#LockDowns

Chelsea Fagan

Chelsea_Fagan

maybe this is unpopular but the situation our government has created w/r/t quasi-lockdowns without support has destroyed our social contract and the people on my feed who WFH and get

Spies Like Us

RealStealthSpy

THREAD: Freedom1. If you are ‘looking forward’ to a relaxation of the COVID lockdowns, as an indicator that you are finally getting ‘back on track’ and winning again, then you’re

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

In spirit of humility and depoliticising Covid, here are things I’ve changed (and continue to change) my mind on:- Masks- School reopening- Importance of "luck" in between-country variations in severity-

Torsten Bell

TorstenBell

As we head into a new lockdown, what lessons does the first lockdown have to teach us about what's to come in the grim weeks ahead? A thread.https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/lockdown-lessons/ The big

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking Newly reported deathsToday: 757Yesterday: 854One week ago (7/4): 306Newly reported casesT: 63KY: 67K7/4: 52KNewly reported testsT: 634KY: 823K7/4: 642KPositive test rateT: 9.9%Y: 8.1%7/4: 8.1% The

Kasper Planeta Kepp

KasperKepp

With many empirical studies now showing more modest effects of lockdowns vs. other NPIs, voluntary behavior, and other confounders, the original model concluding large effects is increasingly criticized, incl. a

James

agoodfireburns

Castles.They were built as defensive strongholds capable of withstanding external attack and keeping the people inside safe.In Britain we have a great understanding of castles, their form, and function.A vaccination

Aaron E. Carroll

aaronecarroll

My @'s are full of people telling me that hospitalizations (which often aren't reported as well) aren't up, so there's no reason to worry.Hospitalizations are a lagging indicator. Deaths even

Rep. Ted Budd

RepTedBudd

I wish I could have voted for a targeted COVID relief bill several months ago. We need to end economic lockdowns and support small businesses and their workers. But this

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Many folk simply cannot get past the absolute number of Covid deaths. It feels big to them, and it justifies ANYTHING. Argue at all, and you are deeply ethically flawed.

el gato malo

boriquagato

the CDC is now publishing all cause deaths figures, by state, over the period from 2/1/2020 to 7/4/2020. this is literally cherry picked to show covid at its worst.they express

Liam Gender? Fucked!

LiamDel

Comparisons to Australia's handling of outbreaks never mention the govt raised welfare and covered paychecks for people who lost work. Many issues, but don't let people convince you lockdowns alone

Ryan Bourne

MrRBourne

.@tylercowen has an interesting post on libertarians and pandemic policy today. If I'm internalising correctly, I see him as making two separate points: that the libertarian response to a pandemic

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Across Europe #covid19 cases are surging and the continent is shutting down again. Germany‘s second shutdown began yesterday, Austria‘s starts today, England is following on Thursday. How did we get

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

So, in the last 48 hours, we have gotten the following covid news:1. We've reached the other side of the curve in FL, TX, AZ, and probably CA;2. T-cell memory

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

Karl Popper's Falsification Principle: how to divide science from non-science. Science: For a theory to be considered scientific it must be able to be tested (for medicine this means with

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