#Thresholds

Jeanne Dufort

dufort_jeanne

Closing arguments are over, and now we await the court’s decision.@HarriHursti explained how poor quality scans and arbitrary thresholds combine to leave votes uncounted.I shared my experience on the Vote

Kert Viele

KertViele

(1/20) Tweetorial on this statement…”…red flag…The investigators….already taken an interim look…did not stop the study early….dampens optimism for an overall positive outcome”Is this a red flag? Maybe…maybe not…depends on how

loren schmidt

lorenschmidt

RE infinite regress, turtles all the way etc.:it might be.but within digital simulationism, which i am leery of, one consequence is that there might not be a bottom, but there

soncharm

soncharm

This is the kind of advice that Smart People like because it sounds Smart but is actually useless.‘Get the virus under control’. Just do that. ‘Get’ it under control. That’s

David Sibley

davidsibley

Short thread: The way we choose to present and interpret data says a lot about our society and what we value. For instance, let’s talk about how COVID-19 case numbers

Cecile Janssens

cecilejanssens

I just learned about second-generation p-values, by @StatEvidence. They make conceptually more sense as they take into account that the null has an interval too. That there is a difference

Noah Haber

NoahHaber

Alright fellow epi and econ friends, gather 'round, time for me to talk about this articleBecause I am a native econ whose life quest it is to bridge the epi/econ

Lorian Hardcastle

Lorian_H

Secret public health meeting recordings. Kenney & Shandro micromanaged civil servants, overruled expert advice, & pushed an early relaunch that focused on the economy & avoiding the appearance of curtailing

Kit Yates

Kit_Yates_Maths

A short thread on herd immunity.Herd immunity is an incredibly important concept. It suggests diseases can be eliminated without everyone having immunity. If you want to eliminate an established disease

Jay Giri

jaygirimd

Thread: Great pre-game analysis of ISCHEMIA here. Bear in mind also that important info about the trial population has been published: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2725865What are some key takeaways?https://twitter

Dr. Remington Nevin

RemingtonNevin

For some perspective on recent events, at its worst, the rate of U.S. mortality from COVID-19 (20-30/100k) will still only be about half the years-long murder rate in Baltimore (50/100k).

Joe Caluori

JoeCaluori

This is a fascinating new blog from my @CrestAdvisory colleague @JessicaLumley1 using data and case studies from @Redthreadyouth . There are lessons we can draw from serious youth violence that

Antoine Levy

LevyAntoine

Countries are best summarized by their corporate income tax schedule description in the OECD tax database, a thread. Canada: the description is three lines long, it's clean, everyone agrees. It's

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

I admit I’ve not focussed on Wales but that might make my viewpoint fresh.I wonder if almost everything is down to false positives greatly worsened by testing people already in

Devang Mehta 🌱👨🏽‍🔬🧬

drdevangm

Ok, listing out my issues with this article for non-scientists here:1. Virus load in a nasal swab is very variable. Flu studies have even found differences in virus loads depending

Clarity

covid_clarity

The new MN covid model now estimates 29K deaths.Dr. Osterholm on Monday: “We're probably in MN, somewhere around the 5% infection level"If true, the max total deaths in MN would