#CORONAVIRUS

The New York Times

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The coronavirus has devastated the U.S. economy. In just 5 weeks, more than 26 million people have filed for unemployment. Here are 3 ways to understand the scale of the

Jeff Giesea⛱

jeffgiesea

Perhaps because I like China, my first instinct was to dismiss the hawks for being alarmist. "They're just trying to recreate the Cold War or deflect from our own flaws,"

Lindsay Ellis

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THREAD: Brown University's president lays out how she believes campuses can open in this @nytimes piece, saying doing so should be a "national priority." A few thoughts below:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opinion/coronavirus-colleg

Hammond Institute

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This week, Hammond Institute scholars published a series of op-eds about #covid19: 1. "A Case for Proactive Policies." Rik W. Hafer, PhD https://bit.ly/2QZvuI5 2. "The Power of Civil Society: A

Parker Jenkins

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Hey friends! I've seen a lot of false information about the current pandemic at hand, so below are some helpful, informative, and (most importantly) scientifically-backed articles about COVID-19: 1. CDC

Linnea Baudhuin, PhD 🧬

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Q: Why is there an ~20-30% false negative rate with the PCR test for #SARS_CoV2 ? A: Mostly due to sampling as explained by @PSampathkumarMD @MayoClinic Thread 1/2https://www.news18.com/news/world/many-people-who-have-tested-negative-for-covid-19-mi

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While putting my kids to bed, my 7 yo son says to me with a sad face, “Daddy I don’t want to live in this world anymore”... I tenderly ask

Molly O'Toole

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El Salvador recently celebrated a historic feat: For 2 days in a row last month, the country recorded zero homicides. It wasn't a gang truce, or a new 'mano dura,'

FightOpinion

FightOpinion

Prepare for the biggest game of chicken in combat sports (UFC, Top Rank, ACs) over the next year on coronavirus. Promoters shifting liability for fighters testing positive to ACs. ACs

Ms.Persnickety#Resists™ Shadow banned!

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I spite of what Trump has said about reopening the economy the Trump appointed CDC director warns coronavirus may recur seasonally! RThttps://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-director-warns-coronavirus-may-recur-seasonally-183343387.html 2. Covid-19: But docto

John Branch

JohnBranchNYT

This is where I basically throw a bucket of cold water into the faces of fans drunk with hopes of sports coming back soon in any normal way. Enjoy!https://nyti.ms/30UeY1y It's

Mackenzie Chance Harte

MackHarte

it's just truly baffling to me that with everything going on there is a not insignificant number of people voting who are generally like "but what about my gun ????"

Andreas Backhaus

AndreasShrugged

Data and statistics around the #coronavirus are riddled with problems and often create confusion. That's why I've written a short paper explaining the most common pitfalls, published open access by

jeremy scahill

jeremyscahill

The richest person in the world, Jeff Bezos, had a meeting to discuss how to smear a warehouse worker who demanded a safe workplace for his colleagues. You can share

Alice Su

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Wuhan’s citywide testing has begun. This community tested a few hundred ppl today, starting at 8:30 am. It takes a few minutes and they expect to have all the results

Sukirti Dwivedi

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ThreadGov says it doesn't hv data of Docs who died of Covid. IMA says gov "abandoning national heroes"Here's some of the heroes that we covered 27 yr old Dr Joginder