#Effectiveness

The realisation sneaking up and hitting us hardest of all is the yawning chasm between how things are said to work on paper and how things *really* are. On paper,
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Ok. I just made a ton of people doubt themselves when I tweeted "waitlists are for the weak". I truly believe this, but I also believe new founders don't know
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1/Masks ARE political. They have no basis in science—except perhaps political science—and have ZERO impact on COVID deaths or cases. Pitched as no-cost interventions they are in-truth linked to incredible
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I’m not a medical professional, but just an ordinary person looking for glimmers of hope in the fight against #COVID19. Here are some potential treatments you can research yourself and
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The insouciance with which Congress has decided “yes, this is the moment to recess for a month” with no ability to work remotely just drives home the hubris that afflicts
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THREADThis article is a challenging read. I had a go at replicating its findings for Ireland to assess the effectiveness of the two lockdown stages in March.I'm quite surprise by
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Don't know who needs to hear this, but:Knowing forecasts about P(Trump_wins (nationally)) is primarily useful only for making informed decisions now about stuff *after* the election e.g. calculating P(event |
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1/5 A thread on why the future of learning at work at stake 2/5 Unlike college courses, union learning is designed to meet specific workplace needs, in collaboration with workers
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I’m seeing some fatalism creep in around whether contact tracing system/app will work. But remember, most the reduction in transmission is likely to come from the first step - when
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Thread on POTUS therapies: Being asked about mab cocktail from Regeneron and remdesivir and what it means? I think a key point is that use of antiviral drugs, if they
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THREAD. The success of Congress’s efforts to support the economy in this once-in-a-century crisis seems to have undermined the perceived need for those efforts to continue.My latest Bloomberg column: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti
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“Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing” https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/03/30/science.abb6936 1/ Isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine are proven methods of infection control
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The @globeandmail published this editorial which argues that it is “unjust” to “discriminate” against non minorities who apply for jobs in academia by prioritizing diverse candidates.(1/n) I am uniquely qualified
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David Ludwig and co-authors just published an interesting study in JAMA Network Open, and an accompanying NYT op-ed. The JAMA study examines how frequently diet trials stick with their preregistered
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[Thread]Instead of dismissing the result, I would actually and actively hope the numbers in China are real because that's the sign that COVID-19 could actually be controlled in a period
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On @ThisWeekABC today I shared some estimates on the number of infectious people in FL. Here are estimates for AZ, CA, GA, TX... AZ: Cases as of 7/4 (94.6K); cases
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