Ben Bradshaw. (2021, November 2). More than 50 #COVID19 cases in Parliament. U.K. still highest infection, hospitalisation & death rates in Western Europe. Still virtually no mask discipline among Tory MPs. Dwindling on public transport too. #Covid19UK [Tweet]. @BenPBradshaw. https://twitter.com/BenPBradshaw/status/1455451405205098498

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Ambrose, T., Campbell, L., Belam, M., & Lock, S. (2021, November 11). Covid live: Brazil reports 12,273 new cases with daily deaths down to 240; Russia’s death toll passes 250,000. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/nov/10/coronavirus-news-live-france-orders-those-aged-over-65-to-show-proof-of-covid-booster-shot-china-reports-drop-in-cases

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Willsher, K. (2021, October 11). French study of over 22m people finds vaccines cut severe Covid risk by 90%. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/french-study-vaccines-cut-covid-deaths

Bar-On, Y. M., Goldberg, Y., Mandel, M., Bodenheimer, O., Freedman, L., Alroy-Preis, S., Ash, N., Huppert, A., & Milo, R. (2021). Protection Across Age Groups of BNT162b2 Vaccine Booster against Covid-19 (p. 2021.10.07.21264626). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.07.21264626

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Franklin, J., & Stein, R. (2022, February 4). 900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2022/02/04/1078100069/covid19-deaths-us

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ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “RT @acweyand: Kids account for <0.2% of cancer deaths in US Kids account for <0.2% of heart disease deaths in US Kids account for <0.3% of…” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1483869918332432388

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 20). RT @thehowie: South Africa Deaths (7 day average) are near double levels of a few weeks ago. They will go up further. They are only 7.5%… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1472991477672419334

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh]. (2021, December 25). RT @thehowie: South Africa: Christmas update Hospitalizations⬆️15% week over week, ⬇️0.4% from yesterday. Gauteng Province ⬆️1.8% week ov… [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1474815859235381251

Mahan Ghafari | ماهان غفاری on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved April 29, 2022, from https://twitter.com/Mahan_Ghafari/status/1446196548904366092

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Kaiser Health News. (2021, December 1). The number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 has surpassed 775K. But left behind are tens of thousands of children—Some orphaned entirely—After their parents or a grandparent who cared for them died. [Tweet]. @KHNews. https://twitter.com/KHNews/status/1465861952270331905

Luka Mesin [@LukaMesin]. (2021, November 10). @VaccinationEu We can also include the number of cases for the same period. Https://t.co/A6d7mi7F3k [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/LukaMesin/status/1458553796808806403

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh]. (2021, November 14). Kai Spiekermann will speak the need for science communication and how it supports the pivotal role of knowledge in a functioning democracy. The panel will focus on what collective intelligence has to offer. 3/6 [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1459813528987217926

Prof Jeffrey S Morris on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved April 26, 2022, from https://twitter.com/jsm2334/status/1462573249712304128

ReconfigBehSci [@i]. (2021, November 27). @STWorg @PhilippMSchmid @CorneliaBetsch this clip got me too- for non-German speakers. She is asked whether she is ‘concerned’. Her response: Of course I’m concerned, I’m double vexed, I’m waiting for my booster vaccination, my husband died of Covid, I was in hospital, now I’m avoiding my grand children [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1464660287739596802

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@STWorg @PhilippMSchmid @CorneliaBetsch and every now and then we have to watch a clip like this to be reminded what all of this is really about. This pain and suffering is happening in one of the richest countries in the world at a time in the pandemic when we know exactly what to do to avoid it’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 22 April 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1464662622440144896

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Dr Greg Kelly. (2021, July 5). #COVID19 & kids “Doctors say Australia needs to better protect school kids from #COVID19 through measures incl masks & vaccination” Thanks @sophiescott2 & @leonie_thorne @abcnews for informed & non alarmist article feat me & @NjbBari3 Thread🧵👇 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids [Tweet]. @drgregkelly. https://twitter.com/drgregkelly/status/1412160336497561604

Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19. (2021, February 17). https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D. (2021, September 14). Right-wing radio host Bob Enyart—A staunch anti-vaccine, anti-mask, anti-abortion, anti-gay “firebrand” who used to mock the deaths of people with AIDS — just died of COVID-19. He is the 5th right-wing radio host to die of COVID in the past 6 weeks. Https://t.co/NlKodFEKNB [Tweet]. @RVAwonk. https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1437634022469996550

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D. (2021, August 22). Right-wing talk radio host Phil Valentine just died of COVID-19. He promoted vaccine skepticism until he himself got sick with the virus. Https://t.co/YTdzN7yyKw [Tweet]. @RVAwonk. https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1429244778374443011

wsbgnl. (2021, January 26). I am disturbed by the hundreds of thousands of covid deaths...and counting. But what’s most disturbing to me now is the general reaction to it, the inexplicable lack of urgency or even interest in doing much to stop it in the short term. Its so far beyond what I had imagined. [Tweet]. @wsbgnl. https://twitter.com/wsbgnl/status/1353869830026268672

Atomsk’s Sanakan. (2021, March 27). 1/J John Ioannidis published an article defending his low estimate of COVID-19’s fatality rate. It contains so many distortions that I’ll try something I’ve never done on Twitter for a paper: Go thru distortions page-by-page. This will take awhile. 😑 https://t.co/4wonxc6MFg https://t.co/AyV5RiwQnh [Tweet]. @AtomsksSanakan. https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1375935382139834373

Anders Engström 🦩. (2021, February 10). Animerad påminnelse om utveckligen i Sverige jämfört med våra nordiska grannländer #COVID19SWEDEN https://t.co/jrhZcvk3K3 [Tweet]. @dibbuk. https://twitter.com/dibbuk/status/1359566727571529736

Health Nerd. (2021, March 28). Recently, Professor John Ioannidis, most famous for his meta-science and more recently COVID-19 work, published this article in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation It included, among other things, a lengthy personal attack on me Some thoughts 1/n https://t.co/JGfUrpJXh2 [Tweet]. @GidMK. https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1376304539897237508

Gregory Travis -- “The Duke of Mild” (TM). (2022, January 14). When you realize you’ve gone too far https://t.co/a1CutK1uMo [Tweet]. @greg_travis. https://twitter.com/greg_travis/status/1481950558017794050

Irene Tosetti. (2021, February 14). The tragedy of Sweden compared to other scandinavian country. (Deaths over time). [Tweet]. @itosettiMD_MBA. https://twitter.com/itosettiMD_MBA/status/1360903987692765184

Dr Ellie Murray. (2021, February 23). A thing I feel is weird about how we are all reacting to this pandemic: Mourning is still so individual & private. It surprises me there aren’t campaigns for armbands, ribbons, wreaths on doors, or some sort of flag in the window to say “a loved one was lost to COVID here”. [Tweet]. @EpiEllie. https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1364033220904427524

A.R. Moxon. (2022, January 12). “I want my life back” is a hell of a thing to say much less publish when 5.5 million people have actually lost their actual lives. Https://t.co/COjnsnFhc1 [Tweet]. @JuliusGoat. https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1481401663588122627

(20) Prof. Christina Pagel on Twitter: “THREAD (a bit delayed) on UK & covid: TLDR: flattish cases overall are masking differences between nations, regions & age groups. And we’re still out of whack with Europe. 1/20” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1443261013911085056

Max Roser. (2021, April 4). Confirmed cases in India are rising very rapidly. • It does not appear to be an increase in testing, the positive rate has increased from less than 2% to more than 6%. • Deaths are also rapidly increasing. You find all metrics about all countries here: Https://t.co/YcMAq5ooMb https://t.co/6EQRKhKjYP [Tweet]. @MaxCRoser. https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1378486286047182849

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @MaxCRoser: The latest COVID data from India. Https://t.co/LwjGo0xfMX https://t.co/vdH95hQ2gw https://t.co/moOKa1uKRr’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 23 April 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1380081666962636802

Marino van Zelst🌱. (2021, October 27). #COVID19NL Positief getest: 7.301 Totaal: 2.100.866 (+7.260 ivm -41 corr.) Perc. Positief 19 okt—25 okt: 15,7% Opgenomen: 113 Huidig: 659 (+2) Opgenomen op IC: 21 Huidig: 200 (+8) Overleden: 17 Totaal: 18.357 https://t.co/BOKxqmyHiX [Tweet]. @mzelst. https://twitter.com/mzelst/status/1453349923462725632

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, October 13). RT @StevenTDennis: This is 100X the yearly U.S. death toll from measles before we crushed it with vaccines. [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1448333888992858120

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 28). RT @Gab_H_R: Ok this is not looking good. Look at Brazil’s death curve following cases. This is not a good sign. Https://t.co/gvgdQOyMAU [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1487128383301599234

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh]. (2022, January 8). RT @thehowie: Deaths by Grizzly bears each year: ~1.6 Deaths from COVID each year: ~400K. Adjust for age, all you want, his fear of Grizz… [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1479832293489397767

Mulot, M., Segalas, C., Leyrat, C., & Besançon, L. (2021). Re: Subramanian and Kumar. Vaccination rates and COVID-19 cases. European Journal of Epidemiology, 36(12), 1243–1244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00817-6

Bristol, U. of. (n.d.). November: COVID-19 mortality risk in schools | News and features | University of Bristol. University of Bristol. Retrieved 20 April 2022, from http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/november/covid19-mortality-schools.html

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 31). RT @AbraarKaran: 2/ @nytimes https://t.co/7ynCtx2Q85 [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1488433826628083715

Unwin, H. J. T., Hillis, S., Cluver, L., Flaxman, S., Goldman, P. S., Butchart, A., Bachman, G., Rawlings, L., Donnelly, C. A., Ratmann, O., Green, P., Nelson, C. A., Blenkinsop, A., Bhatt, S., Desmond, C., Villaveces, A., & Sherr, L. (2022). Global, regional, and national minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver death, by age and family circumstance up to Oct 31, 2021: An updated modelling study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 6(4), 249–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00005-0

Eric Topol. (2022, February 28). The Omicron crisis in Hong Kong. This is a graph of fatalities, not cases @OurWorldInData https://t.co/JbZCM3SNUq [Tweet]. @EricTopol. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1498327329096933381

Campbell, D., & editor, D. C. H. policy. (2022, March 10). Global Covid-19 death toll ‘may be three times higher than official figures.’ The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/10/global-covid-19-death-toll-may-be-three-times-higher-than-official-figures

Adam, D. (2022). COVID’s true death toll: Much higher than official records. Nature, 603(7902), 562–562. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00708-0

Kyle Sheldrick. (2022, February 21). This is probably the worst covid research I have read, and I helped expose a fraudulent study that was just the same patient copied-and pasted over and over again, and another which enrolled dead people. This is far more damaging to public health. 1/12 [Tweet]. @K_Sheldrick. https://twitter.com/K_Sheldrick/status/1495687486341017601

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘it seems just yesterday that Twitter was ablaze with “nobody has died of omicron”’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 29 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478483795863089154

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 6). RT @GidMK: Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is an absolutely awful study filled with issues and numeric mistakes https://t.co/hvEv5gMMn2 [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478987492552589314

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@STWorg @ProfColinDavis @rpancost @chrisdc77 @syrpis this is the most in depth treatment of the impact of equalities law on pandemic policy that I’ve been able to find- it would seem to underscore that there is a legal need for impact assessments that ask (some) of these questions https://t.co/auiApVC0TW’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 22 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1485927221449613314

Gaba, C. (2022, March 10). My own crude estimate: Vaccine refusal has likely killed 180K - 235K Americans to date [Text]. ACA Signups. https://acasignups.net/22/03/10/my-own-crude-estimate-vaccine-refusal-has-likely-killed-180k-235k-americans-date

Ing. Antonio Caramia. (2022, March 4). After weeks in decline, hospitalizations are growing up again in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. 1/2 https://t.co/nZlijvwR2i [Tweet]. @Antonio_Caramia. https://twitter.com/Antonio_Caramia/status/1499830740183302152

Thrasher, S. W. (n.d.). There Is Nothing Normal about One Million People Dead from COVID. Scientific American. Retrieved March 7, 2022, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-nothing-normal-about-one-million-people-dead-from-covid1/

Stegger, M., Edslev, S. M., Sieber, R. N., Ingham, A. C., Ng, K. L., Tang, M.-H. E., Alexandersen, S., Fonager, J., Legarth, R., Utko, M., Wilkowski, B., Gunalan, V., Bennedbæk, M., Byberg-Grauholm, J., Møller, C. H., Christiansen, L. E., Svarrer, C. W., Ellegaard, K., Baig, S., … Rasmussen, M. (2022). Occurrence and significance of Omicron BA.1 infection followed by BA.2 reinfection (p. 2022.02.19.22271112). medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.19.22271112

Cantante ceca no vax annuncia di essersi contagiata volontariamente: Muore di Covid a 57 anni. (2022, January 18). Tgcom24. https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/mondo/cantante-ceca-no-vax-annuncia-di-essersi-contagia-volontariamente-muore-di-covid-a-57-anni_44508012-202202k.shtml

‘Capitalizing on skepticism’: How the coronavirus has exposed us once again. (2022, February 16). The Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/capitalizing-on-skepticism-how-the-coronavirus-has-exposed-us-once-again/

Marc Veldhoen. (2022, January 18). US data via @OurWorldInData Let not anyone tell you that vaccines do not work https://t.co/N535pp1kGJ [Tweet]. @Marc_Veld. https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/1483433139208962050

Auger, K. A., Shah, S. S., Richardson, T., Hartley, D., Hall, M., Warniment, A., Timmons, K., Bosse, D., Ferris, S. A., Brady, P. W., Schondelmeyer, A. C., & Thomson, J. E. (2020). Association Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US. JAMA, 324(9), 859–870. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.14348

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @HelenBranswell: The latest “Nowcast” from @CDCgov suggests Omicron has pretty much swept the table. Https://t.co/BAwPhsyPwW https://t.…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 13 February 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1483495777376903175

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Tyler Black, MD. (2022, January 4). /1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread: Mortality in 2020 and myths =-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2020, unsurprisingly, came with excess death. There was an 18% increase in overall mortality, year on year. But let’s dive in a little bit deeper. The @CDCgov has updated WONDER, its mortality database. Https://t.co/DbbvvbTAZQ [Tweet]. @tylerblack32. https://twitter.com/tylerblack32/status/1478501508132048901

Adele Groyer. (2022, January 8). Friday report is now out. Https://covidactuaries.org/2022/01/07/the-friday-report-issue-58/ I am struck that perception of a “mild” Covid situation is relative. In SA natural deaths were >30% higher than predicted in Dec. The last time weekly death rates in E&W were more than 30% above 2015-19 levels was in Jan 2021. Https://t.co/S9fkn2WFVk [Tweet]. @AdeleGroyer. https://twitter.com/AdeleGroyer/status/1479760460589191170

Gabriel Hébert-Mild™ ⓥ. (2022, February 1). UK Deaths following a reinfection! Tell me what you see here 👀 https://t.co/TbVAksnvrW [Tweet]. @Gab_H_R. https://twitter.com/Gab_H_R/status/1488623303463952387

French, G. (2021). Impact of Hospital Strain on Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic—United States, July 2020–July 2021. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 70. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7046a5

Hotez, P. J. (2021). America’s deadly flirtation with antiscience and the medical freedom movement. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 131(7). https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI149072

Nicholas, J., & Evershed, N. (2022, January 21). Australia has had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic – here’s what we know about who is dying. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2022/jan/21/australia-has-had-its-deadliest-day-yet-covid-omicron-heres-what-we-know-about-who-is-dying

Craig, F. (2021, December 9). Covid: 150 deaths a day in UK an ‘unacceptably high number’, says professor. Channel 4 News. https://www.channel4.com/news/covid-150-deaths-a-day-in-uk-an-unacceptably-high-number-says-professor

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @TravellingTabby: Https://t.co/bMZAOzCwhA The 263 new deaths reported today is the most in a day for almost 8 months. From the 208 ne…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 14 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1453081931038568457

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @thehowie: Here is @ClayTravis showing that he didn’t read the article. Https://t.co/RCjijieeaI’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 12 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1481167779541794820

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @thehowie: Here is @CortesSteve showing that he did not read the article. Https://t.co/VeYt3xz37b’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 12 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1481167836127141893

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @thehowie: Here is @jennybethm showing that she did not read the article. Https://t.co/pg6Obhc3WL’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 12 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1481167853617307650

How do death rates from COVID-19 differ between people who are vaccinated and those who are not? (n.d.). Our World in Data. Retrieved January 8, 2022, from https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-by-vaccination

Sample, I., & Davis, N. (2022, January 6). First Covid wave raised UK adult risk of death by 40%, study finds. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/first-covid-wave-raised-uk-adult-risk-of-death-by-40-study-finds