#Rate

Health Nerd

GidMK

Lots of people are still comparing the COVID-19 death rate with influenza ("it's only as deadly as the flu!")This is very misleadingIf you compare apples to apples, COVID-19 is MUCH

Ash Young

webmonkeyash

We had a potential client respond to a ballpark costing today and his response floored me. His suggestion was that our hourly rate should be £20/hour as…“Times have changed &

YungSpengler

YungSpengler

THREADCorrelating murder rate in 20 US cities using:% Black popvs."Socio-economic" factors% Black is by far most predictive variable. R-squared of 0.90 = 90% of variation btwn cities is explained *solely*

David K Smith

professor_dave

Random antibody studies in New York state indicate that statewide, 13.9% of people now have antibodies to the disease. This would mean ca. 2.7M people have been infected. With 21,000

Derek Rhoads

drhoa3

This an interesting topic that Brian is tackling. What is the optical mix of leagues for bestball players. I tried to drudge up some memories from business school to help

michelemunz

michelemunz

Only the St. Louis region, by far the hardest-hit area of the state early in the pandemic — was well below record numbers. St. Louis and St. Louis County both

Professor Karol Sikora

ProfKarolSikora

Another huge cause of uncertainty is how deaths are being recorded.If a Corona positive patient dies of cancer or another serious illness that is 'counted' as a virus fatality.We need

Secret SoSHHiety

SouledOutWorld

The US was set up to be the Phoenix of the New Age; $6 Trillion in new money will put an end to the $, I wouldn’t count on recovery.(Thread)https://twitter.com/SouledOutWorld/status/1124386423497474048

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

Also relevant here is Italy, where there’s been a much steeper decline in positive test rates in Lombardy, the worst-affected region, than in the rest of the country. Both peaked

Matt wants to end Qualified Immunity for police

3amWaffleHouse

I should probably explain why I think this is funny.DSA for a long time had run on an annual dues plan for it's members, asking members to pay and manually

Samantha Pritchard

thucydiplease

Police kill approximately 1,000 civilians a year and about ~35 of them are killed by suspects every year. That is to say, police are presently 28x more dangerous to the

Jamil Smith

JamilSmith

Los Angeles County released a partial racial breakdown of COVID-19 deaths, covering 57% of its total to date. Of those 93 cases, most are Latino—but “African Americans have a slightly

David Irredeemable

David60990376

"We have done what very few countries have been able to do. We have stopped a wave of devastation". PM Ardern has to stop her self-adulation.1/Our shut-down was no more

அன்பெழில்

anbezhil12

A headline in India Today screams, "India passes Russia as 3rd worst-hit country by coronavirus." How did they arrive at this headline? They did so by simply ordering the positives

Mackenzie Gray

Gray_Mackenzie

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is speaking on Parliament Hill right now about their new plan to tax big companies that have revived “excess profits” due to the pandemic. Singh offers

Trap House Shonna

SpiceeShonna

I’m literally tired of explaining to white people their privilege, I’m tired of explaining how racism is so deeply embedded into society that y’all don’t even know you’re racist and