Tim Skellett
Me: interests: #scicomm, books, gardening, philosophy, science journalism, photography, #nature, #travel, #DiscWorld, and so on.
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Weather Photography Favourites May 2020 - Stormhour
Stormhour 7d 2 tweets
Welcome to our May2020 weather photography favourite collection. All the amazing images below were sent to us via StormHour
The Costly Toll of Not Shutting Down Spring Break Earlier
Frances Robles - Nytimes.com 56d 20 tweets
People got sick — and some died — after attending crowded parties and theme parks in Florida as the coronavirus spread.
Whimsy (Surely You Are Up For Some Comedy)
offbeatcompassion 15h 1 tweets
I am a little nervous, because this is the first time I have been a chaplain for a dragon. My client will be coming on Zoom shortly. I wonder what her concerns might be and why she wants to talk wi…
How to avoid post-lockdown burnout
Netdoctor.co.uk 16h 1 tweets
Worried about life returning to normal after lockdown? Our new-found slower living may benefit our wellbeing long-term.
Speaking up on racism
Apple 53h 2 tweets
Read the message from Tim
Anti-racism rallies cancelled in NI
BBC News 18h 1 tweets
The police say large gatherings during the pandemic pose a public health risk and are not allowed.
Confirmed coronavirus cases are rising faster than ever
CNN 22h 11 tweets
New cases of the novel coronavirus are rising faster than ever worldwide, at a rate of more than 100,000 a day over a seven-day average.
We can't be 100% sure face masks work – but that shouldn't stop us wearing them | Trish Greenhalgh
the Guardian 23h 16 tweets
Public health experts like me know the only conclusive trial of masks will be the result of their rollout in the real world, says Trish Greenhalgh, a professor of primary care health sciences
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
nhs.uk 100d 157 tweets
NHS advice about coronavirus (COVID-19), including what the risk in the UK is, what the symptoms are and how to reduce your chances of getting it.
Karl Friston: up to 80% not even susceptible to Covid-19 - UnHerd
Freddie Sayers - UnHerd 53h 6 tweets
The influential professor's statistical observations could radically change how we lift lockdown
Covid-19 expert Karl Friston: 'Germany may have more immunological “dark matter”'
the Guardian 6d 55 tweets
The neuroscientist who advises Independent Sage on Covid-19 discusses the predictive power of his mathematical modelling
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Tim Skellett A bit of total madness. Karl Friston doesn't even take into account the far better measures Germany undertook against #COVID19, let alone % of ICU beds, or admit *the number of official infections in Germany was much higher than in the UK until April 28* 23h
Less than 10% of Britons are immune to coronavirus. There's no room for mistakes | Rupert Beale
the Guardian 28h 3 tweets
Until a vaccine is found, testing, tracing and isolation is the only way to stop the further spread of coronavirus in Britain, says Rupert Beale, of the Francis Crick Institute
Tim Skellett So has written a measured opinion-piece. on #COVID19 in the UK, that expressly avoids blame, instead focusing on what's vital for Britain now: — #Testing, #contacttracing and isolation — #SocialDistancing. 24h
Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger - IOPscience
Iopscience.iop.org 24h 1 tweets
Tim Skellett When your author list's not only longer than your abstract, & then your author list is not only longer *than your entire paper*, but your author list is longer than almost any other paper in existence. [3500 author names] [thanks to for the tip] 24h
Coronavirus Rips Into Regions Previously Spared
Declan Walsh - Nytimes.com 39h 6 tweets
As the West settles into a grinding battle with the disease, the virus surges across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South Asia.
Tim Skellett Your reminder: #COVID19 is ripping through Africa and South America. Your consolation: got a bad national leader? It could be far worse, you could have this guy. 32h
Law Enforcement Seizes Masks Meant To Protect Anti-Racist Protesters From COVID-19
Ryan J. Reilly - HuffPost 35h 29 tweets
The masks, reading “Stop killing Black people,” were meant to quell the spread of the coronavirus, which has disproportionately affected Black Americans.
The ABO blood group locus and a chromosome 3 gene cluster associate with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory failure in an Italian-Spanish genome-wide association analysis
medRxiv 4d 20 tweets
Background. Respiratory failure is a key feature of severe Covid-19 and a critical driver of mortality, but for reasons poorly defined affects less than 10% of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Methods. We included 1,980 patients with Covid-19...
Tim Skellett When your author list is longer than your abstract. 34h
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Tim Skellett A+ type blood might well be a risk for respiratory failure in severe #Covid19. O type blood may be protective (to some degree). cc. , 34h
The Protesters Deserve the Truth About the Coronavirus
Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic 46h 12 tweets
Public-health experts should strive to provide a neutral accounting of risk.
Thousands Who Got COVID-19 in March Are Still Sick
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 48h 49 tweets
The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured months of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.
Retraction: "Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis"
Thelancet.com 45h 19 tweets
WHO Resumes Study of Hydroxychloroquine for Treating COVID-19
Time 45h 1 tweets
The global health organization had suspended the study over concerns about the drug’s side effects