#Epidemiologists

COPA90

Copa90

Today’s UCL draw has thrown up some brilliant narratives for August’s knockout stage, but for us there is no fixture more fascinating than Atalanta vs PSG. Thread: Atalanta is the

John McDermott

johnpmcdermott

Just filed my last piece of the year. Bloody knackered but I feel so lucky to do this job. Among other things, in 2020 I’ve reported on:— How African politics

Alpha OmegaEnergy "The Energy Kraken"

AOECOIN

#Science FACTS on #Coronavirus & #COVID19:-SarsCov1 was ENGINEERED from original & patented in 2007. Its ILLEGAL to patent a natural so they manufactured a new one for use.-There was ZERO

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

Personally, I find the idea that Priti Patel didn't know the harm she was causing 100% plausible. And why? Because people without a shred of empathy do not know and

Katarina Braun

KATarinambraun

Preprint Using viral sequencing + some epi data, we show that a majority #SARSCoV2 infections in healthcare workers at our institution occur in the community and can only rarely be

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Health researchers estimate that every year 8 million people die an early death due to smoking. This means that 15%(!) of global deaths are attributed to smoking.Smoking causes incredible suffering

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

What did the US Supreme Court do last night? A thread for non-lawyers. One of the things non-lawyers often get wrong about constitutional rights is that they think of them

Andrew Flood 👨🏻‍💻📝🕺

andrewflood

Thats a fairly disgraceful piece from Diarmaid Ferriter in the @IrishTimes where he uses his platform to throw a load of misleading & incorrect claims above #Covid19 into the public

Ontario Parent Action Network

parentaction4ed

THREAD: Some thoughts on @SickKidsNews prompted by these quotes from their CEO!TL:DR @ronald_cohn is saying class sizes generally need to be much lower than Ford’s plan, but Cohn/SickKids would benefit

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

We urgently need to focus on ventilation. Six months into a respiratory pandemic, we're still not given sensible and practical guidance against short-range aerosol—airborne—transmission of COVID. I wrote about the

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

This is a phenomenal article on the potential of different sorts of testing, and the ways that we are limited by demands for sensitivity and specificity. There's one important thing

Michael Birnbaum

michaelbirnbaum

Schools and covid. A . Europe reopened its schools this spring, some as early as April. Is it safe to send kids to school during the pandemic? The answer has

claudia irizarry aponte

clauirizarry

“[The Mayor] said the city would back away from the hotel program after complaints from residents in some neighborhoods about quality of life problems they blame on the facilities.” Here’s

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

I disagree with you, Alastair. I believe @PanData19 is filling in the gaps that governments have failed to fill. I encourage you to have an open mind and listen intently

Joakim Book

joakimbook

SWEDEN AND CORONAVIRUS. I could have spent the entire pandemic debunking (clickbaity) and sensation-happy journalists and talking heads on their (mis)representation of Sweden. I didn't, so here's a short thread

Barry Cooke, M.Sc, Ph.D

barryjcooke1

I don't get much of a chance to talk to people outside of my tiny bubble. Suddenly I am aware of how guilty I am of existing in my own

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