#Effectiveness

Ratnika Prasad

ratnika_prasad

Today the @federalreserve announced a major shift in policy. They will stop pre-emptive inflation targeting and no longer ex-ante raise/lower interest rates. Here is why you should care about this.

Gene Epstein

GeneSohoForum

1)I think a fair case can be made that certain US regions, especially NYC, have achieved herd immunity. I'll lay out the key elements of that case over the next

Fyezah Jehan 🇵🇰👩🏻‍💻

FyezahJehan

Just published. @WHO guidelines for Mass drug administration of azithromycin for child survival 1/n https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/333942/9789240009585-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Work done along with @SouthAfricanA

Ilan Schwartz MD PhD

GermHunterMD

Extremely timely mask studyEffectiveness of Surgical and Cotton Masks in Blocking SARS–CoV-2: A Controlled Comparison in 4 PatientsNeither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filtered SARS–CoV-2 during coughs by infected

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The report does not explicitly consider the economic/health impact of different mitigation measures. For instance, the scenario of a 18-month lockdown would devastate the economy and could hence reduce life

Jeroen Terstegge

PrivaSense

1/x #Covid19 apps. There is theory and there is practice. Here are a few of my concerns (and no, #privacy is not one of them). #CoronaApp 2/x Any app only

Ninety-nine 🎈🎈🎈

ssolyom

You desperate for a concrete number as to how long this takes? Here it is:By June 2022.That's it. Hope you like it.And I'm dead serious, because we have three options

BBC News (World)

BBCWorld

US President Donald Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to help keep him safe from coronavirus, despite public health officials warning it may be unsafeThere is no evidence that it

Matthew A. Kraft

MatthewAKraft

#academictwitter It's time to update how we teach about effect sizes & the policy relevance of research findings. Here are some resources: 1) I'm hopeful my paper can serve as

killian o'brien

killianobrien23

Potentially significant move by EP to vote to push ahead with including shipping within Emission Trading Scheme. Not everyone is happy though, as is to be expected. A brief thread

Margaret McCartney

mgtmccartney

"To our knowledge, there are no trials of cloth masks in the general public."https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1435.long "Compared to no masks there was no reduction of influenza-like illness (ILI) cases or influenza for

Bradtheinvestor

bradtheinvestor

Starting a kindle trading book thread to share any nuggets of info/lessons. First read smashed out is the story of Nav by @liamvaughanBBG. I highly recommend. Will make a good

TNK 🙂

TTBikeFit

Two new studies today effectively destroying the gov’s response to C19. Stringent measures have no correlation to outcome No evidence of asymptomatic spread. Banish the myths of lockdown effectiveness and

mayeesha

mayeezus

Gosh this COVID-19 app discourse is something else. Yes, whoever can should be downloading it. It's not out to steal your data and has strong privacy protections in place. However,

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

In light of the most credible reinfection case to date () there has been discussion of what this means for herd immunity from infection or vaccines.Quick thread with a simplified

Dr. Deena Hinshaw

CMOH_Alberta

Here is a summary of today’s #COVID19AB update: If you receive a text to consent to receiving an important msg from AHS contact tracers, it is not a scam. Pls