Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
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Vote by Mail | NCSBE
The details about voting by mail in North Carolina.
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
In NC if you requested an absentee ballot but now want to vote in person early or on Nov 3, you CAN
“Requesting an absentee ballot will not record you in our system as having voted. As long as you do not vote your absentee ballot, you may vote in person”
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Ending Covid-19 via herd immunity is 'a dangerous fallacy'
Prominent scientists sign open letter saying strategy is ‘unsupported by evidence’
NC Call Team: Make calls to North Carolina Voters! · Fight For NC
**Training is the first 30 minutes of each shift.**
Ballots are already being mailed out and we need to make sure EVERY North Carolinian has a plan to vote for Democrats this year!
Whether you're a seasoned phone banker or first timer, we'll make...
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
I’m attending Fight For NC’s event, “NC Call Team: Make calls to North Carolina Voters!” – sign up now to join me!
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Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992, by Music From Memory
17 track album
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
What’s my soundtrack while working today? I’m glad you asked.
It is IMHI one of the very greatest compilations ever curated, Outro Tempo: Electronic & Contemporary Music from Brazil, 1978-1992, on one of my fave labels, @MusicFromMemory
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Electoral college explained: how Biden faces an uphill battle in the US election
Trump won the presidency in 2016 despite Clinton receiving almost 3m more votes, all because of the electoral college. How does the system work?
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
TERRIFYING and KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT
Electoral college explained: how Biden faces an uphill battle in the US election
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Bethune-Cookman will not compete in 2020-21 sports
Bethune-Cookman University has decided it will not compete in sports this spring. That includes men and women's basketball as well as football.
A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Behind the Controversial Great Barrington Declaration Calling for COVID-19 Herd Immunity
An open letter that emerged earlier this month opposing COVID-19 shutdowns and calling for a “herd immunity” approach to addressing the coronavirus — which already has claimed over 220,000 American lives — is one of the latest examples of how...
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Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
The Great Barrington Declaration, written by Sunetra Gupta, Jay Bhattacharya & Martin Kulldorf, & formally adopted & endorsed by Trump, is anti-science & inhumane, & it would cause untold death & suffering. And we now know it is also a total scam ‼️
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Americans, we can fight COVID-19 and save lives now. Wear a mask!
Masks are the "right now" strategy that can help us reopen schools and offices and the economy.
Working from home ‘damaging Britain's creative potential and economic wellbeing’
Bank of England’s chief economist says lockdown arrangements benefited some, but not all workers
Victoria Derbyshire apologises over Covid Christmas comments
Scientists had warned against breaking rules after journalist told the Radio Times she planned to break the law
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
This quote, from the brilliant @BillHanage, who is ZERO miles from cool, is 🔥🔥🔥
Dr William Hanage at Harvard said ignoring Covid rules was far from fine. “I can have some sympathy with this, but it’s still about 9,734 miles away from cool.”
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Myanmar’s policy response to COVID-19 – The Center for Policy Impact in Global Health
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Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
NEW ANALYSIS by @cp_intl—Tom Traill, Si Thura, Zarni Lynn Kyaw, Thazin La, Zin Mar Win, Phway Thinzar Chit— & our team @DukeCPIGH!
Myanmar's Policy Response to COVID-19
We examine Myanmar's national control policies, policy gaps & ways to close gaps
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They Did Not Vote in 2016. Why They Plan on Skipping the Election Again.
Between a third and a half of all eligible voters typically stay home during presidential elections.
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
I did not realize that in the US, around one third to one half “of all eligible voters typically stay home during presidential elections.” Wow.
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Mortality among Adults Ages 25-44 in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Abstract: Introduction: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has caused a marked increase in all-cause deaths in the United States, mostly among adults aged 65 and older. Because younger adults have far lower infection fatality rates, less attention...
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
New preprint study by @jeremyfaust et al: "We find that COVID-19 has likely become the leading cause of death (surpassing unintentional overdoses) among young adults aged 25-44 in some areas of the United States during substantial COVID-19 outbreaks" 1/2
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Being Herded into Disaster in a Post-Science World – Byline Times
Without decisive, science-driven policy and clear public health messaging, Britain is condemned to a cyclical cost to life, society and the economy at the hands of COVID-19, argue epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani and neuroscientist Hisham Ziauddeen
Inspirations, by Dwight Trible
8 track album
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
A beautiful Sunday album? This is the one.
Legendary singer @dwighttrible has played with everyone from Pharaoh Sanders to @KamasiW. Now he’s teamed up with the brilliant trumpeter Matthew Halsall @gondwanarecords for a truly stunning album, Inspirations
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DKU’s new normal: A snapshot of post-pandemic college life
The weather on China’s eastern coast was getting cooler, a telltale sign of the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival. Students donning navy blue ‘Duke Kunshan’ hoodies crowded together to enjoy mooncakes and admire the reflection of the full moon on our...
Parenting during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020: academia, labour and care work
(2020). Parenting during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020: academia, labour and care work. Women's History Review. Ahead of Print.
College Football Feels All Too Normal During The Pandemic
Universities Are Subjecting Unpaid Athletic Workers To Precisely The Same Health Risks Outraging So Many In The U.S.
Why this US election matters so much
With only days to go before the US presidential election,1 the editors of medical and science journals have entered the political fray with unprecedented unity, voicing their shared concerns about Donald Trump’s record in office and his candidacy...
The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19
Why proposals to largely let the virus run its course — embraced by Donald Trump’s administration and others — could bring “untold death and suffering”.
Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH
Don’t take it from me, read this @nature piece.
“Surrendering to the virus” is not a defensible plan.
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