#Inequalities

Greg Muttitt

FuelOnTheFire

With a week’s post-thesis holiday in Cornwall, I finally got round to reading Frank Snowden's Epidemics and Society. I found it absolutely gripping. A few things stand out for me

Tom Ogorzalek

TKOPolitics

A quick thread on race, PPP covid relief, and Chicago. TL/DR: Yesterday, after dogged pressure from watchdogs and transparency advocates, the Department of Treasury released some data on the recipients

Michael Bayer

mbayer1248

One of the things that is truly conspicuous to me is the collective abdication of prophetic leadership by the U.S. Catholic bishops on matters of fundamental justice in recent years.

Clive Peedell

cpeedell

THREAD on healthcare for US voters:Republicans repeatedly claim that “socialised” medicine means taking healthcare away from people. I come from the UK, the home of socialised medicine since 1948 in

Russell Wallack

Russell_Wallack

1/ Ultimate community. Curious to have a sense of your interest on something. @SheaSerrano has been just collecting and distributing money, no questions asked.As these $1,200 deposits start hitting bank

Leila Lawton

LeilaLawton3

A thread. A therapist’s personal experience of recognition trauma. In a pandemic-the world awakened to racialised injustice, through the amplified lens of social media -black &brown key workers front in

🔥Al Raven 📖

alraven3

Some important notes on the Swiss political system: (Voutat, Rayner, 2017) The '(actually semi-/pseudo-) direct democracy' in Switzerland creates a dimension of indeterminacy (a key component of the ideal of

Jason Warr

WarrCriminology

Thread on #education, #prison and the problematic concept of #rehabilitation. This relates to aon the false narratives and fundamental errors being made with regard to #LearningTogether. I do not want

Temitope

TemitopeNicho

Education, youth unemployment and social unrestA thread https://temitopeogundejiinfo.wordpress.com/2020/10/25/education-youth-unemployment-and-social-unrest/ By Nike Akerele-De Souza Nigeria is facing an increasing ‘youth bulge’ with a

noy basu

NoyBasu

ThreadAs we settle into the rhythm of thus new normal where uncertainty, anxiety, and premature farewells can knock us sideways, I’m taking a moment to pause, grieve, process and search

Ed Turnham

EdTurnham

I read this blog yesterday. Also yesterday, I received some of the most positive patient feedback of my career. Lady in her 80s, consulted me 4 times over a couple

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: a lot of data on reported Covid deaths is highly suspect, so we’ve been looking into excess mortality — how many more people than usual have been dying around

WHO/Europe

WHO_Europe

Today WHO/Europe launches “Alcohol pricing in the WHO European Region” – an update report on the evidence & recommended policy actions. According to this new report, monetary policies can both

Petra Boynton

DrPetra

This is a thread for all involved with the @FemaleHsdd study @imperialcollege on how to fix their 'Sexcuses' study. And also hopefully a learning point for anyone interested in what

Andrew Fisher

FisherAndrew79

If you value the NHS, vote for it #GE2019 #VoteLabour Pledge 1: £1bn to restore the nurses’ training bursary for nurses to help recruit 24,000 extra nurses & midwives.Why

Iesha Small (“eye-ee-sha”)

ieshasmall

“There has been a curious mixture of superiority and fatalism about Britain’s entire response to covid-19.“ - we know best coupled with old ppl gonna die anyway, innit?https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-comforting-and-misleading-politic