#Pandemics

EndClimateSilence.org

EndClimtSilence

On the Ezra Klein show, speaking about the media's poor initial handling of Covid, @zeynep offered a powerful explanation for the broadcast news' ongoing failure to cover the #ClimateCrisis: the

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How different would the global dynamics have been if COVID-19 had instead been a pandemic flu virus with similar fatality rate? A few thoughts... 1/https://twitter.com/AmandaKvalsvig/status/1334210156071055361 There are differences between

Greg

greg_scott84

COVID-19 & AGENDA 20301) This thread explores the relationship between the UN's Sustainable Development Agenda and the Covid-19 "pandemic", and how it affects you. 2) One doesn't need to search

Amy Maxmen, PhD

amymaxmen

Let's talk about the illusion of holding our breadth until a #coronavaccine appears and vanquishes Covid from the US.When it comes to funding epidemic preparedness & response, the US puts

Zophia Edwards

zyedwards

1/10 Again-Tenure clock extensions are a necessary but insufficient solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. They can’t expect the same level of research productivity! They need to recalibrate the weighting of

Howard Sherman

HESherman

@higginsdunn @sarahwhit10 Your article for @CNBC on Gov. Cuomo's plan to reopen Broadway theatres is incomplete. It doesn't take into account that no Broadway show can operate with only 150

Francesco Marconi

fpmarconi

We just entered the most critical decade for the news and information industry. A thread: 1. The pandemic forced many news orgs to innovate how they use technology, rethink how

d.merrill

terebifunhouse

this is the statement that Anime Dallas made on their FB late Friday, an attempt to justify the existence of their event in the middle of a pandemic that has

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ TL:DR - @who published a massive review/meta-analysis of interventions for flu epidemics in 2019, found "moderate" evidence AGAINST using masks. (They actually missed the 2015 Vietnam study, yet another

Liz Specht

LizSpecht

I think most people aren’t aware of the risk of systemic healthcare failure due to #COVID19 because they simply haven’t run the numbers yet. Let’s talk math. 1/n Let’s conservatively

Ubaka Ogbogu

UbakaOgbogu

THREAD:So much to say about this excellent reporting by @charlesrusnell and @jennierussell_. A good starting point: If, as an Albertan, you lost a loved one, a job, opportunities, or good

Samantha Waxman

waxmansd

As states head into legislative sessions in early 2021, it’s high time for lawmakers to focus on wealth taxes. A thread / 1 https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/improved-state-taxes-on-wealth-high-incomes-can-help-fuel-an-eq

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, after today's thread on airborne transmission and schools, I thought it would be worth looking at the government's own advice

Rebecca L. Spang

RebeccaSpang

To question about re-election of @SenatorCollins We moved to Maine when I was 9!Hence by many definitions, I am not "from" Maine. Those same definitions* now mark much of greater

Russell Lamberti

RussLamberti

In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, They Rejected LockdownsBy @jeffreyatucker https://www.aier.org/article/in-the-asian-flu-of-1957-58-they-rejected-lockdowns/ The '57-58 flu is estimated to have killed in one year around 100k Americans, or ab

Barton

Barton_options

1/13 My most optimistic take so far:COVID is just common cold, but sadly we are ALL pre-Columbian native Americans. disclaimer: everything below is entirely theoretical (i.e. speculative). no medical advice.

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