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Protests Have Also Broken Out In Latin America Against Police Brutality
KarlaZabs - BuzzFeed News 3h 1 tweets
A Mexican man was found dead from blunt trauma to the head after being detained by the police for not wearing a mask in public.
Why Aren’t We All Talking About Breonna Taylor?
Nytimes.com 29h 6 tweets
Like George Floyd, she was also killed by the police, but her case remains largely disconnected from the broader narrative.
No new COVID-19 cases from Lake of the Ozarks crowds, Missouri health director says
STLtoday.com 46h 9 tweets
State officials point to increased testing, the decreasing percentage of positive cases and big drop in the number of hospitalizations from COVID-19.
zeynep tufekci It seems that there are no cases from the dreaded Ozark pool party where there was at least one infected person likely at peak of infectiousness It was 10 days ago, so may still see cases. But please folks: just don't shame and disappear. Follow up. 8h
Covid-19 has become one of the biggest killers of 2020
The Economist 35d 10 tweets
This year its global toll exceeds that of breast cancer or malaria
Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review
BMJ Open 49h 1 tweets
Objective We conducted a systematic review of the available literature on deaths, injuries and permanent disability from rubber and plastic bullets, as well as from bean bag rounds, shot pellets and other projectiles used in arrests, protests and...
With Steve King Gone, Does the Democrat Have a Shot in His Iowa District?
Nytimes.com 29h 1 tweets
J.D. Scholten was preparing for a rematch with Mr. King, the controversial Iowa congressman. Then Mr. King lost the Republican primary.
Retraction: "Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis"
Thelancet.com 31h 19 tweets
China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO
AP NEWS 4d 40 tweets
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the...
zeynep tufekci Updating thread with new details on how Chinese authorities blocked crucial information. But note: once again, Chinese scientists defied the authorities. A professor published the SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence without authorization. His lab was shuttered. 30h
Biber Gazı Oley -Gezi Parkı
YouTube 31h 1 tweets
Carsi CArsi, Demonstrations against the ruling AKP government, protestors are cheering: "Tear Gas Oley!"
Thousands Who Got COVID-19 in March Are Still Sick
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 34h 45 tweets
The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured months of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.
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zeynep tufekci A really important piece by about the long-term impacts of COVID on some people otherwise classified as "mild" cases but now have debilitating symptoms many months after "recovery." We need to *immediately* stand up patient tracking systems. 31h
I Can't Breathe: Braving Tear Gas In a Pandemic
The Atlantic 33h 10 tweets
How a counterproductive crowd-control tactic could make the outbreak worse
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zeynep tufekci The policing we’re seeing isn’t about “crowd control.” It’s about what the president said: “domination.” We know this from decades of research, but you don’t need the research to understand how their aggression fuels the escalation. It’s plain to see now. 22h
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zeynep tufekci New piece. Tear gas is dangerous. It's not effective for crowd control; rather, it's a means to "dominate" and punish. It cuts off people's breath. Now, in a pandemic, it endangers people out in the streets because George Floyd wasn't allowed to breathe. 33h
zeynep tufekci I say this in a piece I wrote about tear gas, risk and protesting in a pandemic. There's no way to eliminate risk. Authorities are making things worse. But outdoor funerals, church services etc. have a similar argument: that people consider them essential. 32h
Snap Says It Will No Longer Promote Trump’s Account
Nytimes.com 57h 4 tweets
The social media company’s decision follows Twitter’s moves to label Mr. Trump’s posts inaccurate or as inciting violence.
James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
Jeffrey Goldberg - The Atlantic 51h 240 tweets
In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.
George Floyd protests live updates: Alameda County urges people to stay home; numerous BART stations close
SFChronicle.com 5d 6 tweets
Alameda County warned residents of “multiple reports of large, mobile groups of rioters and looters traveling throughout the East Bay Area,” and that highway exits may be blocked.
Autopsy report shows Floyd had tested positive for COVID-19
AP NEWS 47h 2 tweets
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday and provides several clinical details,...
Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg
Wired 3d 13 tweets
Why is he abetting Trump while civil rights leaders and his own employees rebuke him? It's about dominance.
The NFL Is Suddenly Worried About Black Lives
The Atlantic 56h 6 tweets
When the league had the opportunity to be on the right side of history, it chose the coward’s path.
Governments and WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny US company
Melissa Davey - the Guardian 3d 110 tweets
Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studies
zeynep tufekci Here we go. That Lancet study on hydroxychloroquine may well be retracted. Folks, many scientists *warned* about this study as soon as it was published. Peer review catches most crap, and we also catch what gets through. Wait. Listen. Don't sensationalize. 59h
A mysterious company’s coronavirus papers in top medical journals may be unraveling
Science | AAAS 3d 58 tweets
Scientists and journals express concern over influential studies of COVID-19 patient data that evaluated possible treatments such as hydroxychloroquine
zeynep tufekci Article with many questions about that observational Lancet study alleging harms from hydroxychloroquine. This doesn't mean there are no harms, but a randomized trial was stopped and checked and none was found. It also doesn't mean it's beneficial. Wait! 3d
‘In Every City, There’s a George Floyd’: Portraits of Protest
John Branch - Nytimes.com 4d 3 tweets
The people giving voice to their anger are individual pieces of a movement, like drops of water to a wave.