#Pandemics

Khal Drongo

hpstorian

Soon as there are cases in Western Sydney the calls for using cops as health workers grow louder.FFS can you not. This is what it looked like last time.What it

Dr. Esophagus

dr_esophagus

Seeing patients - both remotely and in person - has led to a few insights about the pandemics effect on people - especially the elderly. 1) This has impacted the

Carly Watters

carlywatters

Let's take a minute to talk about format. From yesterday's pub lunch email: "2020 was the first time that backlist hardcovers (at 113.5 million units) have outsold frontlist hardcovers (at

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

Many scientists believe that the rise of novel viruses like SARS-CoV-2 is being driven by rising resource extraction. If that's the case, we will likely see many more pandemics in

Puneet Bhatnagar

CreativePunito

@milantheshrink Here is what I suggest Doctors for ethical branding. #DoctorsAndBranding First and foremost, don't have the guilt that you are talking about yourself. When people choose their doctor looking

Abby Vervaeke

abbyjvervaeke

It's been an incredibly challenging year for student journalists everywhere, but I couldn't be more proud of everyone at @TheSimmonsVoice. We've made some pretty incredible changes this year and many

David Scales

DavidAScales

I wrote this piece at the peak of the pandemic. It's paywalled, so here's a thread about it https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00810 Also, you can listen to a recording for free here: https://www.healthaffai

Sarah Zhang

sarahzhang

I wrote about how all the signs are pointing to herd immunity against COVID-19 becoming impossible. This is how the pandemic ends instead—because yes, it can still end. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/herd-immunity-migh

Orla Hegarty

Orla_Hegarty

[Thread] So why does ventilation matter so much in #Covid19 suppression? Covid-19 is a disease caught by inhaling virus particles in the air 1/ the closer you are to an

Bryan Mac

Bry_Mac

Four years ago, I drove three hundred miles to the nearest potentially competitive state to do Voter Protection in Ohio. From 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., I stood outside a

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I wrote a tweet yesterday stating that #ZeroCovid "is not compatible with the individual rights and freedoms that characterise postwar democracies". My point was apparently largely misunderstood. Thus, I wish

Niall Conroy

NICU_doc_salone

Getting the whole world vaccinated against covid MUST be a priority. It’s unconscionable that close to zero people in low-income countries have been vaccinated so far. This is important to

Restrained Elegance

RElegance

Thoughts for 2021 (not exactly cheery I'm afraid).1) Brexit is finally "done" and it's consequences will reverberate through the next decade or more. It is a stupid act of national

Taikein M Cooper

TaikeinCooper

[THREAD] Over the past few weeks, I’ve been listening and writing, A LOT. Below, you will find reforms and policies that drastically improves the lives of historically marginalized communities, across

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

This thread ends with "be smarter" but every stage is societal, not individual and the rapid test is the *best* part, not the problem. The family goes to work unmasked,

FCDO Gov,Conflict,SocDev Research

FCDOREDGCSD

This week's research burst is on #disabilityinclusion in #COVID-19 responses 1/7 Our partners at #PENDA, the Programme for Evidence to iNform Disability Action, have produced a set of excellent evidence

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