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Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

The fatality rate that @fayedsouza refers to is the "case fatality rate" (CFR). Let's remember that it tells us almost nothing about the true "infection fatality rate" (IFR) in India

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking. Be careful with this one.Newly-reported deathsToday: 654Yesterday: 1,091One week ago (5/17): 839Newly-reported casesT: 21KY: 21K5/17: 21KNewly-reported testsT: 379KY: 365K5/17: 403KPositive test rate:T

Terrence McCoy

terrence_mccoy

I don’t think people are quite getting how significantly the arrival of the P1 variant has changed the game in Brazil, signaling a much darker phase of the pandemic, and

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

I made a Table on the striking differences in COVID deaths in 6 countries1) Case fatality rate differences partly explained by testing frequency: except Italy— reflects overwhelmed system?2) Deaths/million: likely

Manish Bhatt

mkb_tweet

How India fares against US in number of covid-19 cases, testing, mortality rateUSA has conducted more than 15 million tests, President Donald Trump on Wednesday informed on Twitter, adding that

Harry Haury

letsthinkdeeply

@DanCrenshawTX @gummibear737 There are a number of things you need to know about CIVID19 that are not talked about a lot that are causing a lot of confusion right now:1)

Economic Policy Institute

EconomicPolicy

March’s huge job loss numbers rival the worst months of the Great Recession, and these numbers do not include millions who filed unemployment claims toward the end of March. This

Atul Gawande

Atul_Gawande

This outbreak is vital to understand. It shows what we still face if younger folks go unvaccinated. 47% of health care workers refused vax, while only 10% of residents did.

Ethical Skeptic ☀

EthicalSkeptic

Yesterday we saw that we are nominally below the pandemic threshold and are two weeks (?) from The Crossover Point, the point where deaths from over-reaction exceed deaths from Covid

Aurangzeb, The Great

AlamgirTheGreat

Why death rate is higher 4 above 60 years age?It is 68% now in India, for age above 60 yearsWhat is the difference bet India & China for #CoronaVirus?Whether we

Independent Thinker

citizenxmadison

@RealCandaceO Been doing some of my own research, and I'd love your input.TLDR: Looking for data that answers either of these questions...Does generational poverty increase criminalityor doesgenerational criminality increase poverty?

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zei_squirrel

socialism = inefficient bureaucracy, but if you want to apply for tax credits, grants, scholarships, welfare and other means-tested programs you have to submit form after form which is processed

dominikk85

dominikkeul

Thread regarding ideal average LA: Ideally you probably would have a 25 deg average LA, however there are two problems with that:1. LAs above 35 deg are mostly useless2. LAs

Pat Bayer

PatBayerNC

I wanted to highlight a few Covid-related #'s that I have been watching closely over the past week. I'll start w/ the more hopeful news. Over the past 2 weeks,

Andrew Miller

AndrewMillerKY

This is ignorant. That "fatality" rate is not your chances of dying if you get it. It's how many people it killed (under 25) divided by the population (under 25).

Ash Sarkar

AyoCaesar

Black people in this country are stopped & searched for drugs at 9x the rate of white people. Asian people are stopped & searched for drugs at 3x the rate