#Estimates

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Comparing #COVID19 infection fatality rates (IFRs) of #SARSCoV2 with influenza can be problematic. As the piece below touches on, the IFR estimates for seasonal influenza are very poor. Though, another

Robert Gehrke

RobertGehrke

I’ll explain this in greater detail in a piece posting tomorrow … but this 4th District race will come down to the wire — and it’s possible it will be

Izabella Kaminska

izakaminska

With the narrative about vaccines being the solution changing quite dramatically in the last few days (transmission still possible & they’re not going to help us get back to norm

Thegan

tnonfire

1/ FACT CHECK: Were there only 21000 murders between 1948 and 1994? INCORRECT.Between 1948 and 1993, SAPS Annual Reports suggested there were approx 308000 murders, of which 21000 murders were

uché blackstock, md

uche_blackstock

If the 5 closed historically Black medical schools had remained open, these schools might have collectively provided training to an additional 27, 773 graduates and 35, 315 graduates, respectively, between

Emily Burns😊 #SmilesMatter DM’s OK

Emily_Burns_V

1/n I bet you thought the CDC forgot your for Christmas, right? But they didn't! On Dec. 23, when you were busy ignoring Dr. Fauci, they released an estimated disease

Dawar Butt

theLahorewala

Lahore's mean Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) effect, according to a 2020 study, was estimated to be 4.8 °C in 2016. Another 2015 study, estimated that in 2000, the mean

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

When I was in training, I did a small study with 6 breast cancer specialists. I presented a patient with newly diagnosed breast cancer to each (in private), & asked

Matt Fletcher

longevitymatt

A short thread on Public Health England (PHE)'s weekly all-cause Mortality Surveillance report and excess mortality. PHE publish a weekly report looking at mortality in England and the devolved administrations.

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Grassland, some quantification of loss1932-1984, 92% losspermanent pasture (this includes hay meadow) & rough grassland7.2 million hectares to 0.6 million hectares (Fuller 1987) 2 million acres of grassland lost since

Joni Coleman

Joni_Coleman

OK - let's get started with #BGA2020! The first talk I'm on for is from Margot van de Weijer, who is presenting on the dissection of genetic from environmental effects

Margaret and Helen 🌎

HelenPhilpot

Dear Lord everyone. I need you to help me spread this message. People are spreading false information about the number of COVID deaths and Americans are believing it. Thread... Hospitals

Shengjie Lai

Lai_CDC

How high is the risk of #COVID19 transmission among train passengers, by seat locations, co-travel time, seat re-used? See new @WorldPopProject paper on CID: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1057/5877944#.XyKPb4Escpw

camille landais

landais_camille

Do Family Policies Reduce Gender Inequality? Evidence from 60 Years of Policy Experimentationhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w28082#.X7Z1HLbjhvc.twitter First, what we do: we look at all parental leave and child care reforms in Austria since

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

What do we know about the UK second wave of Covid-19 and the effect of lockdowns?tl:dr - cases are high, but not as bad as the first wave and the

Jonas Downey

jonasdowney

THREAD: Here's a little tale about what it's like to be an indie iOS developer working under Apple's 800lb gorilla rule... Earlier this year, Apple acquired Dark Sky, a highly

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