David Burt

Digital Health Executive and Entrepreneur

[David Burt @SeedBurt]

@ConorRyan_93 Brady Tkachuk for E. Lindholm in summer; first line is Tkachuck, Minten, Pasta, 2nd same, 3rd Khus, Hagens, geekie

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

@barnetteer Spread the word about our advisory to families so that whoever follows them will be safer. People have to rely on themselves to act https://t.co/4QjIfEiG37

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

And important to note that according to this research not only the peak mortality was lower, but the total mortality over the entire epidemic was lower.

It wasn’t that deaths were just postponed.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

Is it actually possible to #FlattenTheCurve?

Yes, St Louis did it before.
In the terrible pandemic of 1918.

The chart shows their success:
* Philadelphia downplayed it and held a parade in 1918
* St. Louis canceled gatherings and flattened the curve

https://t.co/JzwF6JhEWU

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

Actually more than 650

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

Complexity concept for the day: Thinking in the Space of Possibilites is about what might or will happen, not just what is happening. If things are always the same we don't need it, but they aren't.

[Guillaume Ceccarelli @GCsVentures]

Not just that: the longer you wait, the worse it gets. exponentially.

Think about it this way: acting today can prevent things being 10 times worse next week.

Acting today can prevent things being *100 times worse* two weeks from now.

and so on.

-> https://t.co/u4es0ytfi9 now

[David Burt @SeedBurt]

Awesome

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

That means we have doubled (2X) our volunteers in one day, which is faster than the outbreak grows (1.5X). That is what we need to stop it.

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

We are now at almost 400 volunteers. The activity level is amazing. Join us and contribute so we can stop it sooner.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

Coronavirus coverage shows why it is so very bad that much of the media does not report data.

The coverage of the BBC on symptoms gives you *no* idea that some are very common – fever (90%) & dry cough (67%) – and others not.

We hope we are more helpful: https://t.co/pLiG7iIrDJ

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Maestro Statistician Andrew Gelman going (as usual) after nudgeboy @CassSunstein

[If you want to be scared, imagine him or concoctista "Rationality Richard" @Richard_Thaler doing some nudging from the White House if Biden is elected.]
https://t.co/HZycWuFcPl

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

Please retweet!

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

We have over 50 new volunteers. Thanks! Please broadcast!

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

We are expanding our volunteers, now over 150, engaged in local and global action to stop the coronavirus outbreak. Everyone can help. Join us by sending an email to [email protected]

Our first website is at
https://t.co/fEsych7Sae

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

ICYMI: The abc conjecture is one of the most far-reaching problems in number theory. Leaders in the world of mathematics are tangling over whether it has actually been solved.

https://t.co/D3yCH0i2v7

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

Help spread the knowledge, not the virus.

Our new website, built by our incredible volunteers (many thanks!) is up. Includes interactive map!

(first version, feedback welcome)

https://t.co/fEsycgQgLE

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

Louis XIV had incredible wealth and power, but his palace of Versailles didn't have any restrooms.
In fact, he lacked access to many things that most ordinary people today can take for granted. https://t.co/yvR1EliWP9

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

ICYMI: Electron movement takes one statistical shape in conductors and a different statistical shape in insulators. At least, that’s been the hunch. New work takes a step towards proving the idea true.

https://t.co/jehHIhYJ7O

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

Hilleman developed vaccines for:

Mumps
Rubella
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Chickenpox
Meningitis
Measles
Pneumonia
Haemophilus influenza type B

...to name just a few.

#HeroesOfProgress https://t.co/0Qx3VO9vqU

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

The drop-off in the price of computing power is so steep that it's difficult to comprehend.

A megabyte of computer memory cost $400 million in 1957.
In 2013 dollars, that would be $2.6 billion.

In 2015, a megabyte of memory cost about one cent.
https://t.co/HniljHUPFW