#Public

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec workplaces are not getting the attention they deserve, but they’ve been surging just as much, if not more, than those in schools. On Friday, the

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

1/This paper is so good. Finally someone dispenses with the faux uncertainty about immunity! It is not "conservative" to ascribe equal priors to unequal beliefs. Ignoring background knowledge is not

meghnad 🔗

Memeghnad

Voice vote system in Parliament is utter bullcrap.Division voting should be made mandatory for each bill which needs to be passed. Additionally, all votes of MPs must be individually recorded

Jesse Singal

jessesingal

A friend points out that this definition of "trans woman" in Merriam-Webster's would likely confuse readers (doubly true in light of MW's own definition of 'woman'). But this definition *wasn't

scott cunningham

causalinf

I am on a task force of local healthcare professionals and epidemiologists (don’t ask why someone thought I was competent enough to join something like that). I asked about false

Peter Gabriel Benevides

peter_benevides

Here is a PSA, we are not living in an autocratic regime! For those who believe the current public health measures are similar to the dystopian 1984, I have a

Anthony O'Connor

Antcon7062

Been trying to avoid this platform and *intend* to do so again but I want to have some sort of a say on this. This is good news for a

Laura Beevor

LauraBeevor

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MentalIllnessAwarenessWeek Anxiety - a disorder marked by excessive worry, uneasiness & apprehensionThe most difficult to comprehend, in my opinion... The irrationality is what causes the most pain, stopping

Coceka Mfundisi

Cmfundisi

I guess South Aftica has seen an overwhelmed health system before. People have lay on the floor in corridors of hospitals when sick and needing care. Black and poor people

Joshua Rozenberg

JoshuaRozenberg

I am hoping to live-tweet the procedural hearing today in Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers. It’s not being streamed onto a public website but the High Court cause list

OCD Ottawa

OcdOttawa

Fear, stress and worry are normal in a crisis.The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes. If you are someone who has a mental illness, anxiety disorder, or other kind

Greg “Big Ed” Meeker

yomeeks

This is your daily pension announcement: The how did we get here edition? Andrew Willis does an excellent job of explaining how this might of happened. For those who want

Annemarie Bridy

AnnemarieBridy

Contact tracing is a necessary element of the public health response to COVID-19. Privacy experts are rightly vigilant, but they need to take care not to undermine public trust in

🌼 dandelion boy 🌼

whoteverforever

thread incoming: i'm disturbed, but not surprised, by how the imperial core responds to systematic challenges to its typical function, namely covid-19. there has been a rise not only in

Crystal moth

Prolapsarian

A little thread about masks: please stop saying that people are "stupid" or "thick" for refusing to wear masks. They may be wrong but it is not their own fault

Louis Allday

Louis_Allday

I had to take my toddler for a COVID test earlier this week - it was a depressing and deeply infuriating insight into just how incompetent and *blatantly* corrupt the