#Effectiveness

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Our new preliminary analysis looks at the potential impact of various isolation, contact tracing, testing, and physical distancing measures on COVID-19, using social interaction data from over 40,000 people in

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

This one might tweak your brain. There would be MORE interest in developing new antibiotics if NO ONE needed them today. Huh? Yep... let’s think about it. Today, no one

Michael Wara

MichaelWWara

It seems increasingly likely that Biden will win the presidential election but that democrats will not secure a majority in the senate. That means action on climate and energy will

Jonathan Mountstevens

MrMountstevens

Concerned about misconceptions being routinely perpetuated by journalists and politicians when talking about educational impact of lockdown (unintentionally, no doubt). This obscures the issue and hinders effective planning. Have noticed

Jade Eloise Norris

jadenozzz

I've been meaning to tweet about this since it came out.Government have taken a heavy handed, punitive approach to public health in this crisis, based primarily on leveraging huge fines

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

There are debates - important debates - to have in these COVID times, but there are some either stupid debates or misguided in my view debates. Here's my list with

Mary Beth Miotto MD MPH

MAhealthforkids

A thread about how our #CovidVaccine conversations with hesitant HCWs could look different. We #pediatricians counsel on #VaccineScience every day. H/t to @kkidia for getting me thinking of this special

Alex Haagaard (they/them)

alexhaagaard

Been thinking a lot lately about the construction of disability along lines of in/visibility to the medical gaze and I figure I may as well compile these fragmentary thoughts into

Richard Carlson

RichardKCarlson

Canada's hydrogen strategy is here (Oh sorry, "hydrogen strategy for Canada". Not sure on the title) It's a big one at 115 pages. I'll be looking thought it, but if

Katie Winkle

KatieJWinkle

Really excited to announce the first paper out of my work here at @kth_rpl; our @Alt_HRI 2021 paper 'Boosting Robot Credibility and Challenging Gender Norms in Responding to Abusive Behaviour:

Edmond Sanganyado

ESanganyado

Oversimplification of nuanced phenomena in scientific literature by tourist scientists does a great disservice on science policy in Africa. @GlobalYAcademy #scicomm #scienceandtechnology #AcademicTwitter A thread 1/n African governments oft

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

"This is a moment for all of us to reflect on the toll the pandemic has taken, the progress we have made, the lessons we have learned and what we

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arsenal_lloyd

*THREAD*/ James Olayinka /No. 2 in a series of short threads analysing in words Arsenal’s most promising young prospects.Give it a like and a RT if you enjoy and would

Ben CatchYourCough Goldacre

bengoldacre

BING BONG NEW PAPERNHS hospital medicines data is being collected, but then needlessly withheld from analysts. This means patients are exposed to sub-optimal treatment. And NHS money is being wasted.The

Chris Wymant

ChrisWymant

UK headlines on Friday reported that only 20% of #COVID19 cases have any symptoms at all, quoting the Health Secretary quoting the Office of National Statistics.This number is very wrong.A

Andrew Petrosoniak

petrosoniak

THREAD: I wrote recently about risk perception and its impact on behavior. I’ll elaborate as we “re-open”, with reference to covid19 “alarms” & alarm fatigue many are experiencing. 1/ For

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