#Estimates

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

THREADData from Birmingham garnered LOTs of negative press about #COVID19 rapid Ag tests The data 1) is very small, 8 positives2) Shows EXACTLY what we expect, Rapid Ag tests detect

Stephanie Yang

StephanieYang93

Excited to say that the mitochondrial DNA copy number GWAS that I worked on with @RyanLongchamps in @dan_arking's lab is now up on BioRxiv!https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.25.428086v1 In this work, we use data

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

Yes Time to come off the sidelinesThe US decision re: schools is badContrary to fear-mongering tweets, kids R less likely to contract the virus, & rarely get very sick;

Anup Malani

anup_malani

Just getting around to reading this paper on, inter alia, t-cell response in seronegative persons. H/T @andreasantlab. Key quote: Robust T cell immunity in convalescent individuals with asymptomatic or mild

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

KHayhoe

As the economic slow-down due to the coronavirus pandemic shutters industry, air pollution and carbon emissions are dropping. A lot of people have asked what this means for carbon emissions

Motorhead

BradMunchen

1/ $GS, "the great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity," now says $TSLA is worth $740BN, or 3.5x the value of Toyota (whose CEO was never charged for

Dr Alan Underwood

weeal36

Good to see improved recognition but more needs to be done the recognition of stalking, and more cases been identified. But lots of work do. Research suggests that around 50-60%

scoot!

ScootFoundation

What would a typical Auckland suburban street look like if we intensified to meet the housing shortage? Auckland has about 550,000 dwellings, and upper estimates of the shortage are placed

Steve Forden

mammuthus

Just finished a week long virtual workshop with people from timezones across the world. We were thinking about how we can improve estimates of the economic impacts of climate change.

Indo-Pacific News - Watching the CCP-China Threat

IndoPac_Info

#China’s Monster Fishing FleetThough not alone in its destructive practices, #Beijing’s rapacious fleet causes humanitarian disasters and has a unique military mission, taking over weaker countries’ waters & expanding Beijing’s

Nubari Saatah

Saatah

The Gbaramatu Genocide: May 15th, 2009.In 2009 oil production had been cut significantly by militant activities of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in their fight

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Some stats on how big a problem this is-Ofcom estimates 1.8 million kids don't have access to a laptop, desktop or tablet.-even if there's a phone to hand 11% of

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

What is #herdimmunity threshold for #COVID19?A topic of much discussion due to large uncertainty & huge consequences for long term impact. New paper illustrates 1 key aspect that can reduce

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Gentle reminder that in Switzerland we are still feeling our way in the dark: with a #SARSCoV2 test positivity this high, the # of cases we report is largely linked

Abnormal Accrual

bbm010

$TSLAQ @rschmied had this idea originally to verify the accruals for Musk’s stock option plan. I just wanted to see if it was another source of accrual manipulation. Unless I

Paul Glasziou

PaulGlasziou

How many #COVID19 cases are asymptomatic? The *incorrect* 40% figure keeps being repeated (such as claim below in 21 Oct NEJM Perspective), but best estimates are now closer to 17%

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