#MASK

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

I put a lot on the line, personally, to advocate for mask-wearing when it wasn't US or global policy and spent an enormous amount of my life last year on

David Rodenhiser

drodenhi1

My #thread summary of this new paper: ‘Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review’ @Ldnontmayor @st3v3turn3r @ElizabethPeloza @MohamedMOSalih @shawnwlewis @jesse_helmer @MaureenPCassidy @JoshMorganLDN @AnnaHopkins11 @ArielkeK @Heal

plaforscience

plaforscience

The 4th round of Spain's big serologic survey has been aired in the expected childish commercial way: ONLY 10% infected, not enough for herd Immunity.It is INDEED much more to

Adam Markowitz

adammarkowitzEA

I'm really angry about COVID-19. And it isn't because this exists, and it isn't because of China, and it isn't even because of the fact that people are dying and

Makiko Itoh (伊藤牧子)

makiwi

4 people in total were disqualified on the first day of the standardized national university exams around Japan. One was kicked out after refusing to cover his nose with his

Samir Gupta

SammyG_MD

1/ I am getting a lot of questions about masks and new variants. Some are calling for a universal N95 policy. Also hearing a lot of experts talk about cloth

Dr. Jonathan Foley

GlobalEcoGuy

How to 2020, Part 1:- Wear a mask- Wash your hands- Avoid crowds- See systemtic racism, work to fix- Know that Black Lives Matter- Make sure to vote- Help ensure

Winston Smith 🇨🇦

GovGone

1/ ACCESS TO INFORMATION REQUEST (ATIP) - THREADI'm going to share the latest ATIP I've drafted. This is a follow up to one I had done at the end of

Dr. Raj Sivaraman

rajsivaraman

Hi - I am a virologist who lived through the first peak in NYC and AZ, had to travel 3 times this year, and through all that - have never

Tanzina Vega

tanzinavega

Lots of people - including me - are hitting what I’m calling the pandemic wall this week. The burnout from working non stop, no break from news, childcare and isolation

Ben Yelin

byelin

The current COVID situation, nationally and locally, is just so effing frustrating. Most public policy problems are complicated and have no easy solutions. This one does. Pay the freaking bars

Greg Harvey 🌍

greg_harvey

I don't normally consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but can anybody point me at an actual scientist prepared to confirm the "up to 70% more contagious" thing we keep hearing

Kurt Opsahl

kurtopsahl

Thread: Today, NIST released a study on facial recognition of masked faces, finding face masks increased error rates from as low as 0.3% to between 5% & 50%. More usefully,

Jason Beale

jabeale

Perhaps the lowest form of life, at the moment, is inhabited by those blaming infections and deaths from a virus no one on the face of the earth understands on

Craig Spencer MD MPH

Craig_A_Spencer

Let's talk about #COVID19 and how you stay safe over the holidays and the coming months: You likely already know the next few weeks are going to be ugly. Our

Nicholas G. Evans

neva9257

Alright, let’s do this again. Not including face shields/other face coverings in your statements is ableist and bad, doing otherwise costs you nothing, and it’s the moral thing to do.

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