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Timothy Gowers
wtgowers
I want to say a little bit more about @joel_c_miller's point below, and explain why, like several more knowledgeable people I follow (such as @nataliexdean), I am sceptical about the
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Sanjeev Sabhlok, Pope @Church of Reason & Liberty
sabhlok
Australian govt. states that even during Spanish flu, only "about 25 per cent of the world’s population was infected". This means herd immunity was attained at very low levels. Why
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Ben Shapiro
benshapiro
If Cuomo's preliminary antibody estimates for NYC are correct, actual infection fatality rate in the city is 0.8 percent. Good news: that's far lower than the WHO 3-4 percent estimate.
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M
pseudo_sapiens
It's a choice between either the economy being on ventilator or people being on ventilator.We can prevent both going on ventilator & a lot of it depends on self discipline
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C. Michael Gibson MD
CMichaelGibson
ThreadAmazing at this point how little we know about #coronavirus:1. We have a range of R0 from 2.0 to 5.7; that is a massive range. 2. Do we know if
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Stephen Reicher
ReicherStephen
Science is necessary to good decision-making on COVID-19.Science isn't sufficient for good decision-making decision making on COVID-19. To claim it is masks political judgements and choices for which leaders must
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Jennifer Jacobs
JenniferJJacobs
NEWS: Hope Hicks, who traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the presidential debate on Tuesday, and to his Minnesota rally yesterday, has coronavirus, sources tell me.
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Anne Mueller
Mller6Anne
initially we knew very little about Covid-19. It was a new virus on the scene. By now we know a lot more about it and there are no valid arguments
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
'Infection blocking immunisation' to #COVID19 lasts for longer than might have been anticipated at the beginning of the pandemic (~1-2 years on average). 'Symptom reducing immunity' likely for far longer
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Henry G Overman
henryoverman
Any one help with a statistical question on the comparison between ONS infection survey rates (static) versus test results (growing) for Covid-19? As ONS make clear, sampling frame mean that
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Yardley Yeadon
MichaelYeadon3
Did you know that Norway doesn’t do track & trace?Surprising? Not really. It’s not necessary & 2min of thought explains why not. Indeed, even WHO never recommended this method of
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Jen Heemstra
jenheemstra
You've no doubt seen talk about "reopening" the country. In Georgia, it's even happening. Is this a good idea? We say that we need more testing in order to know.
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Jerm
mynameisjerm
The data keeps confirming that COVID-19 is barely worse than the flu.On 19 May, Dr John Ioannidis (et al) published their review of global cases, which found lethality ranging between
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Clay Travis
ClayTravis
LA & USC joint study says 4% of LA county has antibody to coronavirus. Meaning actual infection rate is 28-55x higher in LA than previously thought. Drives death rate from
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Danny Boy
Care2much18
We started the morning of August 1st with 6 confirmed cases in hospital, it's at 27 today.The idea that all these cases wouldn't make more people sick was always ludicrous
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Pink Ferret, Still Bleu
Ferretgrove
We need to talk about SOHO, in fact we need to talk about one street in SOHO, Old Compton Street and specifically, the Wardour Street end of Old Compton Street
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