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Today marks the 100th anniversary of opening of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, held at the American Museum of Natural History in NY. It was attended by a lot of respectable scientists, including two scientists of music. Here is a snippet from the opening address:
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Today's Callous comic strip!
Callous comic books are available in @ShopeePH! shopee.ph/CALLOUS-by-Carlo-Jā¦
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Once Upon a Time: an RNA vaccine! How does the #vaccine work, and what happens if the #coronavirus tries to attack a vaccinated person? @helsinkiuni @HelsinkiOne @LifeSciHelsinki PDF: bit.ly/coronavacc #COVID19 #COVID19Vaccine #SARSCoV2
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Fantastic deep-dive by @christinezhang and @Claire_Bushey into the acute inequality embedded into US vaccine rollout.
In city after city, vaccines are going to wealthy white neighbourhoods, while cases and deaths mount in poorer, majority-minority areas.
āThereās that old saying: every map of Chicago is a map of racial segregation,ā said demographer @robparal. āThe biggest issue is that access to resources in the US, and certainly in Chicago, continues to be determined by race.ā ft.com/content/7b0db882-a369ā¦ via @financialtimes
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I don't ever use all caps but:
"HERD IMMUNITY BY INFECTION IS NOT AN OPTION"
science.sciencemag.org/conteā¦ by @devisridhar and @dgurdasani1 @ScienceMagazine
(would just add that uncontrolled spread in Manaus may have helped-> P.1 variant) @GlobalHealthGP @EdinburghUni
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If you have allergies and you're confused about the COVID vaccine, this article may answer some of your questions. nytimes.com/2020/12/18/healtā¦
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Expletives aside, you're spot on. People need to start taking this seriously. It's really simple. These health leaders are essentially begging people to care enough to put a freaking mask on š·
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This is the sort of thing that, if it were being implemented nation-wide, would be a game-changer for schools. But it requires access to testing, resources, managerial competence, political will. So....
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1) SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines - I promised a Tweetorial and here we go. This is going to be long and nerdy. But I'll make sure it is easy to understand. If you want more details, please just read this: nature.com/articles/s41586-0ā¦
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So while there are still a lot of open questions, I'd go so far as to say there isn't actually much of a debate across disciplines over whether short-range aerosol transmission occurs and I'd really like it if we could stop fueling this exhausting narrative. /end rant
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With all due respect, itās fucking crazy what editors think that freelance writers should have to do for like $300
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So I'm looking for a Research Assistant.
Someone fun, hard working, and cares about health policy and the pandemic (you'll work on both!)
Work is super interesting (I think), high impact, fast paced
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How does the immune system work? Will there be #COVID19 vaccines? @BioRender & I put together āimmunology 101 tweetorial for non-immunologistsā. @jerryguartist, @shizaoki, @JungHeeSciViz also made this accompanying video. Please share widely! (1/n)
youtu.be/jeN8v5I5VNA
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This is more than scary.
All point bulletin to get this fixed immediately.
I had hoped it was a glitch, but no...The @CDCgov hospital capacity dashboard has gone dark. @CDCDirector has said CDC still has access to the data but apparently the public no longer does.
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Also, be wary of anecdotal stories about people getting "re-infected". Some may be true. Some may be false positives or people that were sick the whole time. COVID is weird; the immune system is weird. Things that *can* happen aren't necessarily *common*.
xitter.gq/mlipsitch/status/12825ā¦
The @voxdotcom article is a perfect example of doing what @BillHanage and I wrote in Feb. would cause trouble with COVID-19: conflating "x is possible" with "x is common." blogs.scientificamerican.comā¦. Most would expect some reinfections: q is how often, how severe, how contagious?
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ILLINOIS: If the #ACA is struck down by Trump/GOP's #TexasFoldEm lawsuit, 736,000 Illinoisan are projected to lose healthcare coverage. #ProtectOurCare #DropTheLawsuit
