#EPIDEMIC

Kate

Asilverlining20

How did we get here? The catalyst for lockdown came on March 16 with the publication of a report by Neil Ferguson’s Imperial College team. This is the report that

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Time for another French Covid update. In the last week, the picture has darkened again. Cases are still growing steadily but acute cases, which fell from May until late August,

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

The US's situation is much worse than people realize.We're not just reaching historical maximums in cases. We're growing exponentially again.This chart shows current daily cases and projects for the next

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/5: This week the US will reach two terrible milestones: 25 million confirmed cases (which means about 100 million actual cases) and 400,000 lives lost (the number of American GIs

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

We are facing a new epidemic. It seems to be affecting only some Republicans in the state legislature. The infection seems to be manifesting itself in several ways. One form

there is no government like no government

readkropotkin

In 1990 45 chapel hill police carrying rifles dressed in camo with hoods drug raided an entire block of the north end arresting over 100 Black people while letting whites

Ronald Richman

RichmanRonald

Some rambling thoughts on COVID-19 modelling.Since COVID-19 began, I've seen a few different *types* of models being used to make forecasts. SEIR (susceptible/exposed/infected/recovered) models have been used quite extensively for

Lauren Blanchard

LaurenBinDC

There were almost 96,000 refugees from #Eritrea in #Ethiopia's #Tigray region before the conflict started. Aid access to 2 camps has been restored, but UNHCR remains unable to access Hitsats

Goldmund

ShamanOfThe

I saw Crossfire and think its important for anyone who cares about the current state of American culture to watch, ASAPOur police force, racism, domestic terrorists, riots, violent mobs, impotent

Instructor Florence Ashley

ButNotTheCity

Since Abigail Shrier is promoting the unsupported hypothesis of ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ in her new book, let’s talk about why it’s wrong. I will be basing this off my recent

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

With its US body count around 200k, the opioid epidemic may seem like small potatoes next to the slaughter of the bungled covid response, but it's a still-suppurating wound on

PrEP4All

PrEP4AllNow

We w/@ICAP_ColumbiaU, published about our plan to for global vaccination for COVID by end of 2021. The plan relies on producing 16 billion doses of a highly effective mRNA vaccine

Catherine Finnecy

cfinnecy

"No single intervention, other than a complete, pre-emptive closure of borders, or the mandatory quarantine of all visitors upon arrival in designated facilities irrespective of testing history can fully prevent

Amir Attaran

profamirattaran

Viral strains in the UK. See the orange bit which picks up in December and rapidly crowds out the competition?That strain is just getting going in Canada.We are going to

Pajamas It Is

HeckofaLiberal

THREAD: Come on @MotherJones this kind of reporting is just careless and simple math makes it look ridiculous. https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/09/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-is-now-linked-to-more-than-250000-coronavirus-ca

orla katz webb-lamb

orlybop

STUDENT EXPERIENCE THREADI started a google form this Tuesday after the government’s lockdown announcement when there was neither mention of support nor instruction for university students. I have had over

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