#Researchers

Thread: Home canned botulism? Most people are afraid to take up food preservation because they think corporate processed foods are safer. This couldn't be further from the truth. 1/ 2/It's
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Researchers in Paris say analysis of samples from 2 individuals hospitalized on Dec 2, 2019 shows they had #COVID19. Neither had traveled outside of France recently, & never to China.
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A short thread on this new Working Paper "Counting the missteps of the U.S. Federal Government's handling of COVID-19" . This is me w Nancy Krieger @_christiantestaJarvis Chen, L Davis,
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A rad prof at my uni leaked a zoom video on youtube from the uni's senate council mtg, and omg it's juicy & outrageous af. A prof asked if the
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Savarna-Brahmin 'merit', their mediocrity and plagiarism. Thread. Y'day, Indian Express withdrew researcher & former member of PM’s Economic Advisory Council Shamika Ravi's piece after allegations of plagiarism. Shamik
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Interesting new preprint on diagnostic uncertainty - a higher quantity of COVID19 tests will probably do more harm with poor test targeting (eg. contact tracing) i.e more "no test is
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My book will be out in less than a month, and it has a beautiful cover - huge thanks to @OUPHistory @OUPAcademic. The book itself contains a ‘Note on the
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I’ve debated sharing this tweet for a while but it has popped up a few times over the last few weeks so it may be worth sharing as an “on
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Anyways, axolotls already ARE salamanders, they don't "turn into" salamanders they already are. They're just fully aquatic paedomorphic mole salamanders. They're in the exact same family as the tiger salamander,
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Having carefully read this, I'm not sure I would have green-lit this piece to run.I'm not sure the words "mainly from Europe" conveys enough accuracy. I'm not sure a layman
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People keep saying COVID-19 is a 'black swan' event - completely unexpected. Then there's this, from 2013 by @kakape: "This shows, that right now in China, there are bats carrying
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1/6 Hey @ShiraOvide, You wrote: “There are complicated questions that voters have to consider, including whether it’s better to have more jobs with less of a safety net, or fewer
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The REF is gross! It's moronic and it's bad for everyone. That's my thought for the day. I mean, it's harmful, corrosive, & divisive. But it's also embarrassing; it makes
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Vasileios Lampos, a computer scientist at University College London, and other researchers have found that a bevy of symptom-related searches — loss of smell as well as fever and shortness
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Since my follower count has just increased by 50% (thanks, viral Venus thread) I think this is a good opportunity to properly introduce myself to everyone! Hi, I'm Lisa from
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How do multi-disc staff caring for medically and socially complex patients in an Ambulatory "ICU" care model view their work?Presenting our teams qualitative work evaluating SUMMIT A-ICU at an urban
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