#Data

1/EXCLUSIVE : First image of the B.1.617 variant has been obtained. There are 2 million of these little devils in Canada already. https://twitter.com/PrabSarkaria/status/1385731918721916930 2/India currently uses about 10:1 Covishield v.
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all we currently have are limited and evolving metrics that experts are deciphering and acting upon immediately to the best of their ability. this terrain leaves many openings for opportunists
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A lot in machine learning is pretty dry and boring, but understanding how autoencoders work feels different.This is a thread about autoencoders, things they can do, and a pretty cool
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New ADPH data shows:- Health care and nursing/assisted living workers make up at least 18% of coronavirus cases in Alabama - Women are more likely to get infected, but men
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Holy sh*t... I'm reading through the US Congress' trove of internal Google docs (avail here: https://judiciary.house.gov/online-platforms-and-market-power/). They keep saying the quiet parts loud.A thread of anti-competitive, unequa
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The latest ONS infections model has more in common with mine than its previous iterations. I estimate 61751 daily infections in the UK on 14 Oct (ONS England: 45779), rising
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I had a splenectomy when I was 18. I had an autoimmune disorder (ITP for short), that caused my platelets to attack each other. My blood stopped clotting. Having my
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much has been made of how "re-opening" is causing US hospitals to fill with COV caseswe can check this with empirical datai used google mobility data to track american behaviori
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[THREAD]#ContactTracing: A Tool For Mass Monitoring Not Mass Surveillance1/ Past 60 days have been a whirlwind for most governments. From treating coronavirus as just another flu, they have had to
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it seems that the Health Dept #covidsafe FAQ contains some inaccuracies, or at least some things that could be easily misinterpreted.Many journalists have made the claim that the app only
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I read great applied JMPs on interesting & timely topics.Here's some writing advice from better scholars/writers than me. Advice I still struggle to follow.Once you have a draft, you've done
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No one knows the future, and we are in uncharted territory, but there is real reason to be *extremely* concerned about Harris County in particular right now. There are huge
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Coaching 201: Pitch-tracking sheet - includes a downloadable PDFhttp://oldmenplayingbaseball.com/2021/04/13/coaching-201-pitch-tracking-sheet/ With a few years under my belt, I have found that I have a few tools, ideas and methods to share.
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Professor Raj Bhopal- Prof Em. of Public Health at the Univ of Edinburgh, Scotland- advocating for controlled herd immunity:Protect the elderly Let the young get C19The vaccine might not to
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I can’t keep up. I just can’t...I’m so tired of trying to figure out what we’re all supposed to do, believe, and be outraged by next. Two months ago, LEO's
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New paper alert! @daarnon , me, and @MRubin11 examine depopulation outcomes in Palestinian villages during the 1948 War in Mandate Palestine. We argue that community social cohesion allowed some villages
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