#Figures

Michael George

Mike_aka_Logiqx

This thread considers the headline COVID-19 figures (hospitalisations and deaths) in the context of community prevalence.It also covers “died with COVID, not of COVID” and the plausibility of high “false

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

Is there a seasonal component to the COVID-19 mortality rate?A thread with some figures with @ChikinaLab on what seems to be a question of underestimated importance. 1/8Slightly longer version

Wesley Yang

wesyang

Which fact you select to put in the headline colors the tone of the whole piece. The truth is: the definition is not uniform, the reporting is not close to

Dean Baker

DeanBaker13

I saw this Thomas Edsall piece in the NYT that includes a variety of genuflections about social media and democracy. What the piece never addresses is the responsibility of the

Alex Robbins

Scrof

I'd just like to do a quick thread on how we as car journos talk about EVs, in particular range vs efficiency (and how you, the consumer, need to start

Miles Jacobson

milesSI

I know some people are struggling to understand all the numbers in the pandemic, which is causing confusion for them on "why are we locked down now - why not

Asyia I

asyiaiftikhar

Okay so here goes with my thoughts about casting PoC as white historical figures (get ready for nuanced thread):I don’t think it is historically dishonest to cast a Black woman

Kola

Kola_irl

The smash community has a big fucking problem. Not just with sexual assault, harassment, pedophilia, but the community "figures" that hide and protect all the illegal and heinous shit their

Heidi N. Moore

moorehn

A gentle reminder that for many ppl, Trump was triggering to their inner child -- reminding them of authoritarian adults in their past (often parents) or caregivers who denied their

Dr Nisreen Alwan 🌻

Dr2NisreenAlwan

1/ New #LongCovid prevalence figures by age and sex out by @ONS today. Prevalence of any symptom at 5 wks after positive test: 27% at age 35-4926% at age 50-6925%

Ram Gopal

ramgopaldass_77

Very nice & interesting thread by @RMCpost.Couldn't agree more on this-> 'The UNIQUE beauty of India is her Hinduness & Hindu heritage', especially when I see Tweeples posting wonderful pics/videos

Nadine Dorries 🇬🇧#StayAlert

NadineDorries

Every life lost to suicide, is a tragedy, however this data showing zero increase in suicide figures since lockdown should be reassuring to those who have been concerned regarding the

jen hay

jbhay

Our paper on non-Māori speakers’ remarkable implicit knowledge of te reo Māori sound patterns and word-forms has just been published. (http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78810-4) This was so much fun to work on.

🇧🇧 Ethereal Bisexual Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

Something that’s been on my mind a lot in the last week is how @ThePurplePage is largely uncelebrated for her work in creating @BlackandSTEM and making #BlackandSTEM into a community

Vici Wreford-Sinnott

viciws

#WeShallNotBeRemoved We won't ever know the true figures of deaths of Disabled people in this pandemic - not important enough to test - the 'shocking' figures of disabled peoples' deaths

Josh

JMagosh

Might write a quick piece on the Lib Dem polling.Although headline figures *look* like they're losing a bunch of voters to Con, they're actually losing hardly any, and in fact

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