#EPIDEMIC

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Perfect except most of the victims of this disease in the US are either the elderly, who are very susceptible to severe outcomes, or poor people and minorities who have

Josh Barocas, MD

jabarocas

Really important work going on for the emerging epidemic within the pandemic: methamphetamine use disorder. Brief Study for some efficacy of bupropion + naltrexone (13.6%) v placebo (2.5%). @NEJM. (Brief

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

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

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

The US reported over 3000 deaths from #COVID19 today and the 7-day average of deaths has hit a record with today's average of 2276. Here, I dig into these grim

Jarita Bavido

JaritaBavido

It's a year this week since the first case of COVID-19 was found in Wisconsin. In July, I scoured the newspapers from the flu epidemic of 1918-1920. I've been wanting

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

A thread. The Scottish govt wants to enshrine the concept of 'gender identity' in law. But what is 'gender identity' and where did this seemingly innocent idea come from? Welcome

vDarkness Falls

VDarknessF

China wants us eliminated.China is 2 scared 2 nuke us & start a war, & [They] need our land for crops. Can't poison the land.Can't invade us. "Behind every blade

Mark_Coughlan

Mark_Coughlan

The news from Pfizer is great, but it's not just about fighting Covid. The Pfizer candidate is an mRNA vaccine, the tech to produce them didn't exist until recently. If

Nsikan Akpan, PhD

MoNscience

.@nymag and @nicholsonbaker8: This article is filled with wild speculation about SARS-CoV-2's origins and signifies a lack of understanding around basic genetics and viral evolution.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-la

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Enough with the beach-scolding! It's not scientifically-sound and it's counterproductive. It's a virus—not a moral agent geared to smite people who dare enjoy themselves. Six months in, we *know* most

Dr Kit Byatt

Laconic_doc

@bmj_latest #CovidUnknowns conference just started global comparisons- review of NZ experience by Michael Baker NZ strategy effective and preserved the economy. #covidunknowns Good science plus effective leadership are both needed

la scapigliata

lascapigliata8

Apart from this man's narcissism, there's a really important issue being highlighted here. The cognitive and policy capture by the gender identity industry has been unprecedented, which means that our

Dr. Simran Jeet Singh

SikhProf

Indian farmers are leading the largest strike in human history. They are fighting new laws that hurt the working class and decades of government abuse and neglect that has had

Stephen Fasenfeld 😀

fasenfeld

1. “ How Has Professor Gerry Killeen From UCC Fared In His 2020 Predictions For Covid” 1/25I said I was going to look at our “esteemed” Doctors and Professors

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Arbitration was created to allow giant companies with equal bargaining power to settle disputes without incurring expensive court battles. So, when IBM and AT&T struck a deal, they'd agree that

Trinh

Trinhnomics

Loneliness is an epidemic of our time & compounded by Covid-19. The worst thing u can do to someone short of death is to give them solitary confinement & isolate

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