#PANDEMIC

Mary Lou Tanner

MLTPlanner

In the last four days in my neighbourhood, the conversation has been about an elderly neighbour with dementia and how to make sure he is safe on our streets and

AndrewStettner

pelhamprog

Terrible unemployment data from DOL this morning, so a thread to tell you how much is at stake in the final negotiations over a rescue package. Today’s unemployment report shows

Jonathan👨‍⚕️⚕️

just1doctorwala

For those of you who don't understand why so many of us medicos are questioning the drug Itolizumab the company Biocon and Ms. Kiran Shaw let me explain.#ThreadAlert Issue 1.

Charlie Mace

Charles_Mace

I'm speaking at the Tufts COVID-19 Research Symposium next week on the challenges associated with developing *commercial products* (not just publishing papers) in an academic lab... on an accelerated timeline...

Elizabeth Pancotti

ENPancotti

$580B in unemployment insurance benefits, expansions, & supplements saved tens of millions of jobless workers last year. Swaths of beneficiaries are about to be on the hook for huge surprise

Jonathan Bernstein

jbview

There was some good reporting on this in advance, but overall I think even a lot of reporters haven't quite understood, or at least communicated, the extent to which Trump

Sarah Trone Garriott

SarahforIowa

The Senate Republicans' Education funding plan is out. It’s the same slow starving of our public schools now aggravated by a pandemic--and with a vindictive new twist! 1/9 Again the

squishy forté

ThatForte

about to make a venting thread of everything I can think of right now. because right now is a lot. It's almost been a year since the pandemic started. I

The Walrus

thewalrus

The pandemic has confused and exhausted teachers. Following physical distancing guidelines is difficult due to class sizes, and they are taking on double the workload as they stretch themselves to

Pistachio

HarleyShah

It reminds me how out of touch with reality some are when they claim that holidays during a pandemic are “essential” for mental health. It’s so pathetically privileged. We would

☡acki 🙂

FrankfurtZack

Data is overwhelming – lockdowns don´t work.But, why is that? The concept, in theory, is striking – if we reduce our contacts, we reduce viral spread. This is a no-brainer,

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

I am sceptical about the #closetheschools argument. There is at least one significant practical and ethical difference between how to manage/mitigate the economic consequences and educational consequences of a lockdown

Southwest Virginia for Pete 🐝🚖🍾

SWVAforPete

Here's a fun story...Friends of mine flew to visit family in Botswana the weekend the US shut down for COVID, almost a full year ago now. They had just landed

Joe Sanberg #WearAMask

JosephNSanberg

IMPORTANT: We may be on the verge of really bad news for many Americans. While millions are still without work, an emergency program to increase unemployment benefits runs out in

Reclamation and Survival

Reclaim_Survive

As states begin to roll out vaccinations across the country, a disturbing but unsurprising trend is beginning to reveal itself. An analysis from the AP looking at 17 states and

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

Thank you to those who came to our town hall last night on “Presidential Incapacity and the Constitution”! I felt it was extraordinarily special, touching on the most critical issue

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