Joe Brew

Floridian migrant.
I work in data science /econ /epi /health
I tweet mostly about politics where I live: Catalonia
Chief Data Scientist at

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@antoniogm @jordimeeus explain yourself

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@AndrewCMcCarthy Out of curiosity, when did your ancestors come to the US? Did they do so "legally" or was a path to legality offered to them? Did they flee for their safety, or perhaps for a better life for their children and descendants (you)?

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@bertrandmyd Dude, not a xenophobe? He was literally friends with Hitler. Why defend the guy?

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@anna_socjo Who is "you all"?

Could it be that if many people are saying similar things, it simply means that many people share similar impressions?

Outside of Spanish Twitter, I don't see anyone saying "catch the criminal!" I do see many people, like me, shocked by the disproportionality.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@jcoscu @jessicaalbiach "les coses dels polítics" vol dir què exactament?

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@Oletros Doncs, expliqueu-m'ho bé. Vostè té la teoria que els meus tuits són tan bons que un partit polític em paga per escriure'ls?

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@Oletros What?

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@JordiXX_ @orriolsderipoll No, em sembla molt.

També em sembla molt lluny de 51% (mínim tècnic per conformar a la paraula "majoria").

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@ElRepliKant @orriolsderipoll Cert. Tampoc es comptabilitza els milers de persones migrants que treballen de manera "informal".

"Majoria" és una paraula específica que vol dir més de 50%. D'on treu la Sra Orriols aquesta xifra? Del no-res. És un invent.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@orriolsderipoll No, no és Sants Innocents. És la realitat: els xenòfobs sou pocs.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@ericbahn Are you quantifying the symptom?

Are you tracking to know if you're coughing more at night (horizontal, post-nasal drip) vs doing the day, vs after meals (acid reflux) vs at peak times (exposure to irritants)?

Give CoughTracker or CoughPro a try, and see if there are patterns.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@SilviadeMariane Medicaments pels rics.
Malalties pels pobres.

Benvinguts al segle XIX.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@errajota Quin salts que fas: pagar medicaments a nens malalts = "mort de la cultura autòctona".

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@errajota https://t.co/GR4Uj3G8Gb

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@errajota @Cataloniafuture Sí. Vull que tots els paísos rics (Catalunya inclosa) fan tot el possible per anar a buscar nens malalts i ajudar-los. I per sort hi ha persones que es dediquen a això.

I quan el nen malalt ja està a casa meva, vull que els meus impostos paguin els seus medicaments. És clar.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@Cataloniafuture Sí, sí, aquells nens malalts dels qual tracta l'article segurament no treballen, ni contribueixen. I pel fet de no treballar ni contribuir, la idea és que no mereixen medicaments quan estan malalts. És així, oi?

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@pratyavayah Sí que hi ha prou recursos per pagar el 100% dels medicaments dels nens (i les seves mares, sent fidels a la captura) independenment del seu lloc d'origen o els papers que porta a la butxaca. Hi ha mil coses que es podria eliminar abans de plantejar crueltats com les que proposa.

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@SitkoSebastian Thoughts on cough tracking for athletes?

[Joe Brew @joethebrew]

@hubermanlab What about for endurance athletes?