#LockDowns

Ulrich Schetter

ulrich_schetter

Fighting #COVID19 involves horrible trade-offs. In this paper with @ricardo_hausman, we show why they are particularly excruciating in developing countries and why there is a dire need of immediate and

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

A quick thanks to those that contacted me. Reflecting on my thread, I thought of four things people could do to end this nonsense. 1/https://twitter.com/DonaldWelsh16/status/1333771392861474817 1) Financially support the Justice

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alyspraxis

The bad faith deflections from lockdown supporters around Sweden are really difficult to take given the seriousness of the stakes. Bring up Sweden and you'll get "yeah but their deaths

Artyom Korenevsky

SciencePharmer

1/4 We're not getting out of this pickle as individuals: lockdowns fail when we act as individuals, vaccines have low effectiveness when we act as individuals. Our rational individual risk

Amy 🦓

skepticalzebra

But this isn’t what’s being advocated. This is advocating the precautionary principle with regards to covid only. There’s no similar precautionary principle being considered for the effects of lockdowns.Again, covid

Julie Borowski

JulieBorowski

To reiterate:COVID is real.COVID is primarily a serious threat to older people and people with pre-existing conditions.Over 250K Americans have died due to COVID or COVID related illness. Old peoples

Statistics Guy 🤓

Stat_O_Guy

What do we learn from NHS England Data. In this thread we will look at how the lost GP appointments are having a direct impact on Cancer identification and then

Statistics Guy 🤓

Stat_O_Guy

Based on data from ONS, Lancet, and other sources, and not yet including other deaths as a result of lockdown.I have initially calculated that covid has taken an additional 757

Anya Kamenetz

anya1anya

So in concert with my piece today, one key data void leaps out: the importance of pods and pod sizes. >https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882316641/what-parents-can-learn-from-child-care-centers-that-stayed-open-during-lockdowns From what I

Miss Conceptions

MConceptions

Some telling anecdotes that provide some good news for those who are feeling pessimistic and down in the UK just now.These anecdotes (from other countries & continents) indicate a turn

Alex. K

unifyworkers

How long will it take for any mainstream news outlet, to begin speaking about the driving mechanisms behind #CovidUK ? Im certain these scenes we’re perpetually shown now, are nothing

Mark Towhey

towhey

I AM NORMALLY A RECLUSE and spend most of my non-working time at home, often in bed.But, if #Ontario brings in a #pandemic curfew, I WILL BE OUTSIDE wandering the

Timothy Gowers

wtgowers

There are two questions I would like to ask lockdown sceptics such as Toby Young, beautifully taken down by @NeilDotObrien (who does nothing more than quote Toby Young's tweets back

Gilbert Jackson

youth_unheard

I don't normally like anecdotes, but given objective facts no longer seem to matter, I will share one of my own. I have 4 doctors in my extended family (cousins/aunt/uncle).

Aaron Ginn

aginnt

1/ "The American press has been unrelentingly negative in its COVID coverage, even when there is good news to tell. But there is a lot of good news. The CFR

Bojan Pancevski

bopanc

While the U.S. and Europe struggle to contain an autumn surge in #coronavirus infections, Finland and Norway are bucking the trend. Here’s how they do it. My report via ⁦@WSJ⁩https://www.wsj.com/articles/finland-and-norway-avoid-covid

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