Eric B

[Eric B @DrHoigul]

@hankgreen Do non-pathogenic bacteria upset your stomach if you eat enough of them?

[Eric B @DrHoigul]

@IDPH Please elaborate on this. Are cavities physically contagious or contagious the way habits are contagious?

[Eric B @DrHoigul]

@goldnecklace2 @emilykmay I hope so. Or if we are in the worst timeline, it also won’t believe women, because it trained on biased content written disproportionately by men.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Massively under-reported science story because there's so much going on right now but...it turns out that we might have figured out what's causing this very scary spike.

Quick thread, on how WE'VE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY GEOENGINEERING FOR DECADES...but then we stopped:

[Capitol Fax @capitolfax]

Open thread https://t.co/oGnRmnqqlc

[Eric B @DrHoigul]

@ProfesoraLMO @joeyfox85 Liters per second. It is measure of how much air is cleaned or exchanged per second.

[Eric B @DrHoigul]

@dylanmatt Rounding in one report to two digits (silly) but to whole inches in the other.

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

Science is a method that inherently depends on transparency: reproducibility, open disclosure of data, peer review, etc.

Preventing scientists from discussing their findings—including implications for policy—hinders them from effectively doing their job.
https://t.co/B2u3UyKzAV

[Eric B @DrHoigul]

@EricTopol @NEJM “with a hazard ratio of >1 indicating a shorter time to sustained clinical recovery with VV116 than with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir” so that HR actually shows VV116 to be superior, right?

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Why do clocks move in that direction?!

(It's got nothing to do with time...)

[David Fisman @DFisman]

And I think they’re probably right.

What’s puzzling to me is this: we literally learned the past 2 years that these wintertime respiratory outbreaks (flu, pneumo, rsv) can actually be made to DISAPPEAR with non-pharmaceutical measures.

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

Kids, School, and Suicide
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People are asking about the stats I presented about school days being associated with child suicide. There are many ways to look at it.

Simply, using July as a reference month, you can easily see "school peaks."

It's very striking.
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[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

Teachers, principles, school districts: YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW THIS. If you work with children in school and you do not know these statistics you will not take seriously the following recommendations.

To wit:
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[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

The longer I avoid COVID, the longer I avoid contributing to overall infection in the community. The fewer cases there are, the more transmission goes down. Infectious diseases don’t happen to individuals, they happen to populations and communities.

[Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @dgurdasani1]

I have ulcerative colitis- an auto-immune disease. I had a flare>2 yrs ago which only settled a few months ago. This means I have chronic fatigue which is very gradually improving. Last wk, on asking how I should manage my severe fatigue, my treating clinician suggested CBT🧵

[Eric B @DrHoigul]

@michaelmina_lab What is day 2 after exposure? If exposed on Monday, is that Tuesday or Wednesday? Does it matter morning or night? What’s the optimal time to test to maximize likelihood of pre-symptomatic detection?

[Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch]

Let’s talk about the state of the war and one of the most underreported yet crucially important issues:

Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports and resulting strangulation of the country’s economy 🧵