#Health

Barton

Barton_options

1/ Fallacy of applying population fatality rate to an individual.Bad statistics. —> bad decision makingAssuming that 3month into the future, the infection fatality rate of COVID19 for 30-45yo male in

CAUT

CAUT_ACPPU

Read CAUT Pres.@basmith's post @eduint's World of Education blog: The impact of the pandemic on academic workers and work: the #Cdnpse experience. "Almost overnight last March, academic staff at unis/colleges

Paula Simons

Paulatics

A dear friend of mine was scheduled to have a significant surgery next week. A surgery so important and time sensitive, that it was set to go ahead, in spite

Dr. Richard Corsi

CorsIAQ

1/11This worldwide pandemic has taken far too many lives, caused immeasurable suffering, & economic hardship. But it has hopefully taught us some very important lessons that I hope stay with

Chris Kenyon

BoxbikeLondon

1/ Barnstorming speech by Clyde Loakes @Labourstone at #HealthyStreets2018 - ‘I have been a councillor for a long time, since I was 27…I’ve spent more time dabbling in bins than

Dr Norlaine Thomas

Norlaine

OK, who wants to see poor people die, raise your hand. Who wants to see BIPOC brutalised and killed, raise your hand. Who wants to see LBGTQ2+ people beaten? If

Justin McElroy

j_mcelroy

I know there are some that get upset about this fact, but the struggles B.C. is having containing #COVID19 is pretty much the same story across all of North America

Rob Davies

ByRobDavies

Public Health England was conducting a study of gambling-related harm, ahead of the govts review of the Gambling Act. I wonder what will become of it now that Dido Harding

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Am optimistic about late spring and summerBut concerned about next couple of monthsSo let's chat whyB117 – the UK variantIts here and spreading quicklyGreat new analysis by @k_g_andersen et al

Woodguy

Woodguy55

Both @doniveson and @jkenney 's reasoning for not creating indoor masking laws is weak & their reluctance to enact one is downloading “public health best practices” on to private businesses

Joseph Allen

j_g_allen

THREAD on positive #COVIDー19 developments(I try to keep a runny tally in my head - helps get through the days, knowing there is a light at the end)1. Therapeutics are

Tyler Black, MD

tylerblack32

Canadian Suicidology:Summing BC and Alberta, 2020 has seen a 14.8% decrease in suicides from 2019 to 2020 (+/- 8.6%). In Canada, there has been no "COVID effect" increasing suicide rates,

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD

paimadhu

Thread based on my new paper in @NatureMedicine published today:Covidization of research: what are the risks?https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1015-0 Researchers, universities, funders, philanthropies, journals, and journalists hav

SunMum

Mum3Sun

Michael Biggs’s research was cited repeatedly in court by Jeremy Hyam QC, the advocate for Keira Bell and Mrs A. Here’s how Biggs’s findings, which eventually triggered the JR, became

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) The second wave is now accelerating in Montreal at a much faster rate than in most regions across Quebec as the city posted a record 748 #COVID19 cases. Outbreaks

Nilmini W 😷

Minimalneg

1/ It's gloomy news today. There are many plusses to our COVID response, and we must not lose sight of those. It's been a tough time on many - those

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