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@slp111111 @AlanMorriss @alexelindsay Are you saying the clinical trials measured severity of the symptoms and not how many cases were in each group?

@AlanMorriss @alexelindsay The vaccine stops you from becoming seriously ill - it does not stop you from being a carrier. There is a time lag to effectiveness. Hence until the vulnerable are immunised it is not an individual's get out of jail card.

This issue is, appropriately, contentious. As a vaccinologist - & citizen & relative of people in at-risk groups - I fully support the UK decision to increase dose intervals of both our Ox/AZ product and the Pfizer product. I'd happily receive either with a >8w gap. Here's why 🧵

This may be the strongest optical illusion I’ve ever seen.

@glopesdev @openscience @AnneEUrai The tracking of knowledge and it's evolution is different from tracking copyright addition. As another person in the thread pointed out

@glopesdev @openscience @AnneEUrai That would constitute a new instance. Science is different. The exact copyright of the paper has no intrinsic value in itself, only the ideas and knowledge behind it

All-inclusive authorship on large scientific papers can a be dangerous practice Alert: potential unpopular opinion Thread 👇1/n

@glopesdev @openscience @AnneEUrai Big difference is that software is protected by copyright while science is protected by patents. It's not just a matter of switching between the two- there's a fundamental difference in content

@AnneEUrai I am of the conviction that science has a lot to learn about this from the way large open-source software projects are coordinated. 1/n

@HayleyForrest88 ...demonstrated in an artificial filtration test with NaCl (common salt) particles of the size unreported in the paper. In any case, those specific figures of particle retention bear no real value on retention of viral particles in a normal communications environment

@HayleyForrest88 This is what the study actually concluded: medical masks confer lower risk of infection compared to cloth masks (I.e. medical masks are better). The study makes no comparison to not wearing a mask, no conclusions can be drawn on that. Particle retention (97 and 44% was ...

@Villain1982 @AaronDmcfc @guyverhofstadt @guse_guse @ByDonkeys They must have polled all the care homes

@AaronDmcfc @guyverhofstadt @guse_guse @ByDonkeys You say one thing and the latest poll indicates another 😂 express.co.uk/news/politics/…

A reminder that migration is central to human history. Reportedly, even Nigel Farage's ancestors once fled to England to make a better life! Be wary of those who seek to deny others the opportunities their ancestors enjoyed. @ByDonkeys

@highburyemirate @ElfinBrown @ajmpolite usurping prime minister's post in the face of ineptitude, donations, business, favours, benefits in kind

If half of the population believe the Kremlin meddled with the 2016 referendum, why on earth are we ‘respecting’ the result?

@mariosmk12 @Corey_Diaz21 @twinkonthebrink @mcsquishi @_CivilPunk_ @CyberpunkGame @elonmusk @kanyewest Dude, you're seriously misguided. All your examples are based on how many languages are spoken in the country, not cultural or ethnic diversity.

@Corey_Diaz21 @twinkonthebrink @mcsquishi @_CivilPunk_ @CyberpunkGame @elonmusk @kanyewest I'm talking about a continent that is the least diverse, check it yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c… And when did I neglect to counter Canada? I have already stated that for being so diverse, it's doing quite well, haven't denied that.

@mariosmk12 @Avi05856288 @twinkonthebrink @mcsquishi @_CivilPunk_ @CyberpunkGame @elonmusk @kanyewest The study limits it's own definition of cultural diversity to linguistic distances. That's not the diversity that you are discussing. People of different colour speak English in the U.S.

@NOKscience1 @Avi05856288 @twinkonthebrink @mcsquishi @_CivilPunk_ @CyberpunkGame @elonmusk @kanyewest Look on the map and you'll see Ecuador being the more diverse countries in Latino America. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013…

@mariosmk12 @Avi05856288 @twinkonthebrink @mcsquishi @_CivilPunk_ @CyberpunkGame @elonmusk @kanyewest How's Ecuador diverse???

@Avi05856288 @twinkonthebrink @mcsquishi @_CivilPunk_ @CyberpunkGame @elonmusk @kanyewest And even in continents like South America, the countries that tend to be the poorest are also the most diverse, like: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, etc. It kinda follows a pattern around the world. But you only resort to calling me names without proving anything.

@radioriley @TimandraHarknes @mattwridley Standing 1m away from someone for what length of time?

@TimandraHarknes @mattwridley Given we are currently saying just 0.25% of the population are infected, then the actual risk of being infected by standing 1m from someone is at most 0.000065 or 0.0065%. Given that many if those infected will be symptomatic and isolating the real risk may be much lower again.

This is why you should always ask for absolute risk as well as relative risk. Chance of infection at 1 metre from a CV19 patient - 2.6% Chance of infection at 2 metres - 1.3%. Though decimal points imply levels of certainty that I doubt we have. So yes, risk doubled (1.3% extra).

@RobKnell1 @TimandraHarknes @hammerheadbat What's the blue dotted line? What's the baseline risk for COVID-19?

@TimandraHarknes I will. Does not hurt to know how to interpret and criticise a claim, though, "it's good for your health"

@NOKscience1 Take it up with the Lancet

@NWIndiana_Mike @pjligh @BobbieS12529218 @pattonoswalt Ozone would destroy your lungs: lung.org/clean-air/outd…

"The President didn't tell people to DRINK bleach. He suggested injecting it into their veins or lungs. With the help of a DOCTOR." -- folds arms, satisfied smile, another libtard owned

If anyone else is outraged by the absolute fuckery going on in this country check this out. It’s genius. And if you’re a bit bored give it a go 🙌🏼 When it comes to people’s health, the blatant lies, hypocrisy, stupidity & selfishness in our government should be called out.

@ArtieVandelay1 @weijia @PressSec @WhiteHouse No, he didn't

@weijia @PressSec HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA He’s on video. He’s on tape. He’s on TV He’s on radio He said it!!!!!!! It’s the old “don’t believe what you heard” strategy that we have seen so many times from this disgusting @WhiteHouse!! #Lysol #Disinfectant #DisinfectantDonnie #DontDrinkBleach

JUST IN—@PressSec issues a statement to defend the President’s comments about the possibility of using disinfectants to tackle #Coronavirus: