#Burden

Meg Heckman

meg_heckman

1/n This week shows (again) that much of our social infrastructure—namely our health care and criminal justice systems—suffers from persistent structural racism. Also that our concept of white womanhood too

The Telegraph

Telegraph

India has set a global record for Covid infections.On Sunday there were 349,691 new infections and 2,767 deaths.The true mortality is thought to be up to 10x higher.Beyond the dreadful

Flux Système is Queer

TheFluxSystem

Let’s talk about BPD: What it is and what it isn’t. (A thread) What is BPD?BPD, or Borderline Personality Disorder, is a mental disorder that affects how a person perceives

HUNTSMAN 🇺🇸

man_integrated

Thread on ReshoringSome very smart people are using COVID-19 to point out our dependency on China-origin supply chains, and call for reshoring of manufacturing to the US.Here's where the chokepoints

Anaphilo

AnadalePhilo

Reading through the High Court of Australia's Pell decision. As a layman w/ interest but no legal qualifications whateverhttps://jade.io/article/724774 It has 129 sections.(thread)1-10. Procedural history, the court's proper role in

Charles Swanton

CharlesSwanton

1/24 - Can we decipher order from cancer genomes? Our new paper “Pervasive chromosomal instability and karyotype order in tumour evolution” comes out in Nature today: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2698-6 @BCRFcure @TheCrick

Students for Ethical Admissions

EthicalStudents

Several students have asked us if AAMC has addressed concerns about the standardization of the COVID-length MCAT.They have. But, not publicly.Here is what they've made available to the med schools

(((Brent Goldfarb)))

brentdg2

1/ Is the replication crises a replication crisis or a problem of testimony? A new AMR paper by me, and Not-on-Twitters (NoTs) Andy King & Tim Simcoe reframes the problem.

Buffy Wicks

BuffyWicks

2020 was a year of historic significance. A global pandemic. Economic hardship. Racial reckoning.But it’s in these moments of consequence that we’re reminded govt *does* have a role to play.

Khorlarwole 💰🌏🇳🇬🇳🇬

kolaa007

I want to start a thread on some weird cultures and facts in africa some will shock you. Please sit back and enjoy. You are free to add yours too.

Farah Qaiser

this_is_farah

I'm tuning into @CIHR_IHDCYH's "Conducting health research during #COVID19: Challenges & solutions for leadership & productivity" #sparklive panel featuring moderator @DrCChambers with panelists @peterjgill, @KC0nn0r, @Taylo

The Epstein Stank

HeyWashDatAss2

1: #NowYoReligionStankyTooTrump's first Attorney General gave Jeffrey Epstein a very VERY lenient plea deal for being accused of underage sex trafficking.https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/10/mike-pence-backs-alex-acosta-amid

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update June 18: Even as surges start to hit the South and West, all states must prepare for what’s next.With only 5-7% of the public infected, we can’t be

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

If you've read U Missouri econ prof Michael Hudson's writings on the subject, you know that for millennia, rulers in these circumstances simply wiped out the debts, declaring a "jubilee"

Gro-Tsen

gro_tsen

Why the fck is the WHO saying this? I get that they want to discourage the “oh, let's just let everyone get infected” ‘policy’, but “no evidence” at all that

تنوير

TanveerJeewa

Ramadhan is starting and we are being gifted with this trashy court argument about how the closure of mosques is (supposedly) unjustifiably infringing the applicants' (and Muslims in general) right