#Measure

Ziad Obermeyer

oziadias

We know communities of color suffer most from COVID-19. The way we’re allocating $175b in relief funding is also biased against them.Thread on our new paper, led by superstar @pragyakakani

César A. Hidalgo

cesifoti

In this new working paper we find evidence that gender differences in wages are lower for knowledge intense industries & occupations, and that this effect can be explained by competition

Rory - ADHD Autistic OCD

roryreckons

Not surprised at these results given my audience. I’m going to talk about Euthanasia for a while. It has really bad ramifications for those who live with disability. This is

Amit Basole

amitbasole

1/10 I will say it again, we need much more direct govt spending *right now* to avoid more such heartbreaking tragedies. Thread on what has been said many times, but

Dr. David Shiffman

WhySharksMatter

And now it’s time to grade the Mike Tyson #SharkWeek show. I expect to...not enjoy this one as much. As a reminder I grade on science/nonsense, diversity of experts featured

פרופ' אייל שחר

prof_shahar

1/Sweden mortality in the last two “flu years”:Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 Oct 2019 – Sep 2020Inference from trend over 2 decades. 2/Preliminaries:Annual statistics usually computed by Gregorian calendar.Why? Does

Dr Joshua Wolrich (BSc MBBS MRCS)

drjoshuawolrich

Like most doctors, I used to think that a person’s health was always defined by their weight. I judged patients who came to hospital based on their size and sometimes

Hayden O'Connor

HaydenJOConnor

I HAVE CAUGHT @theage OUT IN A HUGE LIE ON LOCKDOWN STRICTNESS IN THIS ARTICLE! A MUST READ! Zach Hope and @Gay_Alcorn you must amend this article and apologise! @ABCmediawatchA

Jeff Weir(d)

InsightsMachine

1. Last night I started working on a #Covid19 dashboard for New Zealand that scrapes data from https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-current-situation/covid-19-current-casesToday I'm tryin

Nicole Caba

nicolexcaba

Quit making products that are ADDICTIVE! You have a social & moral responsibility to ensure you are not destroying this & future generations with ads & manipulation. Stop measuring vanity

Samantha Johnson

srjattorney

In case you were wondering what insurance companies will do if the ACA ends, let’s take a look at an easy, life-saving, cost-saving measure that the two biggest insurers are

el gato malo

boriquagato

this is going to be the key issue to focus on: the new spike in EU cases is not leading to a spike in deaths.there seem to be several possible

Mark Copelovitch

mcopelov

The robots fixation is unproductive. But so is the lazy way the China Shock has made its way into the political debate, where we talk only about the costs of

Peter Ballerstedt

GrassBased

1. Let's talk about protein in human nutrition. But, you may ask... 2. Well, for one thing, I've been taught the difference between "policy" and "science." For example: Policy, once

Miss Confidentiality Podcast

MissCrichlow

Someone I consider a bestfriend lost their immediate family member to COVID-19 and I wanted to make a thread about populations that have been: forgotten, impacted and/or ignored. I hope

Jonathan Ichikawa

jichikawa

Professional academic philosophy use to have a reputation for bloodsport. The stereotype of a philosopher was very combative and argumentative; an accepted measure of philosophical skill was one's ability to