#EPIDEMIC

Jesse Mechanic

JMechanic

When the crack epidemic swept through Black communities, addiction was viewed as a moral failure. Those who were addicted were vilified and locked up. When white people got addicted, suddenly

The Walrus

thewalrus

The pandemic has confused and exhausted teachers. Following physical distancing guidelines is difficult due to class sizes, and they are taking on double the workload as they stretch themselves to

them.

them

Fighting the anti-trans violence epidemic requires both systemic change and individual action from everyone, on #TDOR and every day. This is how you can help end the epidemic of violence

Thomas House | 托马斯豪斯 | توماس هاوس

TAH_Sci

Sensible and silly criticisms of modelling. (1/7) Sensible: The model misses out some important feature of reality, or is needlessly complex. This is hard to get right, so usually has

nylah burton

yumcoconutmilk

I’ve been a lot more public about my suicidality lately. First of all, because it’s rapidly getting worse. Secondly, because I’ve very tired of pretending like chronically suicidal people aren’t

self-made debtor ☭

babadookspinoza

The United States is really just one of the worst fucking places to live. I’m trapped in a huge death cult that believes basic human kindness is socialism and socialism

Coffee&Almonds 🐝 📝

Ochams_Razor

"The alcohol industry must put people before profits and stop perpetuating harmful drinking patterns," a thread of article by Profs Glenda Gray, Charles Parry and Richard Matzopoulos. In addition to

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD1/ A reminder that the epidemic won't be solved by people around a table in the White House. Yes-- we do need that as well; and we need those people

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Some people are interpreting the below study as evidence that people who test positive without symptoms won't spread infection, but it's not quite that simple. A short thread on epidemic

Erica Hsiung Wojcik

ewojcik

If you're teaching developmental psychology, neuroscience, research methods, clinical, or intro to psych (well, really ANY psych class) in the fall, consider teaching about the racism and bad science behind

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

DENMARK: 9 days of protests over a new law that "would be able to define groups of people who must be vaccinated. People who refuse the above can be coerced

Allie

Evangel66755149

"Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Boston performed a Google trend analysis showing searches for "teen porn" more than tripled between 2005-2013, and teen porn searches reached an estimated 500,000

Michelle Thomason

Inveritas20

The existence of DSDs does not mean humans come in more than 2 sexes, BUT EVEN IF IT DID, that wouldn’t mean XYs can somehow become XXs.So, no justification for

MarcNash

21stCscribe

Larry Kramer: “I find I only have two emotions any more. Grief and rage” (From “The American People Vol 2”). A book about the AIDS epidemic. An emotional range that

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

Thread1/ Have been on wards for the past 3 weeks making it harder to keep up w/ other new developments. But today a patient told me that while we were

🖋Jo Mungovin 🔎

mungotalks

#OTD 21 January 1799 Edward Jenner's #smallpox vaccination was introduced. In 1872 #Leicester was one of the most completely vaccinated towns in the kingdom owing to the alarm of several

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