Thania

Public health |Journalist |@AtlanticFellows |@UctHealthsci |Own views |Tell the truth as you understand it~anne lamott

[Amy Silverstein, author @ajsilverstein16]

I will be closing down my Twitter in 2 weeks. Meanwhile:
My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon https://t.co/9ko3Eu53oK

[Vuyiseka Dubula @VuyisekaDubula]

The Saving curse has the othering in its DNA. Every community need the other more like Ubuntu. If the Saver has no humility and humanity towards all people they need the saving before thinking they can save others!

[UCT Health Sciences @UCTHealthSci]

"Starting today, we will mark the 110th anniversary of the founding of this Faculty through a variety of events for the remainder of the year. We will mark our emergence from a difficult decade. We will listen to stories we may not have heard before." - @greentlp @UCTHealthSci

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

For people who have been studying the misinformation campaign around the Depp v Heard trial, this verdict is chilling. The success of Depp’s “redemption arc” narrative reveals a lot about our social media platforms and ourselves.

A thread of things I learned during Depp v Heard:

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

As scientists working in infectious diseases, the first thing that we do when a virus reemerges is to read the scientific literature. Ten MonkeyPox scientific publications that I read yesterday, thanks @rjlessells for the list!

Fine et al. 1998 https://t.co/vO2o6eJptn

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

"It absolutely ain't over."—@hholdenthorp
Reality testing @ScienceMagazine today

[Clint Hendrikse @Clint_EM]

What a great read! Well done @camillococcia https://t.co/476026ym3M @DeptFCE

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Analysis of over 30 million US Covid cases and 440,00 deaths in >2500 counties: For every 10% improvement in vaccination coverage *per county*, there was an 8% reduction in mortality
https://t.co/Vpfdhs5iYA
🆕 @bmj_latest documenting the community level benefit vs severe disease

[Alex Cagan @ATJCagan]

As a scientist and an illustrator having our article featured on the cover of @Nature is a dream come true
I've done an illustrated tweetorial, so this is the illustrators' tweetorial.

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

Far from the global spotlight: as many as 500,000 people in Tigray have died from war-related causes since Nov 2020, researchers estimate. They died from violence, hunger, lack of health care after hospitals were destroyed. Does the world care?
https://t.co/sg2jGcXtNH

[Thania @go_thania]

Brilliant

[Martin Laubscher @TopsideMartin]

There is an Afrikaans version of Wordle, and it's called Wortel (carrot). I cannot emphasize how happy its name makes me.
https://t.co/AlvCqkCBL0

[Thania @go_thania]

You are ready for this 🥕
https://t.co/yT1rDAdb08

[🇵🇸🇿🇦 مَریَم @MissMamMariam]

Wordle 238 2/6

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You want to bamba 😁

[Lorenzo Davids @UrbanLo]

Dear @SAEditorsForum @TheStar_news @eNCA @News24 @Newzroom405 @SABCNews @CapeTimesSA @TheCapeArgus plse do not cover the SONA red carpet arrivals.
It’s revolting & an insult to the suffering of the majority of South Africans.
To my followers: plse retweet if u hold this view.

[Thania @go_thania]

It's almost time to do the Wordle 😆

[zarina sonday @zaza_son]

Ticking all the boxes with a looming deadline and no actual words on the page

[Linda-Gail Bekker @LindaGailBekker]

Yes we can! #RSA In world first, https://t.co/h7vEoYxXZP's Afrigen makes mRNA COVID vaccine using Moderna data | Reuters https://t.co/eLqaM43YX4

[Thania @go_thania]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[Rashida Abbas Ferrand @rashida_abbferr]

@go_thania Will post details as it emerges - website in preparation- we intend to share resources widely

[Thania @go_thania]

This sounds amazing. I'm in Cape Town, South Africa. Where can I find out more?

[Rashida Abbas Ferrand @rashida_abbferr]

We now have a Training Programme Committee that will design a Global Digital Health Academy to train our doctoral fellows to become global health leaders.members from all our partner institutions in UK and Africa @wellcometrust (am excited-this matters)

[Thania @go_thania]

A continent left behind.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

10 billion doses given, <1 billion were boosters
1 continent nearly left out
https://t.co/DrCqQ4b7tJ
and @OurWorldInData

“It is a huge scientific achievement that ten billion doses of vaccines to a new pathogen were developed in two years from its identification”—@doctorsoumya

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

From the South African scientific dream team: Just out @Nature - T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron. Absolute amazing work from dozens of scientists in SA to understand how T-cell respond to Omicron, led by @virusmonologues
https://t.co/tPtkHAqUzU

[Thania @go_thania]

Wordle 226 3/6

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