#Elderly

Halsey ⭐️⭐️⭐️

HalseyXT

When these lockdowns first started I warned everyone that I could that prolonged isolation and forced restrictions on daily routines would likely punch a bunch of buttons in people that

MEWAS

MediaWatchSwe

@BasitMahmood91 @Newsweek in Journalism 101- If someone says it raining and someone else says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both, your job is to look out

Bruno Maçães

MacaesBruno

Portugal is really an interesting country: percentage of those 65-79 that have been vaccinated is equal to those 18-24 You may well ask why. The answer would involve a little

Sterghios A. Moschos

DocMoschos

On AZ/Oxford vaccine: Ok the media love a scandal, you know that. @WIRED have one thing right: you cannot meta-analyse studies that do not have common design aspects. On the

Africa Updates

africaupdates

Millions of Africans in many African Cities & towns walk to work because they can't afford to pay for transportation to their destinations. African Govts and City/State Govts have an

Tim Harford

TimHarford

1/ Things seem really bad at the moment. That's because things ARE really bad at the moment. But I wanted to share a perspective that might encourage you a little.

Diane Schanzenbach

dwschanz

V. excited about Sen Romney’s child allowance proposal, but v. worried a/b eliminating SNAP Categorical Eligibility (“cat el”) as a $3B annual pay for. My wonkiest tweet thread ever. h/t

Keiko

keikoinboston

1. I see this is making the rounds. Read the article..“We are not alarmed by this,” Steinar Madsen, medical director with the agency, told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. “It is quite

Danny Boy

Care2much18

We are at a Sliding Doors juncture in the epidemic, partly fueled by misconceptions. The signs today suggest this could be about to get a whole lot worse.How this goes

Seamus Jennings

seamus_jennings

Found this sketch in my files from last year, taking the piss of Toby Young when he described Johnson thus: '(with his) broad, Germanic forehead, there was also something of

Kate Chatfield

ChatfieldKate

A Crime in Oakland vs. a Crime in San Francisco; Similarities and Differences in Media Reporting, A Case Study.https://cbsloc.al/3a33jls#.YCS6wQeE3bs.twitter First, the similarities. When a person accused has been previously incarcerated,

James Surowiecki

JamesSurowiecki

1. My semi-informed opinion is that it's a good thing ACIP changed its mind, and gave older adults higher priority for getting the Covid vaccine. But my informed opinion is

Chris Blattman

cblatts

Is the idea that, if the elderly/vulnerable can be vaccinated in the first months, that this eliminates the main argument for continued shutdowns/restrictions? Yes, some non-vulnerable can get very sick,

Robert Colvile

rcolvile

Everyone is dunking on @toadmeister for being unable to tell 1% from 0.1%. But there's a much bigger problem with any kind of claim that the IFR (infection fatality rate)

Kim Crawley

kim_crawley

But seriously, it's fucked up that doctors and families could make disabled people die instead of making our lives livable. I'm all for people deciding to end their own lives

Emily Barley

ThinkEmily

Just take a moment to let this sink in. The government says we will be *allowed* to see some of our families for a few days over Christmas. Allowed. I

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