#Epidemic

Charles Duhigg

cduhigg

For the last month, I’ve been trying to figure out why New York and Seattle fared so different in the pandemic. The result came out today in @NewYorker:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/seattles-leaders-let-scientists-take-the-lead-new-yo

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

Every week, I along with other researchers/modelers gather in a conference call to discuss the current state of forecasting, give presentations, and share ideas.One group always absent? IHME.They are not

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

TERRIBLE—Trump says US won’t join a global effort to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine. Absolutely terrible. It will hurt us in the long run because this

Truth

1foreverseeking

01/18/2000, Astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle warned may be on brink of global epidemic.Outbreak caused by dust deposited high in atmosphere by passing comets forced to earth by sunspots.Peak every 11

Queer Britain

Queer_Britain

We're delighted that @FuturesBroken will be doing this month's #QBTakeover with a queer walking tour of Reading. Broken Futures is a community-based project delivered by @SupportULGBT a support and wellbeing

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

This is a thread about how journalists decide what is “news” and what isn’t. Anyone shaping the news and anyone consuming the news should understand who decides what counts as

Sarah Carrier

CarrierScarier

I offer a #pandemic timeline for UNC & Chapel Hill - let's go back to 1918 to see what's possibly relevant for today: First weeks of Oct 1918 pandemic hits

(((Charles Fishman)))

cfishman

US Coronavirus Update, Thursday, April 9, 2020~ Lethal, even as progress continuesFatalities First• Total US covid-19 deaths as of Thu, April 9: 16,672• Increase in the last 24 hours: 1,904

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

For me and for everyone I know who has been following #covid19, the last few days have felt like a profound shift in the epidemic. We are clearly entering a

Sunil Menon

kazhugan

With another standoff between the #Delhi government and the L-G, this article looks at the fundamentally schizoid nature of India's fight against #COVID19.Basic dilemma: health is a state subject, but

Anant Bhan

AnantBhan

Writing in @ThePrintIndia today on #WorldHealthDay @MonJunNot & I argue that the current discourse on COVID-19 response focuses overtly on ventilator availability, ICU care & not enough on the

Signor Ernesto

SignorErnesto

From St. Petersburg to Pandemic: stupid comments to @dottorpax & @nntaleb paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0921-x)Disclaimer: i sincerely love Pasquale, he is the person I would like to be; great mathematician, great co

Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega

raulpacheco

Folks: I am trained as a comparativist political scientist. I specialize in comparative public policy. I am here to tell you thata) Yes, you SHOULD compare countries' responses to COVID-19b)

Karnika

KarnikaKohli

I HAVE SPENT Rs 1,61,800 SO FAR TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF MY MENTAL HEALTH.TW: anxiety, depressionNow that I have your attention with all that clickbait and all caps yelling,

LEGAL NUGGETS

legalnuggetsbyT

QUESTION OF THE WEEKWhat is the difference between a state of emergencyand a curfew . What instances can they be invoked?#thread #law #legal #Curfew #legal #law #legalnuggets #stateofemergency #legalnuggetsbytobi #legaleducation

Vidhika Bansal

vidhster

Salesforce just announced that they'd be giving employees who are parents an additional 6 weeks of PTO. This is excellent news. Parents, especially those with young children, absolutely need and