#PANDEMIC

Nason Maani

spidermaani

The news about @PHE_uk being replaced by an infection-disease-focused body is at odds with some of the main lessons emerging from #COVID19 in the US. Some thoughts (thread) 1/10 Health

Runnymede Trust

RunnymedeTrust

The @TheIFS yesterday released an observation looking in to the lost learning of eduction as a result of covid. The overarching finding was that pupils from more disadvantaged backgrounds are

Nemets

Peter_Nimitz

2020 hasn't been that interesting of a year. Unlike 2014, 2020 is the natural progression & culmination of existing trends rather than the apparent beginnings of new ones. Western figures

Resist the Hologram - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – A Survey of the Current Situation 1. The media (99%), the FBI, and the Justice Department, and most judges in federal judiciary seem fully complicit in protecting those

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

"Finland and Norway boast the West’s lowest rates of mortality,..now stand out as the closest Western equivalents to Asian nations that have managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic."Their

Jenét Where are the girls and babies? Morrow

JenetAllDay

Pre-Covid life won't be back. Period. We'll have post-Covid life. It'll be less restrictive than Covid pandemic life. But the before times are gone. I think the "I can't wait

Jess Davis

jesskatedavis

So this happened today....pets stranded overseas because of the pandemic were reunited with their families. A charter flight of 68 cats and dogs arrived in Melbourne 10 days ago

Mary

mary_b92

1/17 THE UCONN REC CENTER: A THREAD TO EDUCATE AND ENRAGE YOU. Why do undergrads at Storrs have to pay $500 to UConn each year to use the fancy new

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Comparing #COVID19 infection fatality rates (IFRs) of #SARSCoV2 with influenza can be problematic. As the piece below touches on, the IFR estimates for seasonal influenza are very poor. Though, another

TheValuesVoter

TheValuesVoter

Trump continually boasts about having "built the greatest economy ever" before the pandemic.But even before COVID, when the market was at an all-time high, the gains in the Dow seen

Dr. Meghan J. Clark

DrClarkM1

In thinking about covid relief: there are two competing drives...1. to make sure that every struggling family receives support and 2. desire to prevent anyone "unworthy" or "unnecessary" from receiving

Wille 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇬🇧🇨🇭

wfaler

Swedens strategy has been that of a drunken gambler going all in from day 1.Even with little knowledge of the virus it was reckless, let’s look at why: asymmetric risk:Even

Soledad O'Brien

soledadobrien

I don’t know. Sounds like victory has a lot of mothers. I’m glad progressives decided to vote Biden. I’m glad Lincoln project focused on Republicans who might switch to Biden.

SportsPro

SportsPro

Why have US sports TV ratings been down during the pandemic? A thread The Stanley Cup, NBA Finals and World Series all saw double-digit viewership declines this year,

Colleen Derkatch

ColleenDerkatch

Early morning of @cbcradio hits about the language of Ontario's new stay-at-home order and, wow, I am not a morning person. But it's my pleasure to get up early to

The Bearded Educator

LiteraryBeardo

I'm thinking about how education has failed so miserably during this pandemic, and it makes me think of how it's connected to the general American habit of refusing to advance

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