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I admire @joerogan. His conversational style & his reach are phenomenal. But I think his advice that young people not get vaccinated misses the mark. Young people are at low

I was going to write about whether there is any good evidence for chloroquine in the treatment of COVID19. There is none yet, and it might be *harmful*. This is

Yes, I do think that COVID19 *might* be remembered differently, in part because of the superior (electronic, real-time) documentation of our predicament. #ApollosArrowChat 1/https://twitter.com/davidrosenthal/status/1322249242950488068 And

Recently, I’ve come to think we are quite LUCKY, in fact, with COVID-19 – because, although it’s quite transmissible, it could indeed have been much deadlier. There's no reason it

Let’s talk about the “Swiss cheese model” of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a classic conceptualization of how to cope with hazards, and it powerfully illustrates several features of

POTUS is now reported to have COVID symptoms, which, combined with his other baseline risk factors, is concerning. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/president-donald-trump-coronavirus-positive-test/index.html Most likely, he will reco

I want to comment on the issue of free expression at art museums. In general, I don’t think art museums should *ever* yield to people demanding that work they find

Inventing a #COVID19 vaccine is just a first step. For it to make a material difference in the pandemic, we must also manufacture and distribute it, and people must take

While spontaneous yawning is common across all vertebrate classes, *contagious* yawning is less common and has been observed only in a few species of *social* animals. But, sweetly, elephants yawn

Perfect example of cancel culture — by which I mean 1) forming a mob, to 2) seek to get someone fired (or disproportionately punished), for 3) statements within Overton window.

Today, we are happy to release a COVID19 app that is unlike any others available. HUNALA allows you to track & FORECAST your personal risk for respiratory disease daily. It’s like traffic apps (eg Waze)

German cafe tells customers to wear pool noodles to enforce social distancing. That is all.https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/europe/german-cafe-noodle-distancing-scli-intl-grm/index.html This German cafe must have copied this elementary school