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Sep 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Getting some queries this afternoon about what our (null) results on US statewide COVID vaccination incentives mean for @YourAlberta's announcement of $100 incentive for people who get vaccinated between now and Oct 14. 1/
First off, I would say that leading with "I wish we didn't have to do this, but this is not a time for moral judgments" is maybe not the savviest way to introduce the program. 🤷♀️
We analyzed 24 different statewide incentives programs using diff-in-diff. Some lotteries, some guaranteed rewards. Some very large and some much smaller incentive amounts.
Specifically: The 24 programs were associated with a (non-sig) decline in daily vaccination rates of 8.9 per 100,000 individuals (95% CI [-64.3,46.5]; p=0.75).
Apr 14, 2021 • 54 tweets • 12 min read
A selection of slides presented @ emergency ACIP meeting today on J&J/Janssen pause: 2/
Jun 4, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Thx @GovernorTomWolf & PA DOE for new guidance on safe school reopening.
But - 😳😱 - 16 requirements + 81 considerations for schools to wade through in making their plans!?
Just like our household pods, & works on same principle: A small group of students + 1 teacher, stays separate from other pods. Limits the ability of the virus to spread through large group & eases contact tracing.
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Apr 16, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
There's a big elephant in the room for high school seniors and college students that people aren't talking enough about:
Is there a realistic scenario in which the next academic year (2020-21) looks like business as usual?
A tweet rant. 1/n
tl;dr:
My advice to high school seniors: Take a gap year.
My advice to current college students: Take a leave of absence, at least for the fall, preferably for the whole year.
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