#Data

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Health researchers estimate that every year 8 million people die an early death due to smoking. This means that 15%(!) of global deaths are attributed to smoking.Smoking causes incredible suffering

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

Texas and Florida, two of the states reporting record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases yesterday are among the most populous states in the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/coronavirus-live-updates-us/ 1/ This

Turner Novak

TurnerNovak

Stitch Fix is likely a $100b company within 10 years. Quick thread: Stitch Fix owns a direct channel to recommend and ship products to 3.5m users (growing 20%/yr). Many are

Pon Vasanth

pon_vasanth

Thread: It is well-known that IITs have failed to fill seats in Ph.D programmes as per reservation. Reason often cited is the lack of enough applicants from SC/ST/OBC communities. This

Dr Dominic Pimenta 💙 *Please* Just Stay At Home

DrDomPimenta

This is nonsense - you can't outrun the virus (which grows exponentially) with a vaccine programme (which doesn't). /1 Here's a graphic via @SimpleCovid to explain. The Wolf is the

Karen Vaites

karenvaites

Beautifully-written articulation of the progressive take on #openschools:Keep schools closed: It’s a social justice imperative.Do it for labor rights, and in solidarity with Black families.It’s so well-written, you almost miss

SEED

stocktondemo

Today is our last disbursement — we’ve been giving 125 residents, $500/month, for 24 months. To celebrate the end of our demonstration, we’re sharing some of our favorite moments &

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Given that the US has not detected SARS-CoV-2 variant viruses 501Y.V1 or 501Y.V2, what bounds can we place on their current frequency in the US based on sample counts? 1/12https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1341446447045087232

Suraj

surajbrf

There's a lot of talk about India and climate change goals. Particularly, it is argued that the Indian government lacks commitment. This thread is intended to offer an overview of

therealarod1984

therealarod1984

Covid-19 Metrics for States with Bars & Casinos OPEN vs Texas - THREADMany Southern States opened Bars in May & show little, if any, difference with TX, which closed bars

Helen Branswell

HelenBranswell

1. Turning this into a thread.https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1355139183325683719 2. The J&J vaccine showed an 85% efficacy at protecting against severe #Covid19 — in multiple settings around the world, including in South Af

Joshua Yaffa

yaffaesque

Feels as if barely a day goes by w/out a startling and revelatory investigation from next-gen Russian media outfit. Places like @the_ins_ru @wwwproektmedia @istories_media (and reportorial side of @fbkinfo) represent

Cafer T. Yavuz

caferyavuz

I agree with Jenny and others who promoted freedom of choosing your own schedule. As someone who experienced both extremes in grad school, I’d like to throw in a few

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

I want to get a bit serious about the @WHO's dismissal of lab escape as a potential origins of the covid virus.I'm keen to see their full report. However, the

Haroon Chowdry

HaroonChowdry

Today @educationgovuk publishes data on local attendance rates during this term. We’ve done some rapid analysis of this to see what it shows.Our report is here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/report/school-attendance-since-septe

Sam Freedman

Samfr

Last week I did a round-up thread on COVID stats/reports which people seemed to find useful so I thought I'd make it a weekly thing... Positive news first. Lockdown continues

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