#Effectiveness

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

A big challenge in determining the effectiveness of policy interventions (i.e. social distancing) is that there are really several buckets that determine how bad the outbreak is in any given

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

If populations are highly vaccinated, we'd expect a higher proportion of future cases to have been previously vaccinated (because by definition, there aren't as many non-vaccinated people around to be

Maggie LaBerge 🇨🇦

MaggieMay243

This is disappointing, but not surprising. Gatekeepers still exist, & sometimes it means gatekeeping resources that members need after sexual misconduct. The leadership has been clear. Sexual misconduct has no

Daniel Levitt

daniellevitt22

The debate around masks is endless, with scientific articles that support their effectiveness, while other studies state that they don’t add value. This is rightfully extremely confusing, but we need

Radha Iyengar Plumb

RadhaKIyengar

this is v important tl;dr- antibody testing isn't a panacea. its effectiveness depends on rates of infection and test quality. you can follow the math earlier in the thread or

Laura Kayali

LauKaya

France's administrative court walks data retention tightrope. A thread on today's decision.https://www.politico.eu/article/french-administrative-authority-partially-revokes-data-retention-scheme/ In a mixed assessment of national ru

Greg

ochimusha108

People want straight up magic/ninjutsu to happen in One Piece.Not going to happen in One Piece.Haki (thereby premonition), Devil Fruits, and the effectiveness of hypnotism is about as magical as

Nicholas Smith

nickthewriter

Today marks the end of 6 years as a trustee at the incomparable @SwitchboardLGBT – and I thought I’d thread together my thoughts for those considering taking up #charity trusteeship…

David Evans

DaveEvansPhD

**HOW MUCH DOES THAT INTERVENTION COST?**I just moderated a @CEGA_UC panel with editors from four economics or development journals about how to make cost data more prevalent in studies and

Laura Elliott

TinyWriterLaura

while it’s great to hear some good news re: the development of a vaccine, I am super wary about people believing this to be a magic bullet and subsequently finding

❌Harvey Staub 💪🇺🇸🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️

HarveyStaub1

1)Gov. Cuomo & the ventilator mess he created. In July, 2011, the CDC stated:”Individuals who require a ventilator are unlikely to recover sufficient function to contribute to the preservation of

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

Let's leave everything else on the table. In my field, public health, @realDonaldTrump is a menace. He botched the response to COVID19. 1/https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1643/rapid-responses He's reached down into @NIH to targe

Tailsteak📎

tailsteak

"Debate me, you coward!"Are you skilled at debate, then?"I'm the best!"So you would agree that there is such a thing as debate skill?"Of course!"Ergo, the outcome of a debate is

Professor Philip Nolan

President_MU

A lot of comment on the number and severity of cases being detected now compared to the peak of the pandemic; the commentary is underestimating both the effectiveness of surveillance

Eilis Barry

eilis_barry

The Equal Status Act 2000 was commenced 20 years ago today. It prohibits discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment in the provision of services, accommodation and in schools and colleges. There

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

Big knowledge gap was will the COVID RNA vaccines work vs B.1.351 and P.1 variants. Now Pfizer protects well vs B.1.351! ~75% against infection ~97% against severe/fatal diseaseVery good news