#Mitigation

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

The entire subject of school is an example of a country trapped in magical thinking, more of the “reopening” absurdity. How do you prevent your house from flooding? The biggest

Dr Michelle Cain

civiltalker

Keen to share a new paper (by John Lynch, David Frame @ClimateFramo, Ray Pierrehumbert @ClimateBook, and I), given agricultural emissions are a perennial favourite on twitter! And of course, a

Karim Ali

NHBugBusterDoc

Hi Tweeps. Being asked about antibody tests for COVID since they are now available. Blurb:1/ all this test can tell us is that we have been exposed to the virus.

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

It seems like the fundamental fallacy underpinning misguided mitigation strategies is prioritizing the elimination of the highest-risk interactions ever experienced by the lowest-risk (most privileged) people.1/12 Through the lens of

Dominique Heinke

Epi_D_Nique

The study described underestimates in-school spread.1. No universal testing of students or staff. ( below)2. Tracing guidelines are overly limited by close-contact definitions that in-school cases are missed. ( below)Viral

Ben Sanderson

benmsanderson

New paper out today on how prior assumptions in simple climate models impact Zero Emissions Commitments. Bottom line: a carbon-budget framework to meet mitigation targets only works if we're sure

Dr Noor Bari (Miasma Medic)

NjbBari3

@BorisJohnson There is something wrong with you.It is negligent to force school attendance, without full mitigation, with an airborne disease that causes chronic disease in children and can kill their

Emily Grubert

emilygrubert

I've got people in OK & TX & I'm seeing a lot of "these conditions prove renewables can't work" in my texts and online.Let us be absolutely clear: if there

InProportion2

InProportion2

1/3WHAT LIFE IS LOST AS A SIDE EFFECT OF LOCKDOWN?Prof Simon Wood, Uni of Edinburgh, estimates:Grey: due to general economic deprivationBlack: extra life lost due to the economic crash of

KDDK

Kaetrena

1/ I'm still considering where to submit my #LeavingLowMorale study, & I'd like to note a challenge to job hunting during such experiences (& the general presence of #LibraryNice) when

enough is enough

EmilyGorcenski

The right has spent the last four years depending on and delighting off of the anxiety displayed very publicly by their opponents. We have to assess the current threat with

Jesse Sharkey

SharkeyCTU1

(thread) I just lost my internet during my comments to the CPS BOE. Here's a summary of my remarks: I want to repeat CTU's call for school to start with

Alyssa Bilinski

ambilinski

Do you have thoughts about school reopenings? Of course you do; this is Twitter! In the debate, I want to highlight a point from a new paper w/@MeaganCFitz, @SalomonJA, @aciaranello:Asymptomatic

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. I've written elsewhere about three different roles for COVID testing: https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1274576193333850112But whether you are testing for individual health, surveillance, or mitigation, speed is of the essence.

Daniel Sinclair

_DanielSinclair

A great thread on the phylogenetics of the emergent variants in South Africa and the UK. Shallow science has cried wolf a few times this year on ‘strains,’ but there

Kai Heron

KaiHeron

There’s no question that First World consumption must decrease as part of any viable climate crisis mitigation strategy. But a politics that emphasizes consumption at the expense of production is

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