#Risk

M. Trent Trani

DenverCrimAtty

1) Why is trump’s massive $1 billion dollars of debt to undisclosed foreign creditors, much of which is coming due within the next four years, a national security risk to

Ari Paul ⛓️

AriDavidPaul

Portfolio theory 101: in deciding whether to add an asset to your portfolio and in what size, you only care about two things: the expected value (EV) of the asset

Paul Jakma

pjakma

It is bizarre to live in a world where large chunks of the educated classes have fallen into a fear-driven narrative increasingly detached from the verifiable _facts_ of the state

Jake Dunning

OutbreakJake

I've also been asked about this. Farting is not thought to be a way in which COVID-19 is spread. Certain medical procedures pose a genuine risk of creating infectious aerosols

Yoong

yoongkhean

Not going to repeat the ultra low incidence of blood clots in the AZ vaccines, think we’ve established that the benefits far outweigh the risks now.But since tmrw is the

Rob Donoghue

rdonoghue

Pondering: Risk --> Uncertainty(roll) --> Hard Choice --> Outcome is a sequence I am comfortable with, but Risk --> Hard Choice ---> Roll ---> Outcome makes me uncomfortable for reasons

Lauren Sommer

lesommer

As climate reporters, @rhersher @ryanjamescliff and I keep finding ourselves standing with people in the wreckage of their destroyed homes. Many had no idea they were at risk of floods

InProportion2

InProportion2

1/5Important comments from statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter:* The risk of coronavirus for the young is “staggeringly low”,* the government’s handling of Covid-19 is “embarrassing” 2/5* Gov's treatment of statistics was

Sam Bowman

s8mb

I think the Precautionary Principle" is a bogus way of thinking about risk. Eg, reopening schools. The precautionary principle must work in both directions – we (a) mustn't risk another

Kevin Prindiville

kprindiville1

"No one expected good news when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the May Revision of the California budget...However, we never predicted the biggest blow would go to California’s older adults." Revised

Matt Feld

mattyfeld612

Taking a few moments to make a thread clearing up the most common questions/comments of confusion I saw yesterday.... A popular comment I saw is that states nearby are allowing

Matt Dowell

dowellml

I’ve been thinking a lot about how people communicate plans for higher education reopenings and how acknowledgement of at-risk populations almost always follows (or well likely follow) as clarifying point

Rajeev Venkayya MD

rvenkayya

This is a thread on the use of antibody tests (serology) to gauge individual risk for COVID-19 infection. It's triggered by the recent @WHO guidance and the push for "immunity

Morgan Campbell

MorganPCampbell

Quick thread*In Professional News*I’ve joined CBC sports as a Senior Contributor. My debut column right here... OPINION | Rich white coaches want football in a pandemic, but unpaid Black players

Jared Sichel

thejaredsichel

1/ It seems like the dominant lockdown justification is moving from "We need to bend the curve" (buy time for ICU system to increase capacity) to "We need to save

Ben CatchYourCough Goldacre

bengoldacre

OUR NEW PAPER.Factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health records of 17 MILLION adult NHS patients.Largest study of its kind ever, anywhere.The power of UK /