Angel (@angelmagar) 's Twitter Profile
Angel

@angelmagar

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Oxford Continuing Education (@oxfordconted) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Recommended by Professor Carl Heneghan, watch this fascinating TED talk by Ben Goldacre examining how evidence can be distorted in the news. Watch 'Battling Bad Science' here: ted.com/talks/ben_gold… or head to conted.ox.ac.uk/curious-minds to discover even more! #CuriousMinds

University of Oxford (@uniofoxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're looking for volunteers from around the world for a study to see how social distancing is affecting your life. You'll complete an online survey to track your feelings and experiences over a 3-month period. Find out more about the study here: bit.ly/3amZtjW

National Institute for Health and Care Research (@nihrresearch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Over 8,000 participants are taking part in the NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial, assessing a range of potential #COVID19 treatments. Data will be regularly reviewed so effective treatments can be quickly identified & made available to all patients bit.ly/2xCb0yi UK Research and Innovation

Over 8,000 participants are taking part in the NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial, assessing a range of potential #COVID19 treatments. Data will be regularly reviewed so effective treatments can be quickly identified &amp; made available to all patients bit.ly/2xCb0yi <a href="/UKRI_News/">UK Research and Innovation</a>
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (@cebmoxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our rapid review found a lack of evidence that #bcgvaccine protects against #COVID19. Two clinical #trials are ongoing to determine if BCG vaccination protects healthcare workers during the pandemic. #EvidenceCOVID cebm.net/covid-19/does-…

Our rapid review found a lack of evidence that #bcgvaccine protects against #COVID19. 

Two clinical #trials are ongoing to determine if BCG vaccination protects healthcare workers during the pandemic.  

#EvidenceCOVID

cebm.net/covid-19/does-…
Angel (@angelmagar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is dangerous when politicians ignore expert advice. But it is just as dangerous when politicians outsource their judgement to experts, especially if the margin of error is huge and the advice is contested... blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/0…

Angel (@angelmagar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Couldn’t imagine your battle with the virus #PeterPiot, LSHTM family is always with you. sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/f…

The BMJ (@bmj_latest) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In the face of a mindless virus, we have become mindless and the principles of evidence based medicine are being neglected, says Jeff Aronson. He lists criteria that give a method for prioritizing one hypothesis over another when urgent treatments are needed ow.ly/mjjV50zO0S0

Oxford Population Health (OxPop) (@oxford_ndph) 's Twitter Profile Photo

First patients in the #RECOVERYtrial have received convalescent plasma to investigate whether it is effective in treating #COVID19. Find out more ➡️ recoverytrial.net/news/first-pat… NHS Blood+Transplant

First patients in the #RECOVERYtrial have received convalescent plasma to investigate whether it is effective in treating #COVID19.

Find out more ➡️ recoverytrial.net/news/first-pat…

<a href="/NHSBT/">NHS Blood+Transplant</a>
Maarten van Smeden (@maartenvsmeden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After retracting their The Lancet and NEJM articles yesterday, Ariane Anderson - Surgisphere's highly questionable risk prediction models are still online and available surgisphere.com/covid-19-respo…

World Health Organization (WHO) (@who) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are all being exposed to a huge amount of #COVID19 information ℹ️ on a daily basis, and not all of it is reliable. Here are 7⃣ tips for telling the difference and stopping the spread of misinformation. bit.ly/31sc7wk

World Health Organization (WHO) (@who) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔝 tips to identify #COVID19 misinformation or disinformation: 1⃣ Assess the source 📇 Who shared the information with you and where did they get it from? Even if it is friends or family, you still need to vet their source. 👉 bit.ly/31sc7wk

🔝 tips to identify #COVID19 misinformation or disinformation:

1⃣ Assess the source 📇
 
Who shared the information with you and where did they get it from? Even if it is friends or family, you still need to vet their source. 
 
👉 bit.ly/31sc7wk