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Kevin Bass, MS

kevinnbass

I will do a brief thread on this paper which @POhukainen and @DrNadolsky I think recommended to me. It's about statins and is considered a "definitive" paper. In this thread

Dr Benjamin 'Ward Viking' Janaway 💙

drjanaway

#COVID19 Mythbuster thread. Holy shit, get a cup of tea. Let's break these apart. I will take each common myth and address the evidence and provide an explanation. Feel free

Tom Bollyky

TomBollyky

6 months into #COVID19, our best measures of pandemic preparedness have not been correlated w/fewer deathsIn fact, nations w/higher JEE, GHSI, and #UHC scores have had *higher* death rates, even

Martin Kulldorff

MartinKulldorff

Twelve Forgotten Principles of Public Health#1 Public health is about all health outcomes, not just a single disease like #COVID19. It is important to also consider harms from public health

John Drury

ProfJohnDrury

A thread on psychology and political context of adherence to physical distancing in the #COVID19 pandemic: What’s the latest research evidence? How can we support adherence?1/15 2/15With rising #covid infections

michelleminton

michelleminton

Real story: e-cig use among adults in China remains super low (1.6% in 2018-2019) + mostly by those trying to stop smoking or reduce harms. TC version: rate was 1.3%

BuzzFeed News

BuzzFeedNews

No one was prepared for the coronavirus pandemic.But after a long 2020, here are 13 things about the virus that we didn't know at the start of the year. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/13-coronavirus-facts-2020?bftwnews&

Francisco Marty, MD

FranciscoMarty_

It took a while to digest the details of over 600 pages, but here is my review and comparative analysis of the #ACTT2 trial that compared #baricitinib vs. #placebo among

Leora Horwitz

leorahorwitzmd

Oy. Schools. This is really tough. As we debate risk/benefit, understanding whether schools are a major source of transmission to the community (and high risk people) is the billion dollar

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/8) #Histmed THREADOn 7 April 1853, Queen Victoria became the first monarch to use chloroform to ease the pains of childbirth. Prince Leopold was born within 53 minutes of administration

France Inter

franceinter

.@EtienneKlein : "Il y a eu dès le début un conflit entre deux temporalités : celle de la recherche, qui prend du temps, et le politique, qui doit prendre des

Govind Persad

GovindPersad

Thanks to @JAMA_current for publishing my “The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (‘Immunity Passports’)” (w/Zeke Emanuel) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765836 The piece is short—trimmed a lot from 1st

Jim McManus OCDS

jimmcmanusph

several folk today said ”covid isnt a pandemic, WHO cant declare a pandemic, this is only an epidemic and legal measures illegitimate.” Several fellow DsPh have been asked this too.

🕯 Mitchell Mhlanga 🇱🇸

MimiReeds

CONFIRMED - FORT DETRICK, THE UNITED STATES BIOLOGICAL WARFARE LAB IS WHERE CORONAVIRUS ORIGINATEDFORCED TO SHUT DOWN WHEN VIRUSES LEAKED AUGUST 2019US SOLDIERS WERE INFECTED300 CAME TO WUHAN ON PRETENSE

Harry Rutter

harryrutter

And yet responses to obesity remain hugely skewed towards interventions that require high levels of personal agency, even though we know full well that they tend to be of low

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

I have a new paper that's out today in The Lancet Planetary Health, quantifying national responsibility for climate breakdown. I'll discuss the method and results in the thread below.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii

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