#Pandemic

Mary Reader

reader_mary

1/10 Today @kittyjstewart and I published our SPDO @CASE_LSE paper on the Conservatives’ record on early childhood since 2015. We analyse policies, spending and outcomes for children under 5 over

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

@CDCgov is expected to to release guidelines to reopen schools this week. So what do we know about keeping safe? One study found that over a 13 week period -

Camille François

camillefrancois

I've just been down a minor rabbit hole trying to understand why US-bought "Herbes de Provence" tasted so weird for me and made my croque monsieur taste off. The answer

The Economist

TheEconomist

Which races to watch, the role of postal votes and what happens if Donald Trump declares victory prematurely—our overview for election night. THREAD (1/11) https://econ.st/2HQyJQL The state that matters most

Katie GalloglySwan

GalloglySwan

Today @WTO members are discussing a waiver for intellectual property rules for a COVID vaccine.80 experts & activists called on members to support incl @SharanBurrow @Jayati1609 @IsabelOrtizUN @chilledasad100 @uchidashoko @KevinPGallagh

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In the early days of the pandemic, the term "contact tracing" vaulted into the public consciousness: that's the shoe-leather- and labor-intensive process whereby skilled heath experts establish a personal rapport

Robert Colvile

rcolvile

Essentially, a policy is easy to do if you can adjust an existing database easily, and almost impossible to do if you can't. This of course plays into the debate

Eliana Golberstein Rubashkyn 👩🏻‍🔬⚗🔬🇳🇿

ElianaRubashkyn

1. After one year of pandemic, 2M deaths, all the hard work of decades was erased in a matter of months. Smoking rates in many countries of the world have

Erika Berenguer

Erika_Berenguer

BREAKING: June 2020 saw the highest number of #fires in the Brazilian #Amazon since 2007, indicating that this burning season will be even worse than last year - a direct

Janine Sickmeyer

myfriendjanine

Today I hosted my @joinClubhouse show #FounderFridays with @AmandaMGoetz and we talked about pitching your startup during a pandemic and we brought 3 founders to the stage to pitch. At

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

OUTBREAK OF #B1351 VARIANT IN AUSTRIA —B1351 variant now identified in 293 cases in western Austria state of Tyrol—at least 140 active cases. Germany is considering closing the border

MamaT 🏳️‍🌈 🌊😼🎹⚾🏈📚🌈⚖️

loveshandle

THREAD: A (white) teenager and his father in Georgia were being interviewed about the need for masks as school starts. Both spoke about how they felt wearing masks is unnecessary

Friends of Chinatown TO

chinatownFOCT

THREAD: It’s been 8 months since we first came together to voice our concerns about the proposed mid-rise development at 315-325 Spadina (where Rol San is currently located!)—and the ways

Lindsay Owens

owenslindsay1

Cutting UI is political suicide, yet Republicans are trying to do just that.As a sociologist who studied attitudes toward the safety net (and former Hill staffer who fought to expand

Ajay Kirtane MD SM

ajaykirtane

Below is an Interesting take on the mask study in @JAMA. I will take another (I think more patient-oriented) perspective on it for the purpose of academic (friendly) debate. I’ll

Sarah Bowen

sarahkbowen1

Important findings from @JessicaCalarco's survey of parents about their kids' education. She offers some good explanations for why so many parents (especially with a BA) are likely opting for in-person.

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