#Pandemics

Dov, wall collapse enthusiast

lituainianach

Idk sorry but I think the idea of humans as basically infallible and capable of rationalising all their decisions if they simply "think" about it belongs to libertarian economics and

Simple Servant of God / Scott G

ServantScott

THREAD: It's times like these that show a movement's strengths & weaknesses. For the conservative movement they need to continue focusing more on the black & minority communities. Outreach, criminal

Jen Roesch

JenRoesch

1/ A thread for all those talking about how Europe kept schools open during lockdowns & surging rates. Looks like several have changed their minds as spread continued with schools

Kelly Brown

rubiconcapital_

1/ @globaandmail article today comparing #COVID19 in Toronto and Ottawa, headlined, “Two pandemics”.In this brief thread will show, with simple data, why this article, in my view, is way off

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

There are now several studies out there that together give a useful indication of the possible role of pre-existing immunity (antibodies/T-cells etc.) in SARS-CoV-2 dynamics. A few thoughts/links... 1/ First,

Jackie

risetoflyy

1)Hate to be bringing bad news but I’m no ALICE IN WONDERLAND! They’ve ratcheted up the phony climate change narrative and now just as Gates & the other freak Klaus

Chris Herd

chris_herd

The largest companies on the planet will cut office space by 50-70% over the next 3 years 128m+ of the 255m desk jobs globally will be done remotely at least

Josh Powell

JoshuaCPowell

Important (ungated, for now!) new paper from DG Board Member @dadakim and @fulyafelicity on othering in COVID19, beginning with a sad global history of racialized othering in pandemics https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-o

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

If you claim that single-payer healthcare could have prevented the scale of the pandemic in the United States, it looks like you don't understand 1. single payer or 2. pandemics.

Jim McManus OCDS

jimmcmanusph

several folk today said ”covid isnt a pandemic, WHO cant declare a pandemic, this is only an epidemic and legal measures illegitimate.” Several fellow DsPh have been asked this too.

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Consider that decades of zombie movies have reinforced the idea of a pandemic being a binary thing: you either live, or you become a zombie. No in between. Zombie movies

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Our nation is failing.We've spent so much money and energy on trying to control the world through the use of force and so much cultural energy into white patriarchal dominance

Joseph Allen

j_g_allen

It took 11 months for WHO to recognize the importance of ventilation.When did "we" know?Exactly 1 year ago today I wrote an article on this w/ @WaringIAQ....THREADhttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1334172519792844808 Dec 2, 2019:

Jennifer Cabrera 😀 #SmilesMatter

jhaskinscabrera

We started out with Sweden's plan; Sweden's plan was accepted as THE WAY to deal with pandemics before March.We were told that we needed to "pause" to make sure we

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

Doing a thread on my teaching tomorrow--a course on Zhuangzi in conversation with contemporary western philosophy. So stoked! Tomorrow my co-teacher Pauline Lee and I will talk about the importance

Marshall Ramsey

MarshallRamsey

25 things I’ve learned in 2020 (in no particular order):1. Sitting for long periods of time truly is bad for you. 2. To always keep a little extra toilet paper

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