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professor @teacherscollege @columbia | school violence prevention researcher | president: https://t.co/ttn3sDDCx5 | runner | mom to the best kid
Mar 1, 2022 27 tweets 6 min read
There's a lot to unpack with regard to the new Covid19 guidance and one question I keep hearing across the board is "what's the end game"? It’s a good question and an important one to be considering. 🧵(1/n) Now, I personally believe that the sheer amount of illness and death from Covid19 right now and across the U.S. is far too much and far too inequitable to say that we can "move on". (2/n)
Feb 25, 2022 10 tweets 7 min read
In light of this pending change in guidance, I'd like to underscore that hundreds of public health experts are calling instead for an evidence-informed approach to COVID-19 policy (particularly with regard to keeping our children and schools safe).🧵

medium.com/@pubhealthscho… We are saying this because children under the age of 5 don't even have a safe vaccine available to them yet. (2/n)

Feb 17, 2022 16 tweets 10 min read
Last week, a few of my wonderful @Columbia colleagues and I wrote an open letter to illustrate that among public health researchers and practitioners, there is wide support that we use rigorous accumulated scientific evidence to guide COVID-19 policy. (a🧵) This is especially important if we want to ensure we have an equitable response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (which, as @Lakshmi_RKG so eloquently states here -- has been inequitable from the start). 2/n

Feb 23, 2021 20 tweets 4 min read
This is not just an unpopular opinion, this is actually a deeply problematic take that is emblematic of the many inequities that persist in K-12 schools around the U.S. So let's talk about that, shall we? (1/n) First, I've seen this pro-testing take appear in various forms this week, so my thoughts here are really in response to all those collectively pushing for standardized testing right now. (2/n)