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16 Nov, 8 tweets, 4 min read
This is amazing, Amazing, AMAZING news!

Someone close to me is in this vaccine trial. I am so moved by every single volunteer for these trials. They took a risk to give the world a tremendous gift. I’m literally crying. The world owes them so much...
And it looks like all the severe cases were in placebo group, so vaccine may not just reduce risk of getting sick overall but also prevent severe illness. 🙏🏾
Also some promising news about placebo arm folks: “Dr. Zaks said Moderna’s study results were so strong that the company felt an ethical obligation to offer the vaccine to the placebo group as soon as possible.” From @nytimes. Stay tuned
We still have a hard winter ahead. This vaccine won’t be widespread for months. But in this moment, I’m happy and grateful.
Also the biomedical research community who have been busting their asses for months. I’m proud of @UNC’s role in this group. Here’s an interview with the UNC doc leading our part of the @moderna_tx RCT
And a great thing about the Moderna vaccine vs the similar Pfizer vaccine is that the Moderna one doesn’t have to be kept as cold. It lasts longer at room temperature. This is important for thinking about resource-poor places w limited freezer/refrigeration storage
Here’s another obligatory word of caution. We need to see more specific results of these #COVID19 trials...
recent @casualinfer w @EpiEllie & @LucyStats does a great job of explaining how #RCT data can be manipulated to look better than it is. That’s why so important to know the details of how results analyzed. still prelim results sound really good! #epitwitter

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15 Nov
I know what I’m listening to on my Sunday morning walk!👇🏾

As you know from my earlier interview on this podcast, structurally defined Selection Bias is my fave #epitwitter bias. And @ER_Mayeda is a super expert. This will be a treat! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9-w…
And here’s a link to my earlier episode, with hosts @ProfMattFox and @haileybanack. @societyforepi
.@ER_Mayeda cautions, Methods of correcting for selection bias, eg, IPW, only as good as understanding of selection processes that gave rise to data. Reminds me of polling in 2016 & 2020 US elections. When system is dynamic, can’t rely on past trends; need other ways of knowing
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28 Oct
Reading this article (in which I'm quoted near the end), I realized why I have such a strong visceral reaction to some of the negative coverage of @ProfEmilyOster's work on #COVID19 and schools...prospect.org/coronavirus/wh… 1/
..The treatment of @ProfEmilyOster reminds of 2016 press coverage of @HillaryClinton! An outsized focus on that woman's flaws had big long-term consequences.(I'm not a media studies or communications person, so I may be totally off, but I swear there's a PhD thesis in here! 2/
On to my promised tweets on #epitwitter data about #SARSCoV2/#COVID19 among children and particularly in school settings. It's less comprehensive than I hoped, but I'm trying not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good... 3/
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21 Oct
A compelling and deeply researched article with lots of great quotes, actionable ideas, and success stories. 1/
Again, many great quotes but this one deeply resonated with my personal experience: “Yet when Black women ‘do say no to additional projects, we are seen as anti-team player, unwilling to be collegial,’ Lima-Neves said...”2/
The most galling thing said to me in 2020 was from a senior leader in response to my asking him why his leadership team was all-White over many years despite the presence of talented non-White faculty (like myself)...
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21 Oct
Am I living in bizarro world?!

🧵 So..US POTUS & Senate have refused to give K-12 schools $$$ for #SARSCoV2 testing for school safety: “You’re on yr own!” 🤯

So district in big Democratic city comes up w $$$ itself to do spot testing with parental consent (hats off, NYC!)..1/
So THEN someone in our “You’re on yr own” US executive says, “Actually I do have some thoughts!”

and bullies the actual *CDC* (the home of elite force of disease detectives who live to identify and squash outbreaks) into saying...2/
“Hey school districts, in case you were thinking about doing the extraordinary & forward-thinking work of standing up a whole #SARSCoV2 surveillance system in your K-12 schools bc yr federal govt has abandoned you...3/
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20 Oct
Very important new @CDCMMWR report on US mortality in 2020. It's short. You can read it pretty quickly.

Or just look at the graphs at the end. They tell the story. It is profoundly sad.

cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…
@HeidiKKim The excess deaths among the Asian subgroup in April and May are striking.
Part of the spin I’m seeing online is the 1/3 of deaths not #COVID19. But the timing and patterning of these so close to the COVID19 deaths that I suspect many actually are miscoded deaths that really were COVID. What do y’all think?
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20 Oct
In a call w @Theresa_Chapple y’day, I was reminded of all the community members, researchers, & on-the-ground govt folks pulling together to offer constructive data, guidelines, etc. to help us all make it through #COVID19. 1/
@Theresa_Chapple In that spirit of gratitude, I’m highlighting this 🧵.
Harvard folks in public health, education, etc, have made many resources, frameworks & guidelines to help communities make good decisions about when and how K-12 schools could have in-person classes.
But they shouldn’t have had to spearhead this kind of effort. The US federal government has capable experts who could have led these efforts 6 months ago. But our govt did not prioritize letting them do this work. So here we are. Piecing it together the best we can. 3/
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