#SCIENTISTS

HelenaTchernobyl

HTchernobyl

The Frankenstein Come Back (Thread) Just as a few Big Tech companies control media exposure on the earth, so to will a few Big Pharma companies control the genetic future

Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, geekD

cfiesler

For years there's been a debate in my research community (social computing/HCI) about whether there is an ethical problem with researchers from tech companies publishing based on data only they

Puff the Magic Hater

MsKellyMHayes

Pls don't let anyone tell you the lockdown was a total waste. The federal .gov may have wasted that time, but some states have done a lot. Should we be

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

VIRUS IS AIRBORNE. Repeat, the #SARSCoV2 coronavirus is airborne. Epidemiologists & aerosol Scientists have been saying it for months. Now 239 scientists have penned a letter to @WHO, coming out

Nicholas Loubere

NDLoubere

Disturbing developments in the Swedish covid debate.Yesterday, Radio Sweden published articles accusing scientists and activists critical of the Swedish pandemic response of attempting to damage Sweden's image abroad and encourage

Seanan McGuire

seananmcguire

Fun questions I've been asked today: If science is so great, why didn't we have any warning about COVID-19? Delivered with the smug "gotcha" of someone who knows for a

G. Stuart Mendenhall, MD, FHRS, FACC

GSMedicine

Media must learn to stop the snark when communicating. Listening to @NPR there is strange condescension instead of information, particularly with vaccine - RNA delivery is a brand new platform,

Andy Cohen

Andy

I am voting for Joe Biden because I want to raise my son in a decent world, and Joe Biden is a decent man. He respects the military. He respects

Rob Morrison

morrisonlabUSDA

Loved the @PIE_Entsoc speed networking event at #EntSoc20 yesterday, organized by @LJ_nixon19 and @nick_larsonnrl. I have seen a few people highlight some of the common questions they got during the

Eddie Robson

EddieRobson

The replies asserting that this is about scientists, not political will, are missing the point, I think. The way things are, governments largely allow economic factors to dictate their response

Forrest Bennett

ForrestBennett

The governor just wrapped up a press conference about the state's COVID response, and I have to take issue with a few things he has said: He continues to say

Mark Toshner

mark_toshner

More on vaccines. I'm going to get boring and geeky on this (no apologies) on the 10 year thing. Vaccines "normally take 10 years". This is being use as a

Dr Alex Bond 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🐧

TheLabAndField

The annual @ILGAWORLD report on state-sponsored queerphobia is out.It's illegal to be gay in 69 (not nice) countries.28 have marriage equality.A handful offer full protection.And societal acceptance and legality are

Patrick Collison

patrickc

Someone I know has had some quite useful COVID-related posts removed from Medium, LinkedIn, and Nextdoor—they've been deemed "COVID misinformation". (It's not what the WHO endorses!) I think his posts

Dale Gentry

DaleGentryMN

Want to know why I'm losing my hair? Because of statements like this from Focus on the Family. "As for the evangelicals who have joined the “global warming” camp, we

seeemilyplay

ILOVETINY

1. Since coining the term 'Lockdown Denier,' @DPJHodges has been (over)using it to attack anyone who even dares question whether the benefit is worth the cost, most notably @ClarkeMicah &

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