*far lower than expectations that’s < 1 in 10k, which is way better than 95%

"Given you acknowledged...in March 2020 that Asian countries were masking up at the time, saying we shouldn't mask up as well was a mistake, wasn't it... at the time, not just in hindsight?" My question to Dr Fauci. Listen to his very passionate response:

Thank you. Very helpful. Retweeting this which lines up with your UK data.

New paper!!! @psmaldino look at what causes the persistence of poor methods in science, even when better methods are available. And we argue that interdisciplinary contact can lead better methods to spread. 1

Today was a very, very odd day I testified before @senatehomeland They held a hearing on hydroxychloroquine. Yup, HCQ In the middle of the worst surge of pandemic HCQ It was clear how our information architecture shapes questions of science and medicine of COVID A thread

alarmism vs denial in Switzerland...or some observations on the Swiss COVID response a monster thread...

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros

We will be stuck in an endless cycle of lockdown/release for next 18 months, if we do not start mass testing, tracing, & isolating those who are carriers of the virus while pursuing rapid research for antiviral treatment or vaccine. This is the message the public needs to hear.

The campaign against @DrZoeHyde that has involved several scientists targeting her with personal attacks, and trying to misrepresent her is deeply disappointing. She has been referred to as 'evil', 'idiotic', 'sadistic', and a'sociopath'. A few thoughts on these attacks.

All-inclusive authorship on large scientific papers can a be dangerous practice Alert: potential unpopular opinion Thread 1/n

I need to make some preliminary remarks on my report today. The EMS - which is where the positive test data comes from - seems to be having quite a problem. Many cases were reported later today. In Vienna there was according to this

If you are interested in QAnon, QAnonCasualties is a must subreddit to read regularly and to get to know what is happening in QWorld from those closest to QAnon adherents.

If you are interested in QAnon, QAnonCasualties is a must subreddit to read regularly and to get to know what is happening in QWorld from those closest to QAnon adherents.

For weeks, the public messages about vaccines have been more negative than the facts warrant. Now we are seeing the cost: A large percentage of Americans wouldn't take a vaccine if offered one.

Is this lockdown 3.0 as tough as lockdown 1? Here are a few pieces of data from the @IndependentSage briefing which suggest that despite tackling a much more transmissible virus, lockdown is less strict, which might explain why we are only just keeping on top of cases.

Periodic reminder that in terms of outcomes, Swedish corona policy is thoroughly average in EU comparison – not exactly a model to be emulated by the rest of the world, nor a crime against humanity that should be prosecuted in the Hague.

Vaccine efficacy in blocking infection & transmission (I think) We can now estimate the (minimum) reduction in transmission from the Moderna vaccine. Thread tl;dr Moderna vaccine blocks >90% (87-93%) of infections & 91% (89-94%) of transmission. *Critiques welcome!

I've spoken to 2,000+ companies over the last 12 months about their plans for remote work going forward Here are a few things I've learned

The Government Communication Service (GCS) has published a new piece of guidance titled ‘The principles of behaviour change communications’.

In response to COVID-19, dramatic safer-​at-home policies were im­ple­mented. The un­der­stand­ing of their impacts on social dis­tanc­ing, travel and pollution is in its infancy. We pair a differences-​in-differences framework and synthetic control methods with rich cellular tracking and high frequency air pollution data. We find that state and U.S. county safer-​at-home policies are suc­cess­ful in en­cour­ag­ing social distance; beginning the day of the policy trips outside the home are sharply decreased while time in residence rises sharply. With less vehicle traffic, we find: a 50% reduction in vehicular col­li­sions; an ap­prox­i­mately 25% reduction in Par­tic­u­late Matter (PM2.5) con­cen­tra­tions; and a reduction of the incidence of county-​days with an air quality index of code yellow or above by two-​thirds. We calculate that the benefits from avoided car col­li­sions could range from $7 billion to $24 billion while the benefits from reduced pollution could range from $650 million to $13.8 billion.