyone we can

Evan Selinger

EvanSelinger

Thread on @tiffanycli’s must-read law review draft, “"Privacy in Pandemic: Law, Technology, and Public Health in the COVID-19 Crisis." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3690004 My focus here: normalization is

manu #BLM 🖖

trekonomics

this is the failure of America's oligarchic laissez-faire vs social democracyhttps://twitter.com/DLeonhardt/status/1277553289178071041 Social democracy - understood here as universal healthcare, workers' protections, generous benefi

Tom Udall

SenatorTomUdall

This week marks #EarthDay50, and it is a good time to remember that in the midst of this crisis, the way we treat our planet and nature has a serious

Donald J. Trump

realDonaldTrump

For decades the @CDCgov looked at, and studied, its testing system, but did nothing about it. It would always be inadequate and slow for a large scale pandemic, but a

Shira Ovide

ShiraOvide

Remember when it was a very big deal that Apple's market cap hit $1 trillion? That was 2018. Now:Apple $2.2 trillionMicrosoft: $1.9 trillionAmazon: $1.8 trillionAlphabet: $1.6 trillionFacebook: $940 billion Words

Frances Woolley

franceswoolley

After H1N1, SARS etc., Canada drew up a pandemic influenza response plan The 2018 version of the plan is here (thread) https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/flu-influenza/canadian-pandemic-influenza-preparedness-planning-guidance-health-sec

elizabeth park

elilizabethpark

there is something..... very fucked up about doctors striking during a pandemic simply because they want more money and prestige to the point where they are willing to let patients