#Explainer

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Much of the confusion about masks is because people conflate preventing infection (PPE for hospitals) with stopping transmission (cloth masks for all). Share this explainer I wrote with @jeremyphoward &

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: Monday 23 Nov update of Covid-19 trajectoriesIt’s been a while... but these are the charts I’m going to be using to track the rise and fall of autumn/winter outbreaksThis

plagued by grief

G0THLAWYER

not enough people know what I’m talking about because otherwise you’d all be saying I’m RIGHThttps://twitter.com/g0thlawyer/status/1387940794451910660 yes I’m now gonna do an explainer. the “story” is that phoebespears was a

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samaalbaik

i really dont usually do this but it came to my attention that there are so many misconceptions about gender equality in religion, especially islam so!! heres a thread on

Andy Frain

AndyAlexFrain

You might have read this morning about the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) Bill. See below for a quick explainer, and why some are concerned that this Bill will

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

This is either mind-numbingly clueless, or terrifyingly sinister. As with most things with these super-rich and super-powerful doofuses, it's hard to tell which it is...and there's a good chance that

Brendan

irvinebroque

.@NathanTankus’ Substack > undergrad macro econ 101.When you can learn more from a few paid newsletters than a $$$$ undergrad semester, the system has already crumbled. No amount of Zoom

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wehearttrash

PSA: If you see any of these at a riot, these people are trying to use you to help destroy the cops so they can create their own police state.

Fiona Bloomer

DrBloomer

BBC News - NI health trusts 'stopped from carrying out early abortions' @BBCJayneMcC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-52221872 In another layer to the story to the delay to abortion services starting in Northern Ireland

Alpha Echo Hotel

aehibbins

I've seen a lot of inaccurate reporting in the media of how the NHS health surcharge works, so here's an explainer as someone who's actually had to pay it (THREAD):

Wolfgang Blau

wblau

A topic I keep thinking and reading about is how to define 'climate literacy' for news organisations. What are those basics that newsroom managers need to establish amongst their staff

Ed Yong

edyong209

In this immunology explainer, I noted that some anecdotal accounts of COVID-19 reinfections exist, but to confirm them, you'd need to sequence the genes of the virus from both infections

Charles #GetCovered-ba

charles_gaba

With #COVID19 pandemic, the Universal Coverage debate is flaring up again. Many #M4All advocates think THIS will get everyone on board, but most of the concerns are still there. In

Marc-André Argentino

_MAArgentino

2021 mega thread on the research I share on Twitter related to QAnon and extremism.2020 mega threadhttps://twitter.com/_MAArgentino/status/1257115925523902464 1/ Started of the year with talking with the gentlemen from @QanonAnonymous about

James Kirkup

jameskirkup

Liz Truss confirms to Parliament that the Government will not amend the Gender Recognition Act to allow people to chose their own legal gender without medical approval.https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/response-to-gender-recognition-ac

Gavin Freeguard

GavinFreeguard

NEW CIVIL SERVICE STATSFollow @aliceolilly for the main thread (https://mobile.twitter.com/aliceolilly/status/1298540224641892357) but here's a bit more on grade...The most junior grades - Admin Officer/Assistant - account for a third o