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Only 1.3% of U.S. COVID-19 cases are current smokers. Only 2.3% are former smokers. Possible explanation? Nicotine lowers ACE2 expression. (SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 for entry into target cells.)https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295500/ One major
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interesting @theglennpeoples perspective on how subscription-driven recorded music market will fare, with essential insights from @russmusicwatch https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9347724/subscriptions-insulate-music-market-2020 Also possib
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With the news of another big-publishing merger, the space for indies and divergent publishing is squeezed even further. What can we (readers, authors, indie publishers) do? Some ideas 1)
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Now, that the fever of #Turkey's gas finding has cooled off (or not?), time for a (long) THREAD on challenges and implications #OOTT #ONGT The gas is in ULTRA-deep
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Thread: The Precautionary PrincipleIn order to minimize risk when information is insufficient, assume a higher negative impact outcome, especially when the stakes are high. The resulting decisions could prevent or
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Much of the debate on whether to bail out Branson’s airline or not is too narrow. It either focuses on saving jobs and air routes or not bailing out a
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Ok I feel like a lot of mbbs are online rn..so I hope yall see this post.For brokebebs out there, if you cannot spend too much money to support MX's
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With so many discussions lately about private vs public employees at Alberta hospitals doing the very necessary work of cleaning and sanitization, there has been a lot of speculation about
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Health insurance is a fucking joke in this country. Full disclosure - I am tired and am working on a tall neat glass of Weller SR. My son was born
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An interesting - but often underappreciated - aspect of B.F. Skinner's work was its idealistic undertones. He saw psychology as a "technology of behavior" that could re-engineer society in service
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After 9/11, New York City had an intense pride about the comeback-This was our home, they came after all of us, and we were all in it together here. We
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Let's talk about why Serkan Bolat thinks he needs to take the blame for an accident that happened 20 years ago, because I see some people upset that he didn't
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A little Monday morning tale - how the US and EU have been engaged in a low level trade conflict for many years, and how the UK government is being
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COVID and festivals: a Med Student Raver’s perspective. Hi friends, I’m Sean and I’m a medical student/bass head. I also have 2 years of infectious disease research experience and a
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So as a Major Trauma Centre Clinical Director, I've been asked my opinion about the resumption of a range of professional sport activities. Nice to be asked. I understand the
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Nobody wants to say it, but I will: if you got put on in a major way in the last wave of Black ppl dying, you cannot separate how that
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