#Variant

Brett Lee-Price

BrettL_P

While we throw the 'nazi' label at each other, denoting the evils of the fascist Third Reich, we ignorantly turn a blind eye to something which has all the hallmarks

Women in Statistics and Data Science

WomenInStat

Today, we’re going to play a game I’m calling “IT’S JUST A LINEAR MODEL” (IJALM).It works like this: I name a model for a quantitative response Y, and then you

Yoruba History - by NNP

YorubaHistory

YorubalandMr. [J.O.] George in Historical Notes on the Yoruba Country (1895) gives us another variant of the historical traditions of the Yoruba. Photo Source: Map of the Yoruba country from

Matthew Federman

matthewfederman

Was talking with one of our assistants who has a pitch to prepare for and gave him some advice that he found helpful so I figured I'd share it here

Tanei the Science Guy, PhD 👨🏾‍🔬

Dr_TJRicks

It's not fun being right anymorehttps://twitter.com/whitheath/status/1388454587493933056 I talked about this on #richzoomradio last night but I'll say it here too and you can do what you want to with the

bitnonymous

bitnonymous

In 12 days, tBTC signers have had 931 ETH liquidated. That's 5% of their total bonded ETH, all due to signer timeouts, which liquidates you if even one signer in

Buzz Hollander MD

buzzhollandermd

Q: How hard is it to model covid cases in the future?A: Very hard.This CDC paper on modeling scenarios on vaccine efficacy/uptake and NPIs has gotten its share of Twitticule:https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7019e3.htm?s_cid=mm7019e3

Dr Evil

MD_STAT

I’m going to tell a story from the ER. It’s probably my only meaningful interaction with a journalist. I was taking care of an 60’ish female, I honestly don’t remember

Jeffrey Barrett

jcbarret

Tons of new info about B.1.617 in @PHE_uk's latest technical briefing on covid #variants (which are rather excellent if I do say so). A on some key points. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attac

Venk Murthy

venkmurthy

I was reminded today that with all of the discussion about cardiac MRI, many folks may get the wrong idea about the test and when it is useful.Let's do a

Kiran Musunuru

kiranmusunuru

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S.—in the spirit of the holiday, I want to focus on a positive story about CRISPR, instead of the misadventures of He Jiankui:“How CRISPR +

Woke Capital

WokeCapital

Pedo MIGR furfegs celebrate when show meant for preschoolers affirms their mental illness.Off-topic and totally unrelated, but I've also included a picture of a tandoor. It's real, btw... I've said

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

Oh man. The border thing is tricky. It *looks like* Canadians are mostly bringing the variants into Canada and spreading them. Some are cheating and flying to the States and

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Weekly French vaccination thread.It has been a good week – the best yet.France broke its record on each of the last 2 days – 545,000 shots on Thurs and 549,000

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

Not just rural but all post offices and public libraries should be defended by anyone wanting to conserve the nation state. They are vital gathering places esp in country areas.

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

There are effectively two #COVID19 epidemics in the US at this moment; one largely resolving epidemic comprised of non-variant viruses and one growing epidemic of B.1.1.7. Together they have resulted