#POPULATION

The Immunologist

eclecticbiotech

A small thread on the basic mathematics of diagnostic testing. Loosening social distancing guidelines and reopening cities/nations with the #COVID19 antibody test that we currently have may put healthy, susceptible

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same_energykept

1. Most of the murders that happen within are gang violence to protect capital (drugs and the territory to sell those drugs) so without addressing the circumstances that lead ppl

Jeffrey A Tucker

jeffreyatucker

Texas refused Faucism and now it has another problem, if my experience yesterday is telling. I'm never in my life seen traffic like this, from Dallas to Forth Worth to

May Peterson, Wicked Witch Girl (she/her)

maidensblade

Something else we need to understand more than ever is that fascism relies on capitalism. In fact, I think it’s fair to argue that fascism is a distinctly capitalist phenomenon

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

“About 10% of the global population may be infected by October 2020. Global infection fatality rate is 0.15‐0.20% (0.03‐0.04% in those

Chris Murphy

ChrisMurphyCT

Spent some time this week surveying Connecticut's current COVID testing system.It's made it clear to me how disastrous Trump's refusal to build a national testing plan has been - even

Tyrone876

Tyrone876

Unpopular opinion:Population-wide coverage of UNREGULATED electricity cost usage is FAIR. It is a form of corporate applied social security tax. People who connect to the national electricity grid without permission

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I'm afraid this is a naive view on the virulence / transmissibility tradeoff in pathogens. A reduction in virulence is only expected to happen in strictly vertically transmitted pathogens (e.g.

Dr. Shoshana Grossbard Founder of REHO & SEHO

econoflove

Iceland tested 6% of their whole population. In community testing (random), 0/848 of children

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

The numbers are in and they are not good. The best early serology results point to this being about 5 to 10 times more deadly than seasonal flu (note there's

james king

jamesking0314

When I think of prop 25, on the ballot this fall, I can’t help but think about prop 57 from 2016, & the law of unintended consequences. Here’s why: 1/

Scott Hechinger

ScottHech

I am sorry to inform you all that America is, in fact, not "exceptional." Except for the facts that: The United States has, by far, the highest incarceration rate in

Sammy McCarty

SammyTMcCarty

As I read about another black man murdered in Minneapolis Minnesota by a cop, (citizen approached because of suspected forgery. That crime does not merit deadly force.) I’m going to

❌Harvey Staub 💪🇺🇸🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️

HarveyStaub1

1) Covid 19. Sweden’s response & comparisons.”Instead of imposing a lockdown like most of the rest of the world,Sweden..placed responsibility for risk mitigation on individuals & businesses..the government issued guidelines

Noah Rothman

NoahCRothman

Childless Malthusians for sub-replacement level population growth in the industrialized world, a 501(c)3.https://twitter.com/PeterRQuinones/status/1309516550475571201 BTW, the over population myth has facilitated some of the most grotesque

Parveen Kaswan, IFS

ParveenKaswan

Do you know India has 9 species of #vultures.They are ecosystem doctors. But in recent years we have lost 90-99% of vulture population in India. Eg white-backed vulture faced a