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1/13 There are still tons of news pieces every day about whether #COVID19 is 'airborne'This is understandable, because airborne=infectious=scaryBut we know that the disease isn't airborne, at least not in

This is one of the larger trials of hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, povidone-iodine and zinc for prevention of COVID-19At first, it appears positive, but there are some worrying issuesSome peer-review on twitter

The weirdest thing about the whole herd immunity through natural infection argument is that it's never happened ever for any disease long-term so it was always a wild idea for

I could not disagree with this more. If we do not retract flawed research with the purpose to cause harm, what is the point of retraction at all?https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1329471888180072452 I've read

A thought I've been having a lot recently - everyone says that waves 2 & 3 of COVID-19 have been markedly different from the firstThis is often used to support

Monthly data from the Victorian Suicides Register shows that until the start of September 2020, there had been no increase in suicides in the state compared to previous yearshttps://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-08/C

This article raises some interesting points. Have death rates from COVID-19 gone done since March?https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/20/925441975/studies-point-to-big-drop-in-covid-19-death-rates Now, I think it's reasona

People have been asking me to debunk this thread "proving" that COVID-19 deaths are false positives by correlating things, but instead I thought I'd simply list a few things that

John Ioannidis, of "Most Published Research Findings Are False" fame, has now had his paper on IFR publishedLet's do one, final, twitter peer-review on the study 1/n 2/n You can

I've only just learned that the contact tracing system in the UK essentially consists of- an app- asking people to ring their matesTHERE'S NO POINT IN TESTING IF YOU DON'T

Have lockdowns been bad for the economy?A new report from the International Monetary Fund has a very interesting answer to the question 1/n 2/n The report is here, and well

Recently, John Ioannidis, of "Most Published Research Findings Are False" fame, published a commentary piece on COVID-19 and global actionI thought it would be good to do a bit of