#Studies

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Some COVID perspective. A reminder - I am an expert in one area (human genetics/genomics); I know many experts in other areas (infections epi, viral genomics, wastewater, clinical trials) worldwide

ice9

__ice9

Anecdotal reports from NYC of improved outcomes in serious hospitalized COVID-19 cases using 1.5 grams of vitamin C by IV, 3-4 times per day, based on similar early reports from

WeDo2020

WeDo2020NZ

Thread: We've seen a few questions about the impact of cannabis legalisation and regulation on youth use – and whether it's really associated with a reduction in that use. Yep,

EJoy

swintersections

In the wake of Reid’s excellent piece on Moss and the culture at OT I felt it important to talk about the organisational culture in child protection organisations. Be warned,

PEG

pegobry

Put aside the gratuitous name-calling and this is a worthy and important critique of IQ.https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1275464383540445185 Basically, my take is that IQ measures something real, but that that real thing is

Stacey - 1776 & MLK

ScotsFyre

Okay, I am putting this up because I am sick of COVID-19 panic porn that leaves the impression we have no answers. This is simply not the case. At the

H i s t o r yK E

HistoryKE

#HistoryKeThread: The Man Who Built ChiromoOnce there lived a man in Kenya - a man born to break rules. And norms. And records. He was as daring as he was

Sambit Dash

sambit_dash

A story about a pandemic.“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. In the summer of 2005, these immortal words of Neil Armstrong was emailed by Dr

K. Alexander Adams

KAlexanderAdams

Really? *no* credible evidence? That’s strong wording - and it’s totally wrong. I’ll list a few papers showing that claim is false. [THREAD]https://twitter.com/maxboot/status/1252758166435057664 1/Jaeger et al. 2018: the immigration literature

Miss

missdcox

Against my better judgement I'm going to post a LONG thread to be clear on my thoughts on the Ofqual decision on GCSE religious studies having had comments suggesting things

Rohan Venkat

RohanV

Thread: In January 2018, Prime Minister Modi said economic protectionism "can’t be considered lesser risk than terrorism or climate change.” Yet India is now firmly on the path of import-substitution

Per Bylund

PerBylund

Peer review is an imperfect tool, and should not be treated as a Swiss army knife (always applicable). It has its uses where it works and adds value, but there

Jessica Lee

byjlee

Teacher brag moment. To help my @UMN_HSJMC students grow their reporting skills, I asked them to interview a stranger who's been negatively impacted by #COVID19. The results were pretty

Jeannette Ng 吳志麗

jeannette_ng

I know most ppl use it as "even the CCP acknowledges they're not monoracial" but it should not be cited without these caveats.https://twitter.com/jeannette_ng/status/1375483008858402826 This isn't some sort of dark secret,

Jack Murphy 🇺🇸 ⚔️

jackmurphylive

The Student Loan crisis is building. We need alternatives to federally subsidized student loans. Some novel tools do exist but people are ignorant. A thread. Learn something Currently subsidized

Mackenzie Lockhart

lockhartm

While the pundit class of BC is concerned with the dangers posed by an election, what does the science actually tell us?TL;DR: The risks are minimal, especially when transmission is