#PANDEMIC

Nikki Wentling

nikkiwentling

.@DenisMcDonough, Joe Biden's pick for @DeptVetAffairs secretary, will testify soon at his confirmation hearing before the Senate VA committee. This will be the first time @SenatorTester leads the committee as

Amy Barnhorst, MD

amybarnhorst

1/ It's hard to write about this because it's so sad, but it's important - some days working on #GunViolence prevention by myself in my closet feels weirdly irrelevant while

Tara Straw

TaraStraw

IRS delays could cause many people to lose financial assistance for marketplace health coverage unless CMS acts soon. CMS should not terminate advance premium tax credits (APTC) until COVID-related IRS

Uncommon Sense

Uncommo52204052

Farm hullabaloo summary: six words, six lies.Peaceful Apolitical Indian Farmer Protest vs Farm-Laws.Let's dismantle this nefarious facade. First, Indian. This is mainly a Punjab problem. Not even Haryana (e.g. govt

Asiago

fkaLuna_

This pandemic pushing folks to their limits. People are are fearing for and losing their loved ones everyday. We are in an economic crisis where the only solution seems to

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

I launched a new page that shows the path to US COVID-19 herd immunity: http://covid19-projections.com/path-to-herd-immunity/It's built on the assumption that herd immunity will be achieved via vaccination and natural infection.Tl;dr

Tax Foundation

TaxFoundation

Unemployment Compensation Trust Funds have stabilized in some states as unemployment levels have declined, but 17 states have negative balances, and in aggregate, the net trust fund balance has declined

g a b y

gabydvj

taking a lil break from finals (i’m in grad school now remember) to do a thread of my favorite stories from this year. first up, obviously, is my @verge feature

Hetan Shah

HetanShah

‘Epidemics are social as well as biological phenomena.’ My @nature piece on the importance of social science and humanities in tackling our big global challengeshttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00064-x Very helpful crowd sourc

Richard Cheese😷New 2020 Album On Sale Now!🍸

RichardCheese

I'm not a religious person; I got most of my knowledge about the bible from watching the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."One of the stories stands out in my mind.God

Kevin R. McClure

kevinrmcclure

Two quick things about these cuts happening in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont.https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/04/boulder-arts-and-sciences-dean-wants-build-back-faculty-post-pandemic-one-non-tenure

Martha Hampson

marthie

New stats from @ChildrensComm presented in Anne Longfield's final speech. Echoes @mssophiaparker's remarks last week that this isn't unresolvable. "It's not that we can't do it, that we don't know

Elin Roddy

elinlowri

Listening to Elgar 2, in tears in the slow movement - it is unbearably beautiful and just pushes my crying button. But I don't cry when I'm playing it, instead

🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥

kareem_carr

DURING THE PANDEMIC, we scientists made a lot of science communication mistakes. One big problem is there are at least four possible ways for a scientist to have a conversation

Beth Moore

BethMooreLPM

An Interrupted DawnA fresh sadness has cast its cold shadow over me. It caught me by surprise but not because I’m unaccustomed to flickering light. I’m too old to be

Resolution Foundation

resfoundation

Today we have published new research exploring the distribution of wealth between ethnic groups in Great Britain. A short thread with the highlights follows....https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/a-gap-that-wont-close/ Huge we

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