#Scientists

Jennifer

Jen4Scot

24/06 Scottish Coronavirus briefing thread. Our Lady of Incessant Resentment is due up soon. Will she explain why she hasn't bothered to read the scientific advice on distancing from top

Rhea Boyd MD, MPH

RheaBoydMD

The very first Black doctors, back in the 1800s (!!), argued that racial health disparities were driven by racism (and more precisely racial capitalism). That I have to argue this

Rich

RockboltG

Absolutely love the reply from Chris Whitty to this MP trying to steer him into a political trap of saying the government were wrong not to do a "circuit breaker"

Nirant

NirantK

I almost run into someone with a few years of technical experience who has questions about ML Careers or StartupsSo here's some off the cuff notes friends -- Big Co

Prof Christopher Jackson

seis_matters

Representation indeed matters. But here’s the thing about the @Ri_Science Christmas Lectures. Me being Black, which is so bloody obvious and cannot be hidden, and me being the first ever

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

This thread from December pointed out that convenience samples are not suitable for any but the coarsest estimates of prevalence, and that the popularity of a prevalence study like this

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

This year has been momentous, with a new virus, a new job writing about that virus (114 articles!) and many new sources, readers and Twitter followers. To chronicle this insane

Alison Blunt

AlisonBlunt

1) Drosten PCR test study: Withdrawal requested due to scientific error and massive conflict of interestNovember 30, 2020 Original German article https://2020news.de/drosten-pcr-test-studie-rueckzugsantrag-gestellt-wegen-wissenschaftliche-f

Sir David Data

DataLyfe

Ga Senate Hearing Fact Check: so here is a quick and easy sanity check for the claims made by 3 data “experts” during the hearing last week. First, I don’t

Frances Leader

2013Boodicca

Read this thoroughly.Kary Mullis' PCR test is NOT for finding viruses.It is to replicate DNA & the swab method breaks the blood/brain barrier, introducing pathogens from the throat to the

AleOrStout?

OrStout

1) Dr Tess Machling produces a groundbreaking thread which is supported by the usual suspects like the "Supreme Authority on Science" Adam Rutherford.The thread...... Includes no arguments lol. She doesn't

José Cerca

IslandGenomics

Rant on cultural diversity in academia:Etiquette in academia is overwhelmingly dictated by UK / white-US / Scandinavian / German cultural norms; mostly due to the overwhelming representation of scientists from

Zeyad el Nabolsy (زياد النابلسي)

ZNabolsy

Some Western “Leftists” need to understand that there is nothing progressive about Islamist movements in the MENA (or whatever you want to call it); they are certainly not the equivalent

D. Sivakumar

dsivakumar

""23 things I didn't learn in college / grad school":#21:Communicate well. In my opinion, this is the single-most underrated (and hence underdeveloped) component in all our education systems, especially for

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

There is a phenomenal amount of content to unpack in this astounding end-of-2020 @APNews article on the origins of SARS-CoV-2/covid. I spent the day thinking about how to go about

Andy Conway Morris 😷🧼🇬🇧🇪🇺

andymoz78

DNA test can quickly identify pneumonia in patients with severe COVID-19, aiding faster treatment. 1st authors @maesmailis @EllenHigginson Joana Pereira‐Dias @JanineLux @jbartholdson @efkay88 @razmahroof @IslamAbdelaziz1 @GordonDougan1 @

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