Tim Skellett
Me: interests: #scicomm, books, gardening, philosophy, science journalism, photography, #nature, #travel, #DiscWorld, and so on.
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Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada
We estimate the impact of mask mandates and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) on COVID-19 case growth in Canada, including regulations on businesses and gatherings, school closures, travel and self-isolation, and long-term care homes. We...
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a large nationwide sample of patients on dialysis in the USA: A cross-sectional study
Via The Lancet: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a large nationwide sample of patients on dialysis in the USA: a cross-sectional study. The summary: Background Many patients receiving dialysis in the USA share the socioeconomic characteristics...
The problem with love is deciding who’s doing the dishes | Psyche Ideas
The modern rhetoric of love is all about caring and sharing, and very little about equality and justice. Can philosophy help?
Estimated Influenza Illnesses, Medical visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in the United States — 2018–2019 influenza season | CDC
CDC calculates estimates of disease burden in the United States using surveillance data and modeling to adjust for sources of under-detection. Burden estimates for the 2018-2019 season found here.
The sounds of Autumn
Cheryl Tipp, Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds writes: The days are getting shorter, the leaves are turning colour and there starts to be a definite chill in the air. These changes all point to one thing - the glorious season of Autumn....
Weapons in the War of Ideas: Books & Book Burning - Ordinary Times
In recent days, I’ve read about the burning of books on the streets of Portland and of Harry Potter books torched by the far Left. I don’t like burning books, to put it very...
What lessons can Europe learn from Sweden's Covid-19 experience?
Experts say that while contested ‘light touch’ response should be studied, each country must find right approach for them
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Scamademics? Right-Wing Lobbying Groups Reviving ‘Herd Immunity’ in the UK – Byline Times
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how a high-profile letter to Boris Johnson was based on ‘fringe pseudoscience’ and co-drafted by a Government advisor who downplayed the COVID-19 death toll
Tim Skellett
Very good article by @NafeezAhmed on some academics shilling for various flavours of #COVID19-denialism. A bit too right-wing/left-wing oriented, tho; the Swedish govt, Tegnell & Giesecke for example, are not right-wing.
cc. @PathogenScribe, @CathyYoung63
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'Close to 100% accuracy': Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid
Researchers running Helsinki pilot scheme say dogs can identify virus in seconds
Tim Skellett
More on the Helsinki sniffer-dogs for #COVID19 screening. Note the passages about the dogs being able to tell from outer-neck swabs, & smaller samples than for PCR.
cc.@PathogenScribe, @DrJudyStone, @DrMoragKerr
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Unemployed people sleep worse than workers
Losing your job makes you more likely to sleep too little or far too much. Either is bad for your health
Sweden shifts on no-lockdown strategy
Dr Anders Tegnell has now said that Sweden may implement localised lockdowns, but only for a maximum of two or three weeks
COVID-19 can affect the heart
COVID-19 has a spectrum of potential heart manifestations with diverse mechanisms
Giant sailing ship encounters no ice as it attempts the Northern Sea Route
Magnificent STS Sedov easily passes three Arctic seas exactly 142 years after the famous Vega Expedition was stuck in pack ice for 11 months.
England's new Covid rules 'too little, too late' for the second time
Scientists say measures won’t stop spread and increase chance of crackdown later
Legends of the leaf
The story behind 25 iconic houseplants and the secrets to making them thrive
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Scientific advisers faced 'herd immunity' backlash
Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance were alarmed by questions over the controversial concept, emails show.
Tim Skellett
Very important news for the UK. The advocacy of so-called #HerdImmunity in very early March (which ceased for a time when Ferguson modelled how fast ER's and ICU's would get over-run for a while).
#PandemicPolitics, #COVID19, cc.@TripeUK
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