#Masking

Omnipotent Moral Busybody

OBusybody

Here is an updated version of my infographic providing data that shows masking young children in school is impractical and not backed up by research. All 52 citations are in

aki 🦌#OUSTDUTERTE

ohdeeraki

getting anxious with everything rn and im sure you are too, heres some tips i learned in therapy to help each other:- breathing exercise. get off your phone. close your

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

I wrote about a key ally of COVID-19 in this pandemic: Your voice.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/wear-your-mask-and-stop-talking/615796/The virus spreads thru large and small droplets that we produce when we speak and sho

Stephanie Tait

StephTaitWrites

I've seen an uptick in posts today and yesterday sharing/referring to a misleading article that claims that the effectiveness of masks has just been "scientifically debunked."Here's the thing though: they

ᴀnna ɴaomi

banannaomi

allistics'/neurotypicals' collective inability to perceive of experiences other than their own both blows my fucking mind out of the water & simply enrages me, on the daily.https://twitter.com/SNeurotypicals/status/1246154825588289536 LYK

Anna Nibbs SFHEA

nibbsy_a

Okay, everyone’s probably bored already with my ramblings. But before I leave you alone for a bit, I’m just setting up a meta-thread to collate stuff together. I will probably

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

We are nearing 6 million cases in the US: 2% of the population.1 in 50 people. Staggering. 182,000 deaths 560 deaths per million What went wrong? Some things are clearer

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Japan knew it was airborne and changed policies early. “in rooms with dry, stale air—people coughing, sneezing, & even talking & singing, emit tiny particles that defy gravity—able to hang

Andrew Bostom

andrewbostom

1/ “WE CANNOT TEACH IN MASKS”-“Historically, the deprivation of the face & the refusal of contact with others (frequently in the context of virulent disease) have been the very first

David Elfstrom

DavidElfstrom

LISTEN as highly influential Prof John Conly (upper left) of UCalgary, AHS CV19 sci advisory grp, Public Health Agency Canada, Chair WHO Infection Prevention & Control R&D Expert Grp. opposes

The Prince of Good Times

Ak5985965

Wrong. We have an edge over youLand Forces - you have 175,000 troops for entire Western Theatre including Russia and Central Asian nations. Lets say you commit all of them

Ryan Hisner

LongDesertTrain

The debate btwn @kprather88 & @DFisman and the WHO's Dr. Conly should become standard viewing for philosophy/history of science courses. Rarely has such stubborn adherence to scientific dogma plainly contradicted

Paminasaur 🦕🐊🐢🦎

pamina_q

I’ve been thinking about the motivations (beyond plain selfishness) that might drive anti-mask rage. Thread. 1/n In a more functional society, we would have had clear and unified public health

Justin Lessler

JustinLessler

Thrilled our paper on household #COVID19 risk and in person schooling is out in @ScienceMagazine rapid release!https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/04/28/science.abh2939w/ MK Grabowski, @andrewazman, @khgrantz, @Lizstuartdc, @C

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zei_squirrel

he's been very successful at masking it, but obama really is the archetypal demagogue the ancients warned about, who employ populist rhetoric and their personal charisma to channel legitimate frustrations

Gregory Travis

greg_travis

1/Time to dissect https://www.pandata.org/a-critical-analysis-of-the-covid-response/* "All prior knowledge indicates that epidemics are not driven by asymptomatic individuals"A: Polio has a 95% asymptomatic incidence. Virtually ev