Carl T. Bergstrom
#BlackLivesMatter Prof. Biol. . Info flow in bio, society, & science. I love crows and ravens. he/him Book *Calling Bullshit* Aug 4th:
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Resumption of athletic competition
President 17h 1 tweets
President Michael H. Schill sent a message to the university community regarding the Pac-12 universities' vote to resume some collegiate athletic programs — specifically football, men’s and women’s basketball, and other winter sports.
Google is banning election ads after polls close on November 3rd
The Verge 14h 1 tweets
The policy could stop President Trump and Joe Biden from running ads declaring an early victory.
Scientific notation - Wikipedia
En.wikipedia.org 24h 1 tweets
Crows possess higher intelligence long thought primarily human - STAT
sharon begley - STAT 38h 13 tweets
A second study looked in unprecedented detail at the brains of pigeons and barn owls, finding hints to the basis of their intelligence.
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Carl T. Bergstrom It looks like is pivoting from Covid to Corvid. I endorse the move. Story from . 16h
Nothing Eats Viruses, Right? Meet Some Hungry Protists
Nytimes.com 46h 6 tweets
New genetic evidence builds the case that single-celled marine microbes might chow down on viruses.
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Carl T. Bergstrom I was wondering just couple of months back whether there are organisms that eat viruses...and apparently there are!! has the story for the . 28h
Sweden's high coronavirus death toll could be linked to mild flu seasons, chief scientist says
HollyEllyatt - CNBC 36h 3 tweets
Sweden's chief epidemiologist has partly blamed the country's high coronavirus death toll on mild flu outbreaks in recent winters.
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Carl T. Bergstrom Guns don't kill people; mild flu seasons kill people who should have died already but instead got shot with guns. 30h
These Colleges Are Winning the Fight Against Covid-19 — at Least for Now
Michael Vasquez - CHE 31h 4 tweets
“Massive testing,” campus buy-in, and a quick response to outbreaks have helped some institutions keep their case numbers low.
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Carl T. Bergstrom 13. In this thread, I urged reporters to follow up with some of the success stories from campuses. did, and wrote this for the 31h
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Splunk-public.machinedata.illinois.edu 33d 42 tweets
listen to your data
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Carl T. Bergstrom 4. So what happened? Did the epidemic spiral out of control? Not at all. The plan worked. They're now testing 10,000 people a day with positivity rates below a half of a percent. 3d
A University Had a Great Coronavirus Plan, but Students Partied On
Kenneth Chang - Nytimes.com 15d 26 tweets
An unexpected upswing in positive tests at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign showed how even the most comprehensive approaches to limiting the virus’s spread can break down.
Carl T. Bergstrom 3. Why? It seems that (1) the massive testing program found lots of cases upon entry and before it could influence transmission and (2) students partied, even after testing positive. Newspapers ate it up. Even the . 4d
Design of vaccine efficacy trials during public health emergencies
Science Translational Medicine 451d 5 tweets
Public health emergencies, such as an Ebola disease outbreak, provide a complex and challenging environment for the evaluation of candidate vaccines. Here, we outline the need for flexible and responsive vaccine trial designs to be used in public...
In ‘Power Grab,’ Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A.
Sheila Kaplan - Nytimes.com 7d 34 tweets
Experts said the memo will make it more difficult for the F.D.A. to issue new rules, but it’s unclear how it would affect the vetting of coronavirus vaccines.
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Carl T. Bergstrom This should frighten anyone who has any stake at all in the trajectory of the pandemic in the United States. 5d
Effects of a major deletion in the SARS-CoV-2 genome on the severity of infection and the inflammatory response: an observational cohort study
The Lancet 38d 8 tweets
The ∆382 variant of SARS-CoV-2 seems to be associated with a milder infection. The observed clinical effects of deletions in ORF8 could have implications for the development of treatments and vaccines.
San Francisco announces all phone calls from county jails are now free
San Francisco Bay View Newspaper - San Francisco Bay View 6d 1 tweets
San Francisco County, as of Aug. 10, 2020, will no longer generate revenue from incarcerated people and their families through phone calls. All phone calls and video calls from jails will be free under a first-in-the-nation fixed rate contract...
Van Morrison criticises 'fascist bullies' in anti-lockdown Covid songs
the Guardian 8d 6 tweets
Songwriter uses new material to condemn UK government, scientists and celebrities
Carl T. Bergstrom You can't stop us on the road to freedom You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see Men with insight, Michael Levitt Knights in armor bent on herd immunity She's as sweet, as Tupelo honey... 7d
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
NPR.org 7d 124 tweets
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died from complications from cancer. Her death will set in motion what promises to be a tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her.
Covid-19 Live Updates: After Criticism, C.D.C. Reverses Guidelines About Testing People Who Were Exposed
Nytimes.com 8d 5 tweets
Israel becomes one of the few countries to impose a second nationwide lockdown. In the U.S., Joe Biden tries to focus the campaign on President Trump’s virus performance.
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Carl T. Bergstrom The outcry mattered. Today the CDC has reversed it's previous reversal, and is now back to once again recommending tests for asymptomatic contacts of COVID patients. A small victory, perhaps, but an important one. Keep going. You are heard. 7d
Children and COVID-19: New cases may be leveling off
Mdedge.com 8d 1 tweets
Children now represent 10% of all COVID-19 cases, but measures continue to show low rates of severe illness.
Carl T. Bergstrom I tracked down the original source of the graph: Coupled with the headline, this is atrocious data presentation from / . (Cases may be indeed leveling off somewhat, but this graph sure doesn't let you make that assessment.) 8d
Nerd talk
Google Docs 10d 2 tweets
A list of words nerds use to signal that they’re smart: "Priors" instead of biases; (if you want to get really nerdy, you can say “posteriors” instead of conclusions) "Cohort" instead of group “High-dimensional” instead of complicated “N” instead...
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Complexity.simplecast.com 9d 1 tweets
C.D.C. Didn’t Write Testing Guidance Published on Its Website, Officials Say
Nytimes.com 8d 116 tweets
A controversial guideline saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested for the virus came from H.H.S. officials and skipped the C.D.C.’s scientific review process.
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Carl T. Bergstrom Turns out, that's because someone at the CDC allowed HHS to directly insert this language into the guidelines without CDC review. I cannot stress enough what a complete betrayal this is by Redfield of his agency and the scientists therein. 8d