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Anna Rothschild
@Anna_Rothschild
Science communicator, host, and video producer. Formerly @FiveThirtyEight @washingtonpost & @Gross_Science. Not related to the banking family, sheesh!
Aug 5, 2021 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
How the COVID variants are like duck penises. (An imperfect but fun analogy.) 🧵... Certain species of ducks have long, corkscrew-shaped penises. This impressive specimen is a male Argentine Lake Duck nature.com/articles/35093…
Mar 8, 2021 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
In interviews with scientists over the past few weeks, @sindujas and I have heard multiple times that we are probably not going to reach herd immunity with COVID-19 (at least not in a sustainable way). But that doesn’t mean we’re doomed. A 🧵 fivethirtyeight.com/features/turni… Throughout the pandemic there’s been a ton of talk about herd immunity. For many people, I think they assume that once we reach herd immunity the virus will just disappear.