Right Twitter, it's been a dreadful 2020 and the first half of 2021 isn't looking too clever either. For no other reason than hubris, I wish to bestow my own awards for best Pandemic tweeting of 2020. These are of course entirely worthless, being based purely on my own bias.
First category is hotly contested: best ITU tweeter of the pandemic. Nominations @rupert_pearse (reality), @WelshGasDoc (humour) and @kennethbaillie (science). But the winner is... @charlot_summers.
Next we have a much easier category: opponent of the pandemic. Very easy, this is @BallouxFrancois. Often wrong, but never because he distorted the evidence to suit his own agenda.
We move on to Public Heath tweeter of 2020. It's @devisridhar – she was onto this much quicker than most, and has been a consistent and persuasive advocate for what probably is the best strategy.
Now it's tweeting politician of the pandemic. It's easy: @NeilDotObrien has kept his head when many in his party have comprehensively lost theirs. Well worth a follow, especially if you are not temperamentally a conservative.
Now it's epidemiologist of the pandemic: it's @AdamJKucharski. I am biased because we've collaborated, but I don't think he's got anything wrong – which is quite something.
Clinical Virologist of the pandemic is tougher. I am going with @SmallRedOne. Again I freely admit to huge bias...
Immunology tweeter of the pandemic goes to @VirusesImmunity. Hope that's uncontroversial.
Finally, the big one. Overall tweeter of the pandemic. Any one of the nominees so far could have won...
... but none of them did, because it's @florian_krammer. Unless you know of anyone else who did a 140 tweet-long summary of all the vaccine data, you will agree with me. Congratulations! Happy New Year to everybody, let's hope it's a better one than 2020...
(By the way, if you think someone else deserves an award you are probably right. I can think of loads of people I've missed out...)
And please don't take this too seriously... 
YES @FlossieTeacake definitely.
In this regard, I’ve missed @K_G_Andersen. Strong follow suggestion if not already.
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