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Conor Ruzycki
caruzycki
I don't know how to write this without stepping on toes, so apologies in advance. Last week seemed to be a big moment of clarification in the medical community regarding
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🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥
kareem_carr
WHAT CAN ARMCHAIR EPIDEMIOLOGY teach us about scientific expertise? Should scientists stay in their lane? Let's discuss ... During the early days of the pandemic, we saw a dramatic
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Jacob 'Means-Tested' Metcalf
undersequoias
Contact tracing via mobile location data is having a moment rn, but it seems entirely beside the point even if it is rigorously privacy-preserving. It smells like tech solutionism to
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peeleraja
peeleraja
I want a world where "where did you do engineering?" is as normal a question as "who is your Art of Living sponsor?" There is no Engineering Nobel prize because
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klondike
klon
Tegnell: "Stockholm and those other cities have big populations from other countries, which is important, because the spread is much bigger and quicker among those populations." https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2020/10/sw
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Hillel Neuer
HillelNeuer
1/ SHAME: Asked by @yvonne_tg @thepulse_rthk about #Taiwan's participation in the U.N.'s World Health Organization, its official Bruce Aylward says "I can't...could't hear"; then hangs up; and then when called
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Kevin Esvelt
kesvelt
Can tracing alone control COVID?Our model: it's possible if we >double efficacy by changing how we trace & use digital apps.Thanks to @willbradbio, @EthanAlley, @jhhhuggins, & epidemiologist @alun_l !https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.06.
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zeynep tufekci
zeynep
Incredible New Zealand study on a mystery transmission in a quarantine hotel. For a while, a garbage can was suspected—one of the very, very few known suspected cases of fomite
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Jon Stanich
JonStanich
Cloth masks will not protect a person from an airborne virus nor will it prevent an infected person from spreading it. Cloth masks that are not sealed are less than
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Brynn Tannehill
BrynnTannehill
I'm not an epidemiologist. But, we've got kids that are supposed to go back to school in the fall. This is what we're seeing, and it's pretty freaking bleak: a
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
FAKE REMEDIES being peddled across India to “protect” against #COVID19. It’s total nonsense. As both an epidemiologist and a firmer nutrition researcher who looked at the study, there is no
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Jin Russell
DrJinRussell
The @nzherald have just published a COVID-19 op-ed written by me and Dr Veronica Playle, on how "Plan B" is totally flawed, inequitable, and totally unworkable for our unique NZ
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Lucy D’Agostino McGowan
LucyStats
It can be very challenging to assess what information to believe. One simple way to evaluate evidence is via something called "Hill's Criteria", considerations to help assess whether an
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Christine Herman
CTHerman
~1,000 @Illinois_Alma students have tested (+) for COVID-19 -- a week into the semester.Officials say mass testing means they’ve identified the problem early enough to intervene. Others say it's time
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
BREAKING: Florida Governor @RonDeSantisFL says he will stop cities from collecting fines for refusing to wear a mask, effectively nullifying mask mandatesAll bars & restaurants open at 100% capacity, ~
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CulturalHusbandry
APhilosophae
In February of 2010 Forbes published an article in the Workd Health Org falsifying the level of concern related to Swine Flu. The title was "WHY THE WHO FAKED A
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