Ben Whalley

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@Nick_Jeffreys @BrainstormBot @drclairetaylor I get that this is a joke, but I'm actually interested in finding data on this question. Do you have any sources to support the claim, or is it simply your intuition that damage from repeated infection likely to be monotonic?

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@drclairetaylor Nobody thinks it's mysterious... ONS themselves say: "symptoms of long COVID may not be the only contributor to increased long-term sickness in working-age pop., the pandemic’s wider impact on health is still likely to be an important factor in increased long-term sickness.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@drclairetaylor @KellyAnneBryan1 Out of interest, what is the prevalence of LC after second or third acute infections, relative to the first acute?

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@BellCheg @JustStop_Oil @ROLEX This is such a puerile retort to a serious protest. You can be against fossil fuels being the mainstay of our energy economy without disavowing all uses of oil. In this case it's unlikely the paint is oil based, but irrelevant anyway.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@zerolucid @JustStop_Oil @ROLEX Because they are old and rich and will be dead by the time we suffer the consequences of their actions.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@Dr_Kevin_Turner @ClimateAd She sounds like an articulate southerner to me. What was it she said that prompted the ad hominem?

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@DrGBuckingham I do a similar thing. Mine make a table, one row per research-question (incl. "questions" for things like manipulation checks) then a column each for: i) relevant data to be collected, ii) data processing required, iii) simulated/predicted plot and iv) inferential tests if needed

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@DrGBuckingham Agreed it's infantile. They can be right for the wrong reasons though and this vote is super-important. Counter-intuitively, a large yes majority on a large turnout is likely to reduce this sort of combativity and the risk of actually needing to take action goes down.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@LukeDyks @NotAtWarwick @theforcenow @PhantomPower14 Citations needed. People liked previous queen. No overwhelming majority for monarchy generally - mostly apathy.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@steve_lamacq don't think dust my broom is about cleaning the house - but great anyway so who cares!

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@sholtod1 @BrooksNewmark @DanielJHannan ref: https://t.co/hzrbByMvmR

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@sholtod1 @BrooksNewmark @DanielJHannan Gen X/Y are already too busy paying for Boomers' final salary pensions for that. ONS stats show 16-24 yr olds work 29.3 hours per week compared with 34.3 for 25-54. Shame the breakdown doesn't compare, say, 18-24 to 50-55, but I doubt it would support your prejudice.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@JackfromDevon @ChrisGiles_ @queenchristina_ It's great they make a prediction now though because we can use this to judge how seriously to take their model.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@actpredictlab To test interaction alone I think you want anovaBF(y~A+B) / anovaBF(y~A*B). Main effects won't always make sense if there is an interaction, but to test M.E. of A, for e.g., you could do: y~A+B+A:B / y~B+A:B. I think this would be analogous to type 3 Anova.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@actpredictlab @JASPStats I know you asked how to do it in JASP, but how to do it with the BayesFactor package: https://t.co/OFunjADCtB

[Johnny Rich @JohnnySRich]

RIP #TEF

@officestudents snuck out this announcement in a letter today to universities.

Is this the end for TEF? Will it ever rise again? I think there’s a lot we can read into this announcement and its low-key mode of delivery.
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[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@wildscrutineer is that beard a temporary mask-substitute? Could see it being quite an effective filter...

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@RachelBrexit14 @McCartneyMaxwel @afneil Even if that's true (and you're not citing any sources) having lots of already-sick people all in hospital all at once rather than spread across a year is really bad news if you're ill for any other reason.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@drewsim6 @afneil Or just spend the same as they do. There's nothing. magical about insurance over tax.

[Ben Whalley @bigfudge]

@sheenaghpugh @Andy42066780 @afneil Part of the reason for 50% figure is CV patients currently sent home unless they are in immediate need of respirator; return next day in a total mess and probably too late to save.