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One problem is the people telling us to just “follow the science” rarely seem to understand the interaction between things science can and has resolved and the unknowns and trade-offs
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Heard about the new variant? That it appears to be much more transmissible but not more lethal? That's true but no relief. Transmissibility is an *exponential* risk and thus a
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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,
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If we move fast with trials for a single-dose vaccine, we might be able to double the number of people we can quickly vaccinate—ending this crisis sooner, helping with vaccine
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Given the data over the last year, and shown in this thread, I will be eternally perplexed if the US doesn't choose to vaccinate the elderly first and foremost, along
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The BioNTech/Pfizer data is out—NEJM & FDA report. I understand this wasn't in the design & the long-term protection from single dose is open question. But given this sharp drop
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There's time to be alarmed. It's such a time. The president's blatant, if incompetent, attempts to steal the election are happening in a period of entrenched of minority rule, and
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A study from Korea showing why indoor dining is unsafe and why airborne transmission matters. Case B infected case A from 6.5m (~21 feet!) away in *just five minutes*, and
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Listen up, folks. There's much good news. The end of this pandemic may be near. But a very harsh winter is upon us. Like other viruses, this one seems sharply
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Trump was incompetent at his brand of authoritarianism, and he lost. But this isn't a triumph: the Democrats lost almost everything else. Make no mistake, about what's coming: The next
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Folks, the exit polls are garbage this year. They just can't not be. They'll try to fix this by weighting (as they tried in 2016; most of the numbers that
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Folks, stop refreshing the forecasts. The comfort you seek isn't there—and can't be. The excessive uncertainty this year–especially about turnout in a pandemic and which votes will count—makes these models
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