#PAnDeMiC

Christopher Hunt

ExLibrisMrHunt

1 of 12Well,it’s not just my wife and I. We’re not the only hardcore readers too distracted & agitated these days to settle in to a good book.Can you relate?@donalynbooks

Fuusion

Fuusion4

TW // Violent/Sensitive Themes(1/?) I don't tweet much but when I do it's usually not about stuff like this. For anyone who doesn't pay attention to this stuff, I'm going

Haroon Chowdry

HaroonChowdry

[THREAD] It’s been widely reported this week that school attendance is “collapsing” because “Coronavirus is running riot." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55057125 Is that actually true? I decided to check the data myself.

Danny Boy

Care2much18

I've made plenty of criticisms.-Student nurses pay-Insufficient protections for renters vs mortgage holders-Argued for base-rate increase in social welfare-Improved ringfencing of nursing homes needed in future pandemicsNo response is perfect,

RJ Young

RJ_Young

The year I turned 29 then-Tulsa Police officer Betty Shelby killed Terrence Crutcher while he stood unarmed in the middle of the street. This summer I will turn 33, and

Nick Estes

nickwestes

This is a peculiar time of year for Native people. Colonial holidays & massacres go hand-in-hand with consumerism. Two old white imperialists colonized the first two weeks of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth .

franklangfitt

franklangfitt

ICYMI: my @npr international colleagues have been doing terrific podcasts for @Roughly w/ @radiogrego @luolkowski including @EmilyZFeng on how Chinese reporting/cancel culture went haywire over fan fiction involving a Chinese

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

(1/22) In America, the country that is supposed to be the world’s premier democratic republic, citizens do not have an absolute right to vote. … (2/22) Because we don’t have

Martin Vernon

runnermandoc

Granted this is not the most exciting of reading, but essential for anyone who may: find themselves, or a member of their family in a NHS (England) hospital from 1st

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

#TheWeekInTory returns, and I’m very sorry, but it’s a monster. The little scamps have achieved quite a lot in the - yep - FIVE DAYS - since the last one.Let’s

Great School Libraries

GreatSchLibs

This week @TeresaCremin tweeted that school libraries should stay open if at all possible (the thread has some great examples of adapted services). As we agree, we thought it would

Sarah Hallett

DrSarahHal

JUNIOR DOCTORS: a few points on Redeployment: - Firstly, it should be voluntary. You should not be forced to move.- All other options should have been exhausted (eg: use of

Red Lori Bright Eyes, Please Vaccinate For Me

RedloraineV

Today I am presenting with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatographic_urticariathis is when anything that touches my skin causes welts and sometimes lesions. This is the joy of having https://dermnetnz.org/topics/autoimmune-progesterone-d

DineshW

dinesh6w

"Physicians of Pincher Creek’s Associate Clinic will discontinue hospital-based services once the community gets through the COVID-19 pandemic."Still remember delivering my first baby (my preceptors son!) at the hospital. THREAD

Los Angeles Times

latimes

The first — and only — randomized controlled study of the use of face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is finished. The conclusion: masks are most effective if

Goldie Blumenstyk

GoldieStandard

23 days ago, I wrote my first newsletter about the Covid-19 crisis, predicting it could be "black swan" moment for higher education as we know it.https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Coronavirus-Looks-Like-a/248219 At the time, I