#Magnitude

Anupam Singh

anupampom

People don't distrust science because evidence base is changing but because human (non)experts use a low quality information to overstate opinions make absolutist pronouncement. Even a top Doc-scientist like Fauci

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Deep breath. In the last five weeks, more than 24 million workers applied for unemployment insurance. That is more than one in seven workers. 1/ All else equal, job losses

NO TOUCHING

jdp19

- Coronavirus pandemic- Earthquakes in SLC and Idaho- Tornadoes in Alabama and Mississippi- Locust infestations in Africa and Asia- Australian bushfireMaybe these events aren't altogether abnormal. Or maybe the 2012

Amphibious Rodent

inthecitylimits

My dear Wormwood, let me teach you how to magnify a crisis 10 or 100 fold. First, and this is very important, you must find a genuine crisis. Preferably something

Ari Paul ⛓️

AriDavidPaul

Nope. Not to pick on Larry but this is a good excuse to talk about what correlation means and doesn’t mean. Very often you have two assets that can even

Vestimir

vestimir

Quick summary on the current state of web development on Apple M1 (a thread) First, the elephant in the room: golang 1.16 will introduce support for Apple M1, but it's

ByJohnLMicek

ByJohnLMicek

A Thread: This may not be the most original take in the world, but it is one that occurs to me nonetheless: Yes, more Pa. counties will open this weekend.

John Hayward

Doc_0

It's a shame that our political and media class is so childish, neurotic, and politically blinkered that it can't accept Barr's entirely accurate point without dissolving into a puddle of

Matt M

psuweatherman

Confidence increases regarding a significant offshore flow event late in the weekend - not just strong winds, but the very dry airmass with it. Comparing offshore gradients SFO-WMC. (1/4)2017 Wine

Old Sport

barelybarebear

Trying to remain a realist in our current situation which is hard seeing how only a very few of us have ever lived through/during a pandemic of this magnitude. I

Andrew Noymer

AndrewNoymer

Convalescent serum: the new hydroxychloroquine. Convalescent serum has a long and successful history in fighting disease.But that doesn't mean that it will necessarily succeed for *any* disease.It needs to be

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kristoncapps

This comic makes me so angry.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/covid-road-trip.html On March 15, there were a hell of a lot more cases of coronavirus than the detected number of 289. Maybe orders of magnitude

Dr Stephen Hicks 🇪🇺

seismo_steve

Truly awful scenes coming out of Beirut.It seems the explosion(s) was so strong, it was picked up on seismometers up to 500 km away. This seismic section shows signals consistent

Pwn All The Things

pwnallthethings

I mean, this is right in a sense. Lots of folks (imo) conflating chance of illegitimate attempts to subvert the election (certain) with chance they succeed (less much less certain).

Adam Payne

adampayne26

Brandon Lewis says he gave the correct answer when he said last week that HMG's plan for Northern Ireland would break international lawThis is after Lord Keen said yday that

Eric Topol

EricTopol

The success of Japan with a *unique strategy*, emphasizing attention to super-spreader venues and the 3 C's (closed spaces, crowds, and close-contact settings). Little testing, no lockdown.https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/japan-e