#Ventilators

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Medtronic's 20-year-old PB840 ventilators are workhorses, but the company has used DRM to prevent repairs by third parties. Controlling repair gives medtechs monopolist two benefits:1/ 1. They can charge higher-than-market

Stevie Mat

stevie_mat

Note that among these, the only tangible thing is the ventilators.Tangible donation: ventilatorsTangible destination: people of BarbadosThe rest ("fight coronavirus", "racial justice", etc) is vague and nebulous, which u

Alan Mills

alan_uplc

As one of "the advocates," I need to clarify what happened. We pushed very hard for prisoners to be HIGHER in the priority list. Prisoners who are permanently housed in

Understanding Ohio COVID Data

ohio_data

This one really bothered me during yesterday's press conference. The [linked] video [below] is of Dr. Andy Thomas of Wexner Medical Center saying things that sound really scary. None of

David Lat

DavidLat

1/ This excellent thread from @ASlavitt (via @Neal_Katyal) offers support, comfort, and hope to the many people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, or hopelessness during the #CoronavirusPandemic.https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status

Lihle Ngcobozi

LihleN7

The state leaning heavily on behavioural changes and not telling us how it’s dealing/ managing this crisis is so strange. Where is the infrastructure they were building into the system?

Dr. Shazma Mithani

shazmamithani

Ok team, this is my first ever thread so please bear with me. I’m going to lay out for you all of my concerns with the new restrictions on group

AllDaCawCajuns2DBK

TallGlassofStyL

Yes I’m annoyed at people clubbing and packing restaurants during a pandemic BUT at the end of the day nothing outside of essentials should be open to the public. That’s

James Henderson Jr.

GymbeauSlice

2 things happened before 12 today1. A man walks into the hospital w/o a mask. Clearly, he doesn't wear one normally.2. I stand by with a family as they say

Tristan Cork BLive

TristanCorkPost

BREAKING: The number of people in Bristol's hospitals with coronavirus is still really, really high.It's a really worrying pictureBut there is a glimmer of hope... A THREAD have a read

Paul Nuki

PaulNuki

1/5: Medical triage (rationing) in a crisis is a difficult issue but it needs to be confronted directly to prevent things getting much worse. We are now at alert "Level

That Dawn Person

thatdawnperson

Sometime in the past decade I spent all my heart and some of my time in an ICU, visiting a loved one who would have died without the medical care

The Meturgeman

HaMeturgeman

You can end the pandemic with 30 million doses of a vaccine by just giving it to hospital healthcare providers so they aren't too panicked by the idea of the

Alex

Lakoustic

There is a list being shared around AB of 'rogue' restaurants which are opening in spite of restrictions. I'm not going to share it, but considering every one of the

DrG

disneydoc911

I hope common sense will prevail. We, many if not all, are evidence based medicine providers. We are all, however, held to a standard of care. Many, if not all,

Lydia DePillis

lydiadepillis

Meanwhile, if you like me need to catch up on the amazing stuff my colleagues have produced in recent weeks, a thread. Beginning with how OF COURSE McKinsey is making

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