#Pandemics

James Wilsdon

jameswilsdon

No.10’s response to the Guardian’s SAGE scoop - trying to downplay political advisers’ participation as routine - fails to address the fundamental point, as raised by @Sir_David_King, that this is

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The report does not explicitly consider the economic/health impact of different mitigation measures. For instance, the scenario of a 18-month lockdown would devastate the economy and could hence reduce life

CLA

ConservativeLA

"Among those fighting the orders are populist groups that played pivotal roles in the beginning of Tea Party protests starting more than a decade ago, such as FreedomWorks and Tea

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Let's take a little review of where we are with UK Covid restrictions.It wasn't meant to be like this.A Thread.With apologies to Nandos. It wasn't meant to be like this.

Aaron Dodd - Masked Like Ned Kelly

Aaron_Dodd2

[A thread] When nations face disasters or other existential threats, such as bushfires, terrorist attacks or war, generally politics is put aside and the population strives together to overcome the

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

So I’m hearing many myths about #COVID-19 and would like to quickly clear the record. Coronavirus will go away in Sumer months. Wrong. Previous pandemics didn’t follow weather patterns plus

Michael Edwards #FBPE

mike_r_edwards

I'm not the only one to be commenting on this. But it bears restating. Pandemics affect vulnerable populations. The elderly, those with pre-existing illness etc: we all know this now.

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

You could be forgiven for thinking that @mcmansionhell is all about dunking on McMansions (for obvious reasons), but Wagner is a multiple threat. Here she is explaining why coronavirus doesn't

Will Hayward

WillHayCardiff

So why won't the Welsh Government publish the hyper local data for coronavirus?It looks like we have an answer.[Thread] This issue has been rumbling on for over a month.The Welsh

Ryan

1nationtory

As with aviation accidents, there’s isn’t normally one blame factor or issue that causes them. Normally a chain of events which if one were changed then the accident wouldn’t have

Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH

UREssien

Got to speak with @mgodoyh @NPR."So what are the things that we think are unimaginable that would address racism that we have to similarly say, we have no choice but

K.B. Wagers (they/them)

kbwagers

*looks at my life over the last four years and laughs/cries*Buckle in, kiddos. Let me tell you a story about how past me was unreasonably optimistic.https://twitter.com/kate_rakestraw/status/1309243632982073350 I'd have used different

St. Rev ☯️🏴😻

St_Rev

This seems important, and there's a related point that I've only seen mentioned once, in a comment thread on an econ blog.Discussion of R0 tends to treat it as a

WritersFrock

WritersFrock

That Sunday Times article is well worth the read, but it confirms what lots of us who had listened to people like @globalhlthtwit had been saying from the start. Unlike

🌷pantat kau🦋

ikanselarkuning

"All households with at least one Singaporean member will receive a one-off $100 sum to cover their utility bills, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced.[...]It is a way of

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

Testing, testing & testing. Social distancing. Providing healthcare workers & institutions with the resources they need. Providing free access to healthcare to all & health coverage for those who've lost