#Publications

Massimo Pizzol

m_outreach

A set of honest questions about measuring performance of academics versus other jobs - to put the insanity in perspective (thread) First some examples of quantitative metrics: number of publications,

Dr Anna Jerzewska

AnnaJerzewska

First thoughts on the new version of the Border Operating ModelNothing has changed – it's all additions to the previous version. We’re getting a lot more info on infrastructure –

Claudia Leone

Claudia_LeoneVI

Review from @NuffieldTrust explores evidence on attitudes to non-medical #mentalhealth careers in the UK and Ireland. There is a wealth of literature on the factors affecting occupational choice but there

Torsten Bell

TorstenBell

Hard not to conclude that's a fairly thin Queen's Speech. Reasonable people might say that's understandable given the Government has had this pandemic thing to deal with. But it's quite

Luke Henriques-Gomes

lukehgomes

The PBO has done a big analysis of jobseeker payments trends over decades and it what it shows really is a national failure. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/30/older-women-and-disabled-people-hardest-hit-by-australias-assault-

Ty

tyrus_

Will start a thread of rules which are rendered irrelevant thanks to the black swan event which is the COVID-19. 1/https://twitter.com/robinnjogu/status/1239230772701270016 2/ https://twitter.com/jonathanmerritt/status/1241415985669824514?s=21 https:

Deirdre Gilhawley

DeeGilhawley

Questions for tomorrow's briefing:1. The scientific advisory group, SAGE, in the UK estimates that closing schools would reduce transmission more than any other single measure (reduce R by 0.2-0.5).What does

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

Q: How do you make your #COVID19 situation look less scary, without actually combating the disease?A: Fiddle with the data.That's what's just happened here in England. Test & Trace have

Shruti Rajagopalan

srajagopalan

This is a helpful thread on a poorly written article in bloomberg on infecting everyone in India to get herd immunity. @mlipsitch was misquoted. And while I agree that India

Dr. Daniel Grossman

DrDGrossman

Hey Senator Cruz!It's me again, Dr. Grossman the ob/gyn and abortion provider. We've gone over this a few times before, but I'm happy to explain pregnancy and abortion to you.

Maia Bittner 🚘☕️🍃💫

maiab

"most Americans can't pay a $400 expense" is commonly quoted (particularly in pitch decks!) but NOT TRUE. The media went crazy misinterpreting a study from the Fed. It came from

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

Lots of serosurveys trickling out, some with more heat than light. Let’s not miss the forest for the trees. A thread. 1/ Whether seroprevalence is 2% or 3% is mostly

James Medlock

jdcmedlock

The extent to which we face equity-efficiency tradeoffs is really overstated. A lot of the time we're sacrificing efficiency to maintain inequality Income inequality has a significant negative effect on

Heidi Hautala

HeidiHautala

1/9 The #NFRD will be revised into a new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive #CSRD. The purpose is to bring sustainability reporting on equal footing with financial reporting. I cannot wait

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

"But autistic people are likely to be in care for life!" Let's have another gallop past some real info.https://files.digital.nhs.uk/publicationimport/pub16xxx/pub16133/comm-care-stat-act-eng-2013-14-fin-rep.pdf is community care info fo

Torsten Bell

TorstenBell

UK families have seen MUCH deeper income hits during the pandemic than those in France and Germany. Headline finding from a new @resfoundation deep dive comparing financial resilience between Europe's