#Explainer

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

I’ve not yet seen report on whether Trump has received dexamethasone (steroids); we know he already got remdesivir (antiviral) & “cocktail” of monoclonal antibodies. But steroids, the only drugs proven

Rich Puchalsky Ⓐ

RichPuchalsky

A thread about the debate and the horribleness of the Presidential pardon exchange. Will be boring/ under documented to prison abolitionistshttps://twitter.com/RichPuchalsky/status/1319478480501940228 Here's a short explainer for libera

Helen🏳️‍⚧️💙

mimmymum

I’ve seen loads of disagreement around the term ‘Self ID’ when discussing trans issues.It actually means different things, depending on whether you’re talking about Gender Recognition Act reforms or the

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Since we're doing EU trade deal or not this morning, here's some of the most important considerations:Tariffs if no-deal - particularly affecting UK exports of food and cars, also trade

Brian Burke

bburkeESPN

Answer and explanation to follow in this thread. For the record, at this time there's ~1400 votes.About 99% -- 46%About 90% -- 11%About 67% -- 22%I'm a Bayesian and already

unspinthespin

unspinthespin

Thread: @nationalpost @CTVNews articles pushing @theJagmeetSingh @ElizabethMay @CharlieAngusNDP @DFisman @nenshi @kinsellawarren propagandized idea that people who attend the freedom rallies are either:* closet white supremacists or * conne

Laura Colbert

ColbertLLC

GA could see 100,000-500,000 more uninsured residents as a result of COVID-19 & its economic consequences. That's on top of our existing 1.5 million. When asked about his plan for

Reuters

Reuters

'At one point I was so exhausted … I was saying, if I had no children or partner then it would be easier just to be left in peace,' COVID-patient

Allison Smith

QueensParkToday

This is an explainer thread about yesterday’s pharmacy vaccine change, which I think is needed because there is a lot of confusion “Select pharmacy locations in hotspots are administering

Liam Dillon

dillonliam

THREAD: Courts in California are resuming eviction cases, but there’s also been a battery of new rules that aim to keep tenants economically affected by COVID-19 in their homes. I

Dave Mckenna

DrDaveMckenna

Little thread about virtual committee meetings and viewer experience. Councils are a noticing an increase in viewer numbers, not huge perhaps but enough to ask 'how can we make these

Taeyoon Choi

tchoi8

I'm working on a comic that explains how to read a logarithmic graph. Here are my references. https://youtu.be/Kas0tIxDvrg Bad use of two linear graphs with different scales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2HgeK73ctU Gov Cuomo's

BBC Radio 4

BBCRadio4

We are very proud that mathematician and friend of Radio 4 Sir Roger Penrose is one of three geniuses awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, for his work on black

Siraj Hashmi

SirajAHashmi

The List of ppl who need their phone taken [Oct. 2]:1) @ZaraRahim 2) @Rob_Hoffman 3) @dickc 4) @fart 5) @JRubinBlogger 6) @DeAnna4Congress 7) @latimes 8) @JacobHeilbrunn 9) @drdavidsamadi 10) @gnuseibeh

Calli Schroeder

Iwillleavenow

So this is a question I come up against frequently, not least because I am a privacy-conscious person who is also on Twitter.Time for a mini-thread.https://twitter.com/rahulroy662/status/1387218900899667971 I've done a quick

Lucy D’Agostino McGowan

LucyStats

A paper recently came out in NEJM on COVID-19 patients using remdesivir: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007016Bonovas & @piov1984 wrote a great critique pointing out that the analysis had a flaw!https://www.nejm.org/doi/fu