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Jarrad Hall. (2021, May 9). There’s a lot of speculation that COVID may become less virulent. This is still an old concept in the field, akin to aerosol vs droplet. In my own field it was assumed that resistance came at the expense of virulence. [Tweet]. @CdrHBiscuitIII. https://twitter.com/CdrHBiscuitIII/status/1391265635749957632

Dr Ellie Murray. (2021, May 7). I’m seeing a lot of “these people are over-estimating risk” chatter that doesn’t acknowledge that the probability you die if you get covid is always less than the probability anyone dies if you get covid. It’s not “over-estimation” to consider community impacts. [Tweet]. @EpiEllie. https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1390792624777334797

Benjy Renton. (2021, May 15). Latest data from CDC on breakthrough cases (out of 115 million people fully vaccinated): - 1,359 hospitalized or fatal cases—52% female, 79% over 65, 21% asymptomatic—794 COVID-related hospitalizations—181 COVID-related deaths https://t.co/NTPBxgpcAV https://t.co/AGQnih2Ggq [Tweet]. @bhrenton. https://twitter.com/bhrenton/status/1393391680292859906

Prof. Christina Pagel. (2021, May 17). this is important because it means that lab based studies looking at this tell you meaningful things about real world efficacy—And the lab based studies are much quicker than real world ones. [Tweet]. @chrischirp. https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1394276693335019525

CNN Politics. (2021, May 17). President Biden announces the US will share doses of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines with other countries, in addition to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine https://t.co/uVZo9LMH2Z https://t.co/z8YhMF3moP [Tweet]. @CNNPolitics. https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1394349919167827973

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, May 17). RT @Richard_Florida: Yep. Also the crux of the controversial Swedish Strategy ... Https://t.co/pkcvxxam3Q [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1394464667120984064

Derek Thompson. (2021, May 17). Weeks ago, Gov. Abbott made Texas the first state to abolish its mask mandate and lift capacity constraints for all businesses. So, what changed? Nothing. There was ~no effect on COVID cases, employment, mobility, or retail foot traffic, in either liberal or conservative areas. Https://t.co/M8aeKOKJuP [Tweet]. @DKThomp. https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1394294260787261447

Phil Magness. (2021, April 18). Fixed version: Here’s how the Imperial College model of Neil Ferguson performed over 1 year. I used their most conservative R0 assumption, so this is actually generous to them. Https://t.co/vVJJ629jO0 [Tweet]. @PhilWMagness. https://twitter.com/PhilWMagness/status/1383870801309360135