Alexis C. Madrigal
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The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills
Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic 5d 1 tweets
While people of all cultures experience sleep paralysis in similar ways, the specific form and intensity it takes varies by culture
How the Pandemic Defeated America
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 8d 240 tweets
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Of course, ’s vivisection of our present state is masterful and precise and harrowing. This graf, though. Damn. 7d
James Baldwin Was Right All Along
The Atlantic 39d 7 tweets
The writer and activist has the painful, powerful words for this political moment. America just needs to heed them.
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Alexis C. Madrigal My always and forever hero. His wisdom is unsurpassed all these years later. 9d
When the Nerds Go Marching In
Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic 14d 1 tweets
How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama's reelection
Trump Is Waging a Losing War Against the Bad News of COVID-19
Time 26d 4 tweets
The novel coronavirus has not been deterred by President Donald Trump's continuing attempts to control the bad news it generates.
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Alexis C. Madrigal > should be lauded for her early warnings, not silenced. She told Americans to prepare for disruption when there were *20* confirmed cases. 23d
Who took down the CDC’s coronavirus data? The agency itself.
Politico.com 26d 3 tweets
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Alexis C. Madrigal This is a really good story on what happened with hospitalization data. It reflects what we’ve encountered over and over: different components of the Federal government trying to do the right thing, but moving with devastating lack of coordination. 25d
A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming
Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic 27d 42 tweets
There was always a logical explanation for why cases rose through the end of June while deaths did not.
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Alexis C. Madrigal This is my dire evaluation of our current situation, if we don't see major policy changes to stop this virus. 26d
The inside story of how California failed mass coronavirus testing
Emily Baumgaertner - Los Angeles Times 30d 17 tweets
California failed to establish an effective coronavirus testing system early on, leaving it far behind — even now — in the fight against COVID-19.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Great reporting here by and the . Really grateful for this paper during these times. 30d
Federal Officials Turn to a New Testing Strategy as Infections Surge
Nytimes.com 41d 15 tweets
Millions of additional coronavirus tests may be processed with “pooling,” enabling widespread surveillance as the country struggles to reopen.
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Alexis C. Madrigal I’m surprised it has taken this long for pooled testing to get on the national agenda. I’ve been hearing about it from and since early April. 39d
Overwhelming demand for COVID-19 tests, long waits for results hamper Texas effort to control spread
Dallas News 41d 2 tweets
AUSTIN -- Testing for the coronavirus in Texas is faltering, as soaring demand challenges laboratories’ ability to keep up. Test sites in major cities are...
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Alexis C. Madrigal Here’s what the emerging testing shortage looks like on the ground. TX: AZ: FL: 41d
Arizona's Main COVID Lab Running Behind as Demand for Tests Soars to Twice Capacity
Nytimes.com 41d 1 tweets
A spike in coronavirus infections in Arizona pushed demand for tests to twice the capacity of the state's main COVID lab last week, a senior laboratory executive said, adding that new testing equipment had been delayed two months.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Here’s what the emerging testing shortage looks like on the ground. TX: AZ: FL: 41d
Gov. DeSantis addresses coronavirus test delays as Florida cases spike, says state will help counties
WFLA 41d 1 tweets
Based on what 8 On Your Side has been hearing from many viewers, the number of COVID-19 cases could be even higher than reported in Florida.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Here’s what the emerging testing shortage looks like on the ground. TX: AZ: FL: 41d
Could a global ‘observatory’ of blood help stop the next pandemic?
Science | AAAS 59d 6 tweets
Proposal calls for screening donated blood and other samples from around the world for thousands of antibodies
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Alexis C. Madrigal Given that we're very close to the ceiling of our testing capacity, the conversation is going to have to turn to other testing strategies. Pooled tests for sure in low-incidence areas, but probably other innovative ideas like 's 42d
As Coronavirus Surges, How Much Testing Does Your State Need To Subdue The Virus?
NPR.org 42d 11 tweets
A new NPR/Harvard analysis finds most states' testing efforts still fall far short of what's needed to beat back the pandemic. Find out how your state is doing.
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Alexis C. Madrigal To be honest, I was not expecting this. Then I had a grim phone call with a source and we began racing to send up this flare. The testing supply chain problems have not been solved. Especially at a time when we could use more capacity than ever. 42d
U.S. Coronavirus Testing Could Fail Again
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 42d 25 tweets
A surge in demand for tests is overwhelming lab-services companies, creating new backlogs and delays.   
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Alexis C. Madrigal > and I have bad news to report from our conversations with laboratory experts. Despite the increases in COVID testing capacity, the second surge has pushed our labs to the breaking point (again). 42d
CDC says U.S. has 'way too much virus' to control pandemic as cases surge across country
Will Feuer - CNBC 43d 40 tweets
"What we have in the United States, it's hard to describe because it's so many different outbreaks," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Among many bad signs about COVID in the U.S., one good sign is that the CDC's Anne Schuchat is being allowed to talk in public again. I hope is next. 42d
The Second Coronavirus Surge Is Here
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 47d 23 tweets
The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Last Friday, the COVID outbreak took a major turn for the worse. While the outbreak continues to ease in the Northeast, more than 200 million Americans live in the regions where infections are growing quickly. and I on what's happening 47d
The First Emoticon May Have Appeared in ... 1648
Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic 61d 1 tweets
The discovery would push back the pre-history of the emoticon by (at least) 200 years.
America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 65d 40 tweets
Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us.
Gil Scott-Heron's Poem, 'Whitey on the Moon'
Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic 73d 1 tweets
On the power of Gil Scott-Heron's poem about the space race and how it anchored the flight to the heavens, pulling it out of the abstract