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Bjorn Lomborg

BjornLomborg

Economic analysis from @ThunstromLinda and colleagues shows the benefits of social distancing outweigh the economic costs by $5.2 trillion(Paper available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561934)https://thehill.com/policy/fi

Tunnocks Teasnake

badbonobo

If you're interested in whether this Russian hacking stuff has any weight to it, I suggest you go and read the report yourself. From my perspective and the research I've

Andrew Tarter

Andrew_Tarter

1/ Five years ago on Earth Day I published a research blog post with a provocative title—‘Haiti is Covered with Trees’.https://www.envirosociety.org/2016/05/haiti-is-covered-with-trees/ 2/ The article would get the attention of author

Ajay Kirtane MD SM

ajaykirtane

1/Here’s a rant about meta-analyses in the CV space. I don’t mean to be disparaging (especially because the first meta-analysis I published was probably the most labor intensive project I’ve

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fadilify

buat publik, media massa, terutama sejawat dokter yang masih ngomongin sensitivitas atau spesifisitas untuk interpretasi hasil tes diagnostik.mari kita sama-sama bertaubat...[quick thread] oh iya..apalagi pakai istilah satu ini: akurasi.no

Alexandre Bolze

alexbolze

1/ Thread on the first 2 papers from the COVIDhge consortium (with my small contribution). The 2 studies show that genetic variants & auto-immunity to type 1 interferons explain 10-15%

@BlackCointelpro

blackcointelpro

Remember when I said this? That's March 21st before #CoronavirusRD started noticeably hitting #ADOS #BlackCommunity.. 10s of 1000s of #BlackPeople, could've been saved in the past 3 weeks & going

Nick Brown

sTeamTraen

A short thread to try to explain to non-UK people what seems to be happening with the A-level results in England&Wales.Disclaimers:1) There are lots of anecdotes going round2) The situation

Alvaro de Menard

AlvaroDeMenard

Over the past year I have skimmed through more than 2500 social science papers. I wrote a giant post about everything that's wrong with them and how to fix the

ʚĭɞ kiu

teenytinyjh

study tips for people with restrictive eds from a straight A student with a restrictive ed! a thread ✰ ࿐ ྂ i hope this thread helps you and makes studying

Kevin Hillstrom

minethatdata

1 - Ok, storytime, and it is time to criticize me for a moment.Start with the image below. We're going back to when I worked at Nordstrom, in 2006. 2

Peter Castleden

peter_castleden

When a new virus emerges, there is naturally a reaction to worry in the absence of data. Epidemiologists will then typically use theoretical models to project the impact of the

sai priya

priya_27_

THREAD: Genghis Khan did to central Asia what islamic invaders did to India, maybe worse. He single handedly killed 11% of world population at the time. Yet some want to

Michael Bitzer, Ph.D.

BowTiePolitics

Seating capacity of Carter-Finley Stadium, home to NC State Wolfpack: 57,583.Total #coronavirus deaths in the US, per the CDC, as of yesterday: 53,922 Seating capacity of Bobby Dodd Stadium, home

Hans Eric Melin

hanseric

2 trends right now with potential to significantly affect the future battery recycling landscape:-Battery/cathode producers' integration of recycling in their upstream activities-Battery producers' direct involvement in BaaS (Batter

A. Tsai

drdrtsai

1/ Apparently @CDCDirector Dr. Robert Redfield is claiming that the spike in the #COVID-19 case growth rate in the South is _not_ due to premature relaxation of social distancing measures.