#Data

My draft on "Things I wished developers knew about databases" is 80% complete. For the first time, I'm going to publish more than 15 articles in an article. This article
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The YouGov MRP.Terrible news for Labour? No.Dig a little deeper, and all is not what it seems.There are numerous trends and data points that indicate that Labour are, in my
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scientific data predicts that the US will very soon surpass the 100k death toll from COVID-19.100k people are practically guaranteed to lose their lives and people are out here protesting
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Covid-19 vaccine candidate is 90% effective, says manufacturer - mass roll out will take a while but if 90% holds this certainly makes a huge differencehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/covid-19-vaccine-candidate-effective-pfize
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To anyone who feels like the weight of their constant mistakes has irreparably hindered their progress (but especially to #phd students in #stem fields), this thread is for you. Read
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Your weekly reminder, we are in the midst of the largest public health blunder in Canadian history. Why do I say that? Lets educate and go through some data.
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OK, so since the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) is the topic of the night (thank you @TuckerCarlson for showing your ignorance on the matter), lets review VAERS for
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(1/11) Update on the situation with SARS-CoV2 variants of concern in Belgium based on today's @sciensano report & baseline surveillance sequencing data from @Emmanuel_microb's federal test platform. Brazilian variant now
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This week, famous researchers called for more transparency in #medical #AI and...I hate it. Not only is the letter they make their case in wrong-headed and bizarrely off-target, but @michaelhoffman
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OP SEC BEST PRACTICES, A THREAD:1. If for whatever reason you *have* to post a picture, strip all XCIF data from it and make sure there is absolutely nothing personally
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Your friendly reminder that the IRS *could* process everyone's taxes and just send us our just overpay but instead they make the tax code terrifying and convoluted in order to
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Just read this article in the @nytimes which contains a link to the actual emails they’re reporting on ... This thread will contain what is being discussed “behind the scenes”
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The CMI (continuous mortality investigation) has published its quarterly “Mortality Monitor” report.By calculating age-standardised mortality rates, this allows us to properly consider how 2020 mortality rates compare to recent years.
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Thread:This @nytimes piece from @apoorva_nyc is great science writing, but I worry it is an example of the streetlight effect.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/health/coronavirus-holiday-gatherings.html?action=click&module=Top%20Storie
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We use @ipums ATUS data to test whether Blacks have greater number of contacts compared to other racial/ethnic groups. We wanted to see if diff in number of contacts might
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Unbelievable. Absolute disregard of qualitative methods of analysis, historical and art historical expertise. This is peddling bad science.This is dangerously bad. Others have commented on the art history failings but
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