#Pandemics

Positive Call

Positive_Call

The Economics of Attention: You're Worth Trillions~ Thread ~ 1. Human AttentionEconomics focuses on the actions of human beings.In an era of endless amounts of information,Attention has become a critical

Soumaya Keynes

SoumayaKeynes

(1/n) New paper from Alvaro Espitia, Aaditya Mattoo, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta & Deborah Winkler @WorldBank looking at COVID-19 & TRADEDid global value chains leave sectors VULNERABLE to shocks, or

Yara Asi

Yara_M_Asi

It looks like we need a thread debunking some #Oslo Accord myths, specifically on Article 17. Let's assume the faulty and erroneous premise that Oslo displaces Geneva (let's be clear,

Amanda Huxtable 🌍🇯🇲🇬🇧😷

AmandaHuxtable

It has been quite a week; starting with supporting the launch of @Tribe__Arts 2nd edition of #Offstage https://mailchi.mp/52f8af802882/tribe-arts-launches-offstage-zine What struck me was who was in the room alongside my fellow

Mallory Harris

malar0ne

After spending last year encouraging governments to intentionally infect us for the sake of herd immunity, Scott Atlas & the three GBD authors are advising an organization that's telling people

Ant Breach

AntBreach

London rents are changing in odd ways. I'm moving into a 2 bed BTR flat with my cousin in Lewisham Station, and we've got a month of free rent and

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Another exciting Monday morning for COVID-19 vaccines! Moderna is reporting 94.5% efficacy for their mRNA vaccine.Read on for a biostatistician's breakdown of the interim results. 10 tweets on severe disease,

Martin Jacques

martjacques

1/8 Britain is in almost complete lockdown. Nine months since the first. Europe is closing its borders to the British. Across Europe the pandemic is worsening. The US has over

Gary Koekemoer

Gary22k

Expect the pattern to repeatIn the desperate search for relevance post Trump the populism enablers will trawl Pres Biden’s comments for gotcha soundbites. Ignoring context & know-howIt’s a doubt-merchant top

Sean Patrick Hughes

seanphughes99

Thread: There are two large non-denominational #churches in my #SanDiego suburb. One is taking a cautious approach to services, the other is not and adding in political advocacy to that

Sentient Media

Sentient_Media

Many people in the UK are outraged that the country might start importing previously banned #ChlorinatedChicken as part of their post-EU trade deal.We’ve taken a closer look at the differences

Sarah Quayyum (she/her)

quayys

Going to talk about this a bit more because I think its a point that gets lost in the discourse re: COVID-19, paid sick days, neoliberalism, etc https://twitter.com/quayys/status/1342214090480091136 In March,

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Republicans are wasting no time turning the House Judiciary Committee hearing into a clown show Donald Ayer: "I was privileged to serve in the DOJ under 2 Republican and 1

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

OK. I may get slaughtered here, but there is a kind of pundit who doesn't know what he doesn't know. I'm not talking about ordinary people on @Twitter who shoot

Amy Maxmen, PhD

amymaxmen

I've reported on the ground from many epidemics, but this is the first one I'm really living through. A of memories to follow...For me, this got real when I

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today's @bopinion post is about big cities, and why they might not bounce back triumphantly after COVID is gone.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-10/new-york-san-francisco-u-s-cities-will-struggle-after-covid-19 2/COV

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