#Amplification

Will Yoder

WillYoder

Why is Instagram the home to great athlete content? Authenticity. Access. Amplification. Over time those three things have led to the perfect storm to both make IG the social fabric

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

This is interesting - much lower Ct values for the ORF1 and N targets of (presumed) B.1.1.7 samples.However, isn't this a three-target multiplexed assay? If you have S-target dropout, wouldn't

Puff the Magic Hater

MsKellyMHayes

In many cases, the current epidemic of loneliness is the amplification of an already existing side effect of capitalism: a whole lot of people don't experience community outside of commercial

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Should guidelines be evidence-based?The PCR test works by duplicating the genetic material in a sample to a point where a specific genetic sequence is detected. Ct is the cycle threshold.

Jay Rosen

jayrosen_nyu

A few weeks ago, I posted this about the tricky subject of amplification. Today I would say "an" emerging divide, not THE. For there are many. (Short thread) 1/https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1268374706421456901 Alerted

el gato malo

boriquagato

like the moderna trial, pfizer is also using a far more limited definition of "covid 19" than the CDC or US states.it requires not only a positive PCR test, but

el gato malo

boriquagato

anyone still presuming that a + PCR test is showing a covid case needs to read this v carefully:even 25 cycles of amplification, 70% of "positives" are not "cases." virus

Joshua Bauml, MD

Jbauml

The first abstract I want to talk about is a featured poster I am honored to present on behalf of my coauthors. FP14.06. This was a multicenter effort across North

Daniel Wagner

passittobulis

As a member of the #PHWA I’m upset they amplified this article, which casts DeAngelo as the victim in the lede, uses the false phrase, “there is nothing uglier in

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aaronzlewis

thinking about how the virtualization of politics is gonna have a not insignificant effect on speechwriting and rhetorical styles. one-liners, zingers, and applause lines fall pReTty flat when you’re talking

Jason Kint

jason_kint

let's talk about Facebook PR strategies. yes, they first "deny" and "deflect" (plug for @ceciliakang @sheeraf book) but if ultimately they have a major business risk, they proactively attempt to

Whitney Phillips

wphillips49

I'm thinking of one journalist I interviewed in my Oxygen of Amplification report. Reflecting on how amplification of far right views normalized & incentivized those views, they said, "At this

Xolotl Tlaloc (XTC)

sheasie

1) MITMIT confirms: its own COVID19™ tests are set to 40 amplification cycles.https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2020/11/pcr-test-result 2) NYT"Most tests set the limit at 40"; "Any test with a cycle threshold above 3

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

I do learn from insider reporting but a "definitive" piece would be framed around how the Facebook Oversight Board is an attempt to gain legitimacy *without* giving up control over

Becca Lewis

beccalew

It's good to see some congressional attention finally being paid to YouTube, but focusing exclusively on the YouTube algorithm is a fundamental misunderstanding of the problem. It's disheartening to see

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Huge cheers for Trump at his first rally as he labels Covid the “Chinese virus” before declaring that he’s dealt with the issue “phenomenally”. Trump has gone on to that

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