#Surge

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

Britain is doing more #COVID19 testing than any other country in Europe. Really! So how on earth are we now in a situation where the testing system is on its

Blake Brown

RBlakeBrown

In @ConversationCA Noah Schwartz asserts that a reported increase in gun/ammo sales in Canada in context of Covid-19 is not motivated by any self-defence concerns. The evidence for this? Umm…

Travis Fain

TravisFain

In briefing for #ncga legislators @SecMandyCohen says state does not yet have projections it feels confident in re: When COVID-19 cases peak, how many beds are needed, etc. Notes many

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

Below R total deaths in the US in the first four weeks of the listed years:221,917 in 2016241,259 in 2017264,349 in 2018235,806 in 2019238,620 in 2020NOTE the big jump in

The Independent

IndependentPGH

In the last three days Allegheny County has reported new cases of 96, 83 and 109 respectively. What’s really disturbing about these numbers is they come on the three weekdays

Jon “Please Stay Inside” Wolfsthal

JBWolfsthal

If you think the Covid collapse will hit the US hard (and it is and will) it will be even harder on Russia and China. All those arguing RF and

Andy Flach 🌵

AndyfromTucson

Good thread on the lag between rising cases and rising deathshttps://twitter.com/zorinaq/status/1319892084250165254 I happened to be looking at this issue in the Arizona data last night. In the last surge it

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Dear Twitter: We need to have another talk about the strongman con. Why do you all give Trump so much power over you? He tells you to panic and you

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dom_dipierro

okay here’s a thread of nonfiction books, papers, & articles I love & recommend, mostly about politics & socioeconomics, but some other ones mixed in. I’ll try to keep updating

Matthew Cochrane

Matt_Cochrane7

1/ #DogecoinDay! To mark the occasion (good excuse as any?), thought I would do a thread on the early history of Bitcoin $BTC, a subject I used to write a

Rich

RockboltG

Small thread on why words are important, using @piersmorgan as an exampleHere he misuses the words 'surges' and 'spike' to imply deaths are still accelerating. In actual fact it seems

Mike Memoli

mikememoli

In his first in-person interview in months, @JoeBiden tells @danabash that a president needs to "lead by example," contrasting his and President Trump's Memorial Day appearances with, and without masks

Stay at home

sunildvr

This. It’s been bothering me for a week, and I was thinking about it more last night. The NHS hasn’t been overwhelmed (yet). But: we seem to have accepted an

Governor Brian P. Kemp

GovKemp

For weeks now, my team has worked closely with the Trump Administration and our federal counterparts to mitigate the impact of #coronavirus in Georgia. Our decisions and direction are informed

lil uzi veritas

polumechanos

i x-posted this thread to insta, which felt weird — i usually keep things light over there. and ever since, I've been thinking about how even though the current surge

Kelly Lamrock, Q.C.

KLamrock

As we head to the finish line in #nbpoli there are all sorts of guesses and interpretations of the polling we are seeing, and predictions. FWIW, here's what I'm looking