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Mencius Moldbugman
moldbugman
THREADStrap yourself in for a long one. I’m about to share the sordid and twisted tale of Simon Mol: the African human rights and anti-racist who literally - LITERALLY -
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A Marm Kilpatrick
DiseaseEcology
Very provocative new paper by @dylanhmorris @jlloydsmith on effects of temp & humidity on survival of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces. Need to be careful in interpreting most novel aspects of this
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Joe Howard
Ginteger
Currently, there is no hard evidence that proves COVID-19 spreads more effectively in the colder months. There is, however, some possible evidence that is merely inconclusive. The only way to
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Bloomberg Opinion
bopinion
Last week’s 750 billion-euro ($877 billion) Covid-19 rescue fund marked a high point in the EU’s economic plan.But a new flare-up in infections on the continent is a grim reminder
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David Fisman
DFisman
In follow up to some of the remarks I made to @CBCIsmaila on @metromorning this am...here's a plot of test positivity in Ontario over time. This is a pretty good
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Jeremy Howard
jeremyphoward
Last week I presented to the WHO Guidelines Development Group. It was targeted towards infectious disease epidemiologists, but many folks have asked me to share the presentation.So, here's a video
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Ammar Rashid ☭🌹
AmmarRashidT
Imran Khan, Asad Umar & Insafians keep making a fundamental mistake about the entire purpose of lockdowns and social distancing, which is clearly sabotaging Pakistan's entire covid-19 response. This urgently
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Ariel Beccia
arielbeccia
Part 2 of my "Intersectional Approaches in Epidemiology" resource series is up today on #EpiToDate! Focus this time is on bridging social theory with quantitative methods Many thanks to
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Noah Smith 🐇
Noahpinion
1/It's time for:Coronavirus Tweets From the Experts, 7/8/2020https://twitter.com/i/lists/1240728073114234880 2/There's a huge tangle of sometimes conflicting information about coronavirus. How can we make sense of it?Read this Andy
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Dilan Esper
dilanesper
I shouldn't have to need to do this, but let me explain to you why court packing is such a bad idea. 1/ First, some observations. The most important one-
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Anthony Costello
globalhlthtwit
Karl Friston's model suggests that LSHTM/Imperial/Academy of Medical Sciences projections of numbers of deaths in a second wave are way too high. But a functioning ‘find, test, trace, isolate, support
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Rhys White 🧬
RiboRhys
Our #research into #pandemic multidrug-resistant E. coli O25b:H4:ST131 is FINALLY out in @FrontMicrobiol Using WGS to show companion animals represent occasional spillover hosts rather than primary reservoirs for the ST131
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Chris Alemany🌹 🇨🇦 (he/him)
chrisalecanada
We were at 300 in Canada last Sunday... the exponential trend line in my spreadsheet had us just below 800 by today.Today we are 1400.The line says just over 4500
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Gro-Tsen
gro_tsen
Let me try to explain a point which I think isn't widely known: in computing attack rates, the distribution of infectious contacts a person MAKES is less important than the
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Thunder Patriot
ThunderWins
@austere1A In September 2019, Trump signed an EO regarding vaccines. In it we see that, under the Secretary of Defense, it is ordered that the efficacy of vaccines be evaluated.
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Chris Hayes
chrislhayes
This piece from @rmc031 about school safety amidst Covid is a really worthwhile read. It pumps the breaks on the level of certainty we have that "the science says" in-person
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