#Mitigation

laere

laere_

As many of you know, Job Market season has started.This month, LAERE will be promoting exciting research by Job Market Candidates working on environmental economics.A thread (1/N) Tabaré Capitán (University

Leana Wen, M.D.

DrLeanaWen

Some have argued that because schools don't contribute significantly to community spread, they should stay open. I disagree. There is explosive #covid19 spread. Most schools should be closed through the winter.My @washingtonpost op

Ian Bogost

ibogost

Since long before COVID, I've been talking with PhD students about the doctoral degree as a giant risk-management exercise. The upside of landing a good academic job is very up

Energy Engineer.

femolevsky

You know that rapid increase in temperature that happens when you turn of the AC or when power is cut (NEPA)? It is because Nigerian homes are built without any

Sheffield UCU

sheffielducu

Yesterday, the Deputy VC & members of the University Executive Board met us to discuss our significant concerns about health & safety arrangements, & the principles we consider necessary before

TheLastRefuge

TheLastRefuge2

If 20,000 people (or more) show up to the beach on July 4th, what the heck do the authorities expect can be done about it? The power of govt. only

Hector Drummond

hector_drummond

An important article from AIER. A year on we can see that Neil Ferguson's modelling was a total failure in the control countries and US states which didn't lock down.

Dr. Niamh Cummins

CumminsNM

This commentary by Anderson et al was just published in @TheLancet on Monday and makes for an interesting read. It explains many of the decisions being made by our specialists

Dr Paula Byrne

pbyrne82

1/7 I did a basic search on PubMed for studies that considered cost of lock-down policies per quality-adjusted-life-year (QALY) saved. QALYs r measures that consider both quantity & quality of

Kavya Balaraman

kavya_balaraman

Busy day for PG&E! A hearing with Judge Alsup this morning, and now @californiapuc is going to vote on approving its Chapter 11 plan. Also, PG&E Corp CFO Jason Wells

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

7 feet or 12 feet is *NOT* the main risk mitigation issue. The main issue is AIRBORNE transmission if someone in the debate hall is a asymptomatic carrier—thus how much

Chanel Rion OAN

ChanelRion

#HAPPENINGNOW: White House Daily Coronavirus Task Force 4/13/20- US continues to make progress; infection rates across nation going flat.- Charts and models early on estimated way more fatalities than latest

Tyler Black, MD

tylerblack32

THREAD: School closure and kids I am an expert in child & adolescent EMERGENCY psychiatry. This is my expert opinion: It's complex, and it is not easy to answerCOVID =

Natasha Bertrand

NatashaBertrand

NEWS: Pelosi admonished top counterintel official Evanina during private briefing this a.m., accusing him of withholding info about Russia. Evanina ultimately acknowledged that Russia is trying to boost Trump’s reelection;

Guy Benson

guypbenson

Doing my job properly requires intellectual honesty, which sometimes entails saying things that I believe are true — even if they criticize ideological allies, and even if they risk angering

Rob Elgas

RobElgasABC7

NEW: Illinois Governor announces new “modified” stay-at-home order. It’s effective May 1st. It includes a lot of new information. THREAD 1/* Illinois’ new stay-at-home order includes allowing some outdoor recreation.