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Danny Boy

Care2much18

In the coming weeks, a lot of people are going to die in Europe and some are remarkably blasé or uninformed about it.Europe-wide trends are following Florida trends of high

Anne Wyllie

awyllie13

AND IT’S LIVE: our latest pre-print, on the use of saliva as a diagnostic sample for #SARSCoV2 testing, from the massive team effort on Yale’s #COVID19 response @YaleSPH @YaleEMD @YaleMed

Andy Netherwood

AndyNetherwood

OTD 2006 Nimrod XV230 crashed in Afghanistan killing all 14 men on board. It wasn’t brought down by enemy action, but a failure of ‘leadership, culture and priorities’ at BAE

James Sumner

JamesBSumner

Typically woeful magical thinking here. This from an Oxford spokesbeing: "Remote invigilation is widely used in the higher education sector." Erm, no, it *isn't*, if you're talking about the UK.

Ubadah Sabbagh

neubadah

Unprecedented statements from scientists & scientific institutions on the Trump administration's handling of the Covid19 pandemic and the 2020 election, a :Starting with the most recent editorial from @NEJM 1/n

The Catholic Linguist

Vlinguist

You’ll see it in the headlines from time to time. It’s usually some variant of “which language did #Jesus speak?” or “is ISIS exterminating the language of Jesus?”. Scholars –

Jared Sichel

thejaredsichel

1/ It seems like the dominant lockdown justification is moving from "We need to bend the curve" (buy time for ICU system to increase capacity) to "We need to save

Mr. Harris

Mr_Harris_Math

Bitmoji: A Thread With the pandemic forcing most teachers to adopt an online persona, Bitmoji has emerged as the go-to avatar generator. Few will be surprised that I have mixed

Stop AAPI Hate

StopAAPIHate

#StopAAPIHate is more than just a rallying cry. It is a call for meaningful change to civil rights infrastructure, to community investments, to school curriculum. Here are four steps

Eric Topol

EricTopol

The next wave of diagnostic testing is for antibodies to #COVID29 Countries already on it or starting: Germany, Netherlands, UK, Singapore, South Korea, ChinaCountry with no plan: UShttps://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/04/02/an-antib

Rohit Jindal 📚

rohit_jindal29

A THREAD on key ideas from the book "Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig:1/The pencil is mightier than the pen. 2/Mental reflection is so much

Lindsay Ellis

lindsayaellis

THREAD: Brown University's president lays out how she believes campuses can open in this @nytimes piece, saying doing so should be a "national priority." A few thoughts below:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opinion/coronavirus-colleg

Louie [BTC]

LouPalumbo

Thread of Links to articles and studies that show news about the true #COVID19 infection/mortality rates. “Science”1) German Study:0.37% Fatality Rate(Median Age 7 years older than US)https://reason.com/2020/04/09/preliminary-german-study-shows-a-co

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neilsburneracct

Not really into predicting stuff, but I don't think many people (media or voters) are prepared for how catastrophic this coming election will likely be. Nobody is being even close

Philip Rocco

PhilipRocco

Lot of post-2016 handwringing among pundits and academics about the future of American democracy. The vast majority of it was genuinely unhelpful because it failed to give real people the

Alexandra Thorn

AlexandraThorn9

4) Selective pressure explains the phenomenon of antimicrobial resistant "supergerms" as well as pesticide resistant insects. It's a well-documented phenomenon. 5) To ensure that classes of pesticides continue to be