#Scientists

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/ THREAD: The idea that @CDCgov isn’t doing science is—well, unscientific. CDC's 20,000 staff work 24/7 to protect you. Scientific articles in @CDCMMWR now far outpace prior epidemics. CDC &

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

AIRBORNE >6 FEET / 2 METERS! The CDC finally acknowledged #SARSCoV2 has major transmission via airborne aerosols beyond 6 feet / 2 meters, not just close contact. The CDC/WHO &

c0nc0rdance

c0nc0rdance

Isaac Asimov's essay "The Relativity of Wrong" explains an important fact about Flat Earthers, evolution denialists and other anti-science denialist movements:they're *very nearly* right.A flat Earth would have curvature of

Nav iii ✨🎲 🎶

jojmacca

Okay.I’ve seen people here calling Paul xenophobic because of the wet market issue he discussed about but that is not the case at all.As a long-time animal rights activist of

Dr. Beeblu

beeblu94

#ThreadI want to talk about the difficulty I went through in house job (which many others also did) so people can stop belittling what we do as health workers in

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

I've been doing a little thinking about the kind of questions that need to be asked at the upcoming debates. If you happen to be moderating one of them, you

Science stories

ScienceStories_

What happens to our soul after death?A thread https://sciencestories.in/souls-after-death/ Science Explains What Happens to Your Soul After Death...““I believe that consciousness, or its immediate precursor proto-consciousness, has bee

Lisa Pecher

LisaPecher

Since my follower count has just increased by 50% (thanks, viral Venus thread) I think this is a good opportunity to properly introduce myself to everyone! Hi, I'm Lisa from

Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen 🏳️‍🌈☠️

docfreeride

Can we talk about this article (published today, simultaneously in a number of journals)?Because I don't think it's doing the work its (many, many) authors hope it will.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-020-0529-x Overall, this

Snickelsox

snickelsox

I come from a very conservative background and this is not an isolated idea. The amount of people in that space who believe they are gifted in these ways is

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

Earlier today we tweeted about a new WHO scientific brief on "immunity passports". The thread caused some concern & we would like to clarify:We expect that most people who are

Nikolaj Bichel

Nikolaj_Bi

In a recent "Off the Leash" podcast, @charliemoores and @domdyer70 briefly touch on trophy hunting (TH), and they made some comments about emotions, ethics, and conservation that I thought it

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

100% true no amount of fact-checking will give people in intensely polarized US “a common ground of reality on which to stand” as @Sulliview wrote Aug 29. But since many

Kim TallBear

KimTallBear

i've studied scientists who study human migration via genomics. i've also studied Indigenous, feminist, Black, African, and other diverse People’s accounts of science & technology history. I’ve learned 3 things

Yinon Weiss

yinonw

Meanwhile countries with no mask mandates such as Sweden, Norway, and Denmark have not yet hit explosive cases. They might still, but obviously it's not due to lack of masks.Similarly

Dennis Dimick

ddimick

1/2 Nine Climate "Tipping Points." Think domino effectArctic sea iceGreenland ice sheetBoreal forestsPermafrostAtlantic Meridional Overturning CirculationAmazon rainforestWarm-water coralsWest Antarctic Ice SheetParts of East Antarctica@nat