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Keith Williams
keithwms
Courtesy of @Healthline, here is an informative review of the worst epidemics in the US, from smallpox to typhoid Mary, polio and beyond. You might want to add something stiff
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Robin - Lab Bird
artyewok
I was looking for a photo of a friend in a unicorn maskimal head and found tiny painting photos I thought I lost!First up: an angry infectious mono. Kiss your
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David Chapman
davidchapman141
THREAD: Has there ever been a recession, pandemic, and riots in an election year. Yes! Twice. And 4 times we've seen a pandemic & recession in an election year.In 1820,
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Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA
celinegounder
1/ Late last month, Dr. Bill Foege—@CDCgov Director '77-83, central figure in smallpox eradication, former Task Force for Global Health & Carter Center leader, Senior Fellow at the @gatesfoundation, and
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Katja [screaming 5ever!!] Antares, a 🐱🐲.
ktdrg
#MeanwhileInCanada, the RCMP is still committing the same racist terrorism it was founded to, we're still funding neo-Nazis wherever it benefits Canadian investors (so everywhere!), pushing immigration policy even more
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Lubna
LubnaaSabir1
There was a time Islamic intellectual culture had some of the greatest critical thinkers, philosophers, inventors known to man. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā 854 CE – 925 CE. Famed
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Max Roser
MaxCRoser
Humanity’s history is a battle against the microbes. And for most of our history we were losing very decisively.My new post – and visualization – on how vaccines allowed us
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puu@未来は誰にもわからない
creepyrichard
Years ago I wanted to buy some Noh masks from a carver, who invited me to his home in Fukuchiyama north of Kyoto, picked me up from the station, and
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David Fickling
davidfickling
I keep thinking of this quote from Frank Snowden, about the way epidemics exploit the underlying pathologies of the societies they infect: Look at the prominence of aged care workers
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Junia R. Joplin
jrjoplin
There's an purportedly Christian argument I keep hearing about trans people that we ought to just accept the body God gave us. I think body positivity is a beautiful thing.But
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A.M.
bhalomanush
Depending on which numbers you look at (infections or deaths), these lag 2-3 weeks, and up to 4 weeks. It takes time for these measures to take effect. April was
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ਮੇਘਾ / میگھا
Corinthes
>"Sitala, 'she who loves the cool', is addressedas Mata Devi or great mother. She is accompanied [by] smallpox, which is under her control. Sitala is known by names: Jag Rani,
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
Day 2 al-Mustazhir billah would ascend the caliphal throne at the ripe old age of 16 . . . In the span of two years-- so many of the key
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Elaine van Dalen
elainevdalen
This idea is going round on the internet, but it is not true. Ibn Sina upheld the possibility of disease transmission for certain diseases, but he did not introduce the
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Keith Holmes
KeithHo56221065
https://twitter.com/DrDomPimenta/status/1381596861547610112?s=20 The zero covid crew like to paint this picture that if we don’t eliminate the virus via NPI’s something never done before that we will despite incredibly efficacious vacci
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Dr Benjamin Janaway
drjanaway
Allison Pearson once again demonstrates profound and motivated ignoranceVaccines are FOR those without the infection and are proven to save lives. When did you last have smallpox dumbass?*Pearson's razor: If
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