#Implications

Todd Lowdon

tlowdon

Stunning new research finds C19 PCR tests are much too sensitive to be useful in assessing spread. "In 3 sets of testing data...compiled by officials in MA, NY & NV,

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

Only 1.3% of U.S. COVID-19 cases are current smokers. Only 2.3% are former smokers. Possible explanation? Nicotine lowers ACE2 expression. (SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 for entry into target cells.)https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295500/ One major

Nations are still useful🖖

Qurioser

Time for a running mask-thread since this BS isn’t going away.https://twitter.com/ColleenHuberNMD/status/1273947592057995268 https://twitter.com/GeneralDilley/status/1275141601229062144?s=20 https://twitter.com/JamesTodaroMD/status/128956

Santiago Navarro

SantiagoBiz

#COVID19 is the greatest shared challenge that most of us will yet have faced. As many of us seek clarity for what this means and the implications of this on

Megan Dunne

RecordPainted

#triggerwarningTopic: self harm/suicideThis thread is about seeking suicide permission. Please only read if you have the emotional bandwidth to address this issue with me.(1/ We're living in dark times. The

Frisky Bits

Frisky_Bits

I want to say some things about the recent George Floyd footage that was released. I try not to get too serious on this account, but this is a very

Richard Collumbell

RCollumbell

Parent: “at least my kid isn’t gay or lesbian”If anyone is in still in doubt about the homophobic implications of Gender Identity politics, watch this. The experience of the young

Dr. Asatar Bair

asatarbair

Capitalism and inequality: A thread 1/xAnyone observing capitalism can see it’s highly unequal and that this inequality is grossly unfair, and that it leads to poverty and misery for the

Mona

monanotlisa

We continue to fail the #unhoused population of California, and we need to help them.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/san-francisco-coronavirus-homeless-shelter I am not some ivory-tower concern-monger: used to commute to San Francisco a

Joe Murgia

UfoJoe11

1 @jamescfox: "I have met with very high-level people -people that really, really are in a position to know what's going on, people that have dumped millions & millions &

Reuben Rodriguez

ReubenR80027912

The most important part of Covid (and most vexing) is this: what is the IFR? CFR measures recorded cases but what everyone wants to know is how likely are they

Stephen Tankel

StephenTankel

1/11 The 2018 NDS prioritized strategic competition, but DoD is still struggling to turn the page on counterterrorism. I’ve got a new paper out with @CNASdc on the need to

Thomas Rixen

thomas_rixen

Very happy to see our new article with Lukas Hakelberg out in @RIPEJournal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2020.1752769 . Short thread 2/ Why has the downward trend in capital taxes since the 1980s reversed

Khawar Khan

khawar_achakzai

COVID vaccines available in Kashmir are safe in:DiabeticsHypertensives Transplant patients Those with lung diseasesThose with chronic disorders like Rheumatoid arthritis Heart patients (CAD)Immunocompromised (Cancers, HIV etc)All above 18 y

Álvaro Leandro

AlvaroISLM

Genuine question: What happens with the SGP after Covid-19? Will all MSs be put in an EDP when this crisis is "over", with requirements to reduce deficits below 3% with

Sara Testarossa

SaraTestarossa

Still time to get in >300 word queer spec fic entries! This contest is how my first original story was published.I'm poking at an idea I hope I can get