#POPULATION

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. A paper came out on medRxiv a few days ago, reporting that almost half of a Brooklyn population were serotype positive for COVID, and suggesting an association between disease

John Brownstein

johnbrownstein

So I recognize that the concept of participatory surveillance might seem novel and potentially scary. But actually there is a rich history.Historically, it was used in the eradication of smallpox

aconjurewoman.com

aconjurewoman

so #TheSocialDilemma on netflix is a must watch. these are the people fundamentally responsible for the ideas that drove social media in a destructive direction holding themselves accountable. I’m not

Simon Forder 🏰😸🐲

TheCastleGuy

There are some things which should not be run as profit-making businesses. Anything which is a vital part of the country's infrastructure. They do need to be efficient. But they

Oluyomi Ojo

OluyomiOjo

Estonia’s startup community is actually a good thing to behold. With a population of 1.3m (< Alimosho). $30b GDP and GDP per capital almost 10X that of Nigeria. Unemployment is

Gautan

gauttess

There is this whole discourse by the privileged classes questioning the ongoing migrant crisis. Their argument blames migrants for having more than two children. Yes, population control is necessary but

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

September 23, 2020 - Canada/Ontario/Québec daily updateCurrent data as of 6 am. Data is 100% public and official, and fully sourced. 6 newly reported deaths in all of Canada (population:

Andrew Todd

mistertodd

WOW I applied for the self-employed wage subsidy from the NZ government earlier this afternoon, and got a notification it's been paid just now, literally *hours later* I'm absolutely amazed

Mike Duncan

mikeduncan

We seriously need to abolish prisonhttps://twitter.com/sbagen/status/1282986453492998145 In all the joking about my self-radicalization, this may be the thing I’ve gone furtherst on. Prison just isn’t compatible with my beliefs. If

Global Health Strategies

GHS

"Masks alone cannot stop the #COVID19 pandemic. Countries must continue to find, test, isolate and treat every case and trace every contact," says @DrTedros#coronavirus at @WHO #COVID19 briefing 6 Apr.

Ellen Carmichael

ellencarmichael

University of Miami (FL) has concluded its preliminary COVID-19 study, which found ~165,000 Miami-Dade residents (or 6%) had antibodies, nearly 16x the number of cases reported by the state health

Amaan

amaanbali

IGP Kashmir today revealed at a press conference that DNA of the Rajouri family members has matched with that of the 3 persons killed in Amishpura Encounter in Shopian on

Corey Wallace

CoreyJWallace

The fate of Japan's influenza season has interested me, so I put down some simple thoughts based on the Japanese data available.https://sigma1.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/what-happened-to-japans-influenza-season/ Basic points are: 1) MHLW regular we

Charlie Wolfson

chwolfson

One thing I've noticed in the PA/Allegheny Co. #covid data is that while the state has occasionally had days with statistically significant jumps in deaths as a result of past

jony

john__hedrick

Its interesting and kind of scary to think that police brutality isn’t just one stand alone issue but a start to an interconnected system of institutions that need to be

JhoomarMehta

MehtaJhoomar

Some intriguing insights by @Allianz's CEA - @elerianm: COVID-19 comes as the third major shock to deglobalisation in just 10 years. The first shock came from the housing sector, there