#Estimates

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/And new from @USC @lapublichealth: An antibody study showing 4% of LA has been infected. With a clear explanation:"Infections from the new coronavirus are far more widespread - and the

Graham Appleton

GrahamFAppleton

#Curlew thread from the UK and #WaderTales, in preparation for World Curlew Day: 21st April (@WCDApril21) We need to learn to value and conserve the world's curlews before species disappear

John B

johnb78

We have a well accepted value range of the spending required to save a life when evaluating public safety infrastructure projects, which is about $2-5m. It's noticeable that the Downer

zoë “leonardo doujinshi” quinn

UnburntWitch

If anyone hasn’t done it yet, someone should make a list of every politician who is saying X number of deaths is worth stimulating the economy rn and make the

Rich Pancost #BlackLivesMatter

rpancost

Everyone, gather round! I want to tell you how the marvelous @LucasAntics Park Row artwork came to pass! In 2014, Bristol was preparing to be the European Green Capital in

Taniel

Taniel

Before Maricopa's report last night, Trump needed to win all that was left in AZ by 15.1%.After that report, he needed to win what was left by 17.3%.After Pinal today,

Tom Moultrie

tomtom_m

Another thing. Both @Presidency_ZA and the Minister of Health have suggested that ‘hotspots’ will remain so declared until they have fewer than 5 active cases per 100 000 population. What

Zarrar Khuhro

ZarrarKhuhro

I'm going to tweet excerpts from a NYT story that has made my blood boil. It's about how AMericanm farmers are destroying crops because it is now unprofitable to export

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Wrote about why India likely has 25K+ deaths dailyPushback: we lack hard data on crematoriums so we can't be sureTrueBut we get 25K+ deaths no matter how you lookAnother approach:400,000

(((David Colarusso)))

Colarusso

If you think 100,000 deaths will act as a wake up call, consider that the average American has only a 4% chance of being close to one of the deceased.

Yiqin Fu

yiqinfu

The Chinese magazine Renwu just published a long feature on “algorithms and food delivery drivers”.Apparently the delivery platforms ask drivers to follow ***walking*** rather than driving directions, so drivers have

Alex Andreou

sturdyAlex

This is the second time Johnson mentions the 500,000 figure, as a metric of what a ‘success’ tens of thousands of deaths represents.This figure is from National Security report to

Yvette, exiled Queen of the Seychelles.

TheSciBabe

#COVID19 will probably end up having approximately a 1% infection fatality rate. Which means millions of people dying in America alone.But fatality isn’t the only bad outcome from this, and

THE BLACK SALTIRE#FBSI

80_mcswan

The GERS report estimates how much money is spent for Scotland’s benefit by the Scottish gov & public sector but it also includes how much is spent on ‘Scotland’s behalf’

Michael Plank

MichaelPlankNZ

The India travel ban is concerning and I really hope it is a short-term measure and there will be support for stranded travellers. People are rightly asking why travel bans

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thatflowermom

STOP BELIVING YOUR OB WHEN THEY SAY YOUR BABY IS MEASURING “TOO BIG” AND YOU NEED TO BE INDUCED. 99% of the time baby is NOT “too big”US weight estimates