#Masks

Ed Yong

edyong209

I wrote a new piece about the 9 errors of intuition that people keep making during the pandemic, trapping us in a spiral of bad decisions & policies. This is

Nick Hudson

NickHudsonCT

A Sign of Progress:Something struck me today. When @pandata19 first came into the public eye, it was with a single message—that lockdowns were a cure worse than the disease; that

Robin Morgan-Bentley

rmorganbentley

Top 10 things actual people have said to me and my husband this year, as new gay dads: a thread 1. Oh it’s lads’ day out today! So cute.

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

So, how are we doing with covid? Nationally, reported incidence has fallen from around 76 cases per 100,000 population per day to about 43. Better! But not yet good. Thresholds

Dana Fried

leftoblique

TL;DR: The vaccine is the opposite of wearing a mask.(Explanation follows.)https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1357011532106792960 Data seem to show that the vaccine will slow but not stop the spread of Covid-19; what it will

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

What if I want to hug the people I love? I want to sing. I want to see musicians performing live. I want to go dancing again. I want to

Terry Truchan

terry_truchan

We all know that math is very hard for conservatives, especially UCP supporters. So when you’re confronted by one with the argument of why shut down the economy for 1%

Kit Yates

Kit_Yates_Maths

Mini-thread:When talking about hospital data (below), the big picture of overall COVID admissions and occupancy often mask the extremely serious situation in critical care units.So here's a short look at

JJ MacNab

jjmacnab

Thread for the "Stop The Steal" pro-Trump rally scheduled for Saturday, November 14th in Washington DC. I'd hoped this would die down as election results trickled in, but it seems

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

FAUCI SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS IS AIRBORNE—it’s not official until the Fauci sings. And Dr Fauci has come out strongly: “Bottomline, there’s much more aerosol than we thought”. #COVID19Moreover, #SARSCoV2

Amberite's Eschatological Cabaret 🌈⛥✡⛧they/them

outliersgeorg

The proportion of COVID deaths that's older folks and folks with underlying conditions does Not, in any way, make it OK that people are dying, but it IS probably a

Abandoned America 🏚️🇺🇲

abandonedameric

1/ I miss museums. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC 2/ A few years ago, it occurred to me that even though I live in Philadelphia, I hadn't been to

Femi😷

Femi_Sorry

Spot the difference! @SophyRidgeSky asked @PritiPatel THREE TIMES whether the Bournemouth beach people were irresponsible. She refused. Priti Patel called those peacefully protesting against racism "unacceptable" & "awful

Dr. Richard Corsi

CorsIAQ

1/ I am seeing many interpreting this as "it's safe to send kids back to school." That's a misinterpretation. First, safe implies certainty, which is not true here. What can

Lindsay Ayling

AylingLindsay

Jumping into to a Faculty Executive Council meeting where Kevin Guskiewicz is answering questions on UNC Chapel Hill's ongoing COVID disasterQ: how will students be leaving?KG: we'll work through a

Felix

FMwenge

CDC made a presentation on the outlook of the COVID-19 in Zambia. The presentation shows that things will get worse before they can improve. The GOOD NEWS is that CDC

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