#Randomization

Anton Pottegård

Pottegard

THREAD: Are you a journalist writing about the newest study by Didier Raoult on #hydroxychloroquine in #COVID19? Allow me to point to a few issues...TL;DR: One of the worst studies

Health Nerd

GidMK

NEJM, arguably the biggest medical journal in the world, has just published this study stating that "remdesivir may have clinical benefit in patients with severe Covid-19"A quick skim says to

Steak-umm

steak_umm

friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not

u221e

hdevalence

Cryptography specifications for Apple/Google's Bluetooth contact tracing system: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-CryptographySpecification.pdf The key schedule is very si

Noah Haber

NoahHaber

"Measure twice, cut once" is bullshit.A brief thread rant on woodworking and causal inference (yeah, you read that right).From table legs to descriptive stats tables, from picture frames to the

Luciana Borio, MD

llborio

THREAD: 1. Many are asking questions about the latest RCT on hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), preprinted on @medrxivpreprint Chen A, et al. Efficacy of HCQ in patients with COVID-19: results of a

Margot Kushel MD

MKushel

Our paper, RCT on PSH for the highest user of healthcare is out @HSR_HRET. PSH w/ intensive case management ends homelessness for 86% of the highest users of multiple services.

foone

Foone

Because @FlemishDog complained, I redrew this icon using the official Tetris Colors. https://twitter.com/win_icons/status/1265991217419972608 because yeah, if you didn't know, there's an official set of guidelines which all Tetris g

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

ProfDFrancis

Dear Nobel Prize Committee,I would like to claim my Nobel Prize please.For curing cancer.Can you post me my medal, or do I have to come and collect it in person?#FOAMED

Andrew Zeitlin

AndrewZeitlin

Should developing countries use training or cash grants to combat youth unemployment?Craig McIntosh & I have a new paper out today helping answer that question, working in Rwanda w/ @poverty_action,

Francisco Marty, MD

FranciscoMarty_

Updated the #RECOVERYtrial topline results summary table of the #dexamethasone arm compared to usual care for treatment of hospitalized patients with #COVID19.Got additional information colleagues shared in Twitter.Thread with some

Pramesh CS

cspramesh

The preprints of the #SOLIDARITY trial are out on MedRxiv. While many may lament that all four drugs tested did not show benefit, this is a remarkable trial for many

Dave Holtz

daveholtz

Excited to share a new working paper w/ @sinanaral, which uses a simulation-based approach to understand how methods from the networks literature can reduce bias in online marketplace experiments.SSRN: https://bit.ly/2xeTFvq Dropbox:

The Election Wizard

Wizard_Predicts

Why are polls are so unreliable???Is it bias? Conspiracy? Poor methods?Well, it's complicated. But I'll try to explain. (1/17) #Polling has drastically evolved. The dawn of modern election Polling began

Health Nerd

GidMK

Ok, so there's a lot to unpack here. This was a randomized controlled trial looking at the impacts of fasting on lying in lean and obese peopleHeadline finding - obese

Liz O’Sullivan

lizjosullivan

Kinda excited and kinda sad that in my short career as a tech activist, I can now, for the first time, throw up my hands and say “I’ve been talking