Russ Helms

Curious.

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

Saw @ilovelucius at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh Wednesday. Lucius always puts on a great show! So much fun. Loved dancing to their new songs and the rearrangements of others I’ve loved for ages. Thanks for returning to the Triangle, @ilovelucius, and for the pre-show Q&A.

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

In a long line at Universal Studios in Orlando. Saw folks in Tar Heel gear 20 meters ahead, and totally mortified daughter #3 by starting a TAR-HEEL call/response.
#GDTBATH

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

Saw @sanferminband at Haw River Ballroom and the show was outstanding. So good. Great new song. @avtate still has that voice and now he’s crushing comedy. And @stonegrldancing was breathtaking. Her violin and vocals stole the show. So good. Go see it.

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

Clinical Trials https://t.co/87yyoWo8NG https://t.co/4boO2IVqLG

[Dominik Stecuła @decustecu]

As a smug European, I definitely used to think that Celsius is just a superior scale for measuring temperature. After 21 years in North America, though, I definitely concede that Fahrenheit is simply better and more intuitive for temperature.

[Adam Searing 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🚵 @AdamSearing]

“What the hell is going on in Chapel Hill?” New Coalition for Carolina formed to push back against partisan political meddling at UNC. Sounds like a really good idea!

https://t.co/IDKT2HFTGo

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

Don’t know about the Wright Brothers comparison, but this looks fun and useful.

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

This is jaw-dropping. It starts slow but watch the whole thing. I don’t think I would have been more amazed had I witnessed the first flight of the Wright Brothers. https://t.co/DweV8yjPzo

[Bill McBride @calculatedrisk]

There was some raw COVID data from Israel today that was pretty scary. But when properly adjusted, it clearly shows the Pfizer vaccine is working very well. Some good news!

[Josh Warburton @JoshWarburton2]

2020 to 2021

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@mcmanlypants I’m a leftover scrap of green construction paper, folded partly into a paper airplane.

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@donaldball Nope. I’ll check it out, thanks for the tip.

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@donaldball Yep. They’ve seemed in a scared cringe since 2017-01. There was some of those 2 before—bureaucratic survival. But I know Great people @ FDA, NIH, & CDC. Done amazing things for humanity. Despite flaws, those insts were shining jewels helping & leading the whole world. Until TFG.

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@donaldball David Wallace-Wells disagrees w/me. He reads data on infections as clear, & on deaths & hospitalizations as hints. Makes a good case, particularly if we have a strong prior that 6-12 mo is more typical second shot timing for long immunity than 3-4 weeks.

https://t.co/cxuohjkaov

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

The vaccines are still performing quite well in preventing severe disease. But with Delta they are doing much worse in stopping transmission. Breakthroughs are probably now 10-20% of new infections, and perhaps as much as 5% of new deaths. A thread. (1/x) https://t.co/NvGends1ZP

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@donaldball Yep. Also friends & fam w/ unvaxxed younger kids re-entering school.
And 2 of mine to UNC-CH, which just reported a cluster.

But the evidence on vaxxed infections just isn’t clear. Too many confounders. OTOH the evidence on hospitalization and death is still pretty comforting.

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

Gallup asked Hispanic respondents about their preference among the terms "Hispanic," "Latino" and "Latinx.” Results:
https://t.co/LE1WRW98ah

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@scgyled That was uplifting. Thanks for passing it on.

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@mcmanlypants I assume it was mostly inside? Were many wearing masks? Did you?

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@donaldball Oh, I dunno. In my experience, many folks who inherited fortunes tend to think they should be teaching nearly everyone about nearly everything. Meritocracy!

[Russ Helms @RussHelms]

@mcmanlypants @donaldball Amen!