I'm sorry, WHERE does this sanctimony from the @StevenSalzberg1's and @mbeisen's come from? Who charges $3000 or $2500 for articles? @PLOS and @elife, that's who. YOU legitimized the principle. You're now haggling about the price. 1/ forbes.com/sites/stevensa…
$11500 is more than some scientists earn in a year? Well, $3000 could take a student on a lecture tour of the EU AND the US/Canada very comfortably. (And is more than the student would earn in 6 months in India.) 2/
Jun 13, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I tweeted this yesterday but should point out that, unlike the other four, Modi did take the pandemic seriously on, and imposed the world's most draconian lockdown. So what went wrong? Many things. 1/
The biggest issue, which perhaps contributed to the spread, was the panic created by giving notice of 4 hours, and the callous and cruel treatment of migrant workers, which created crowding situations that are the likely the biggest cause of spread. 2/ sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/w…
