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We can now read the Imperial College report on COVID-19 that led to the extreme measures we've seen in the US this week. Read it; it's terrifying. I'll offer a summary in this thread; please correct me if I've gotten it wrong. imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…

2-year old nephew and grandpa got yelled at by a racist white guy in #boston yesterday afternoon. grandpa is vietnamese-american, nephew is american. this is the result of Donald J. Trump calling #COVID the #ChineseVirus to deflect from his utter mishandling of the pandemic

-24% GDP growth in a quarter would be by far the largest quarterly economic contraction since at least 1947 (lowest Q1 1958 -10%) fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A191RL1…

You often hear government officials say "there's no playbook for dealing with this." Except, in the case of this pandemic, there *was* a playbook -- literally, a secretive NSC document with "PLAYBOOK" stamped on it. Dan Diamond & Nahal Toosi with the goods politico.com/news/2020/03/2…

President Donald J Trump calms a nation on edge

THREAD: Many analyses try to estimate what the “right” capacity is for weekly #COVID19 testing. One touchstone is positivity rates. Unless diagnostic tests are being administered with unusual precision only to those infected, high positivity rates suggest under testing. 1/n

.Nate Silver in the The New York Times crossword

This is stunning: Nearly half of the Q1 decline in GDP can be attributed to healthcare, which is presumably delaying of elective procedures. It's a strange reality that in the midst of a pandemic, we have a healthcare-led recession.

I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change––and pulled together some resources to help young activists sustain the momentum by channeling their energy into concrete action. medium.com/@BarackObama/h…

Fun Fact: On this day in 1927, Trump's father Fred Trump was arrested at a KKK rally. #AmericaOrTrump

.Alexis Ohanian 🗽 before (admirably) resigning from the board, can you please push for systemic change within reddit? reddit is much further behind fb/twitter in containing foreign propaganda

Imagine proposing the same thing Communist China is doing to consolidate power. Donald J. Trump is an utter disgrace to American democracy.

I can't believe I was ever told that women are too emotional to be president

Donald Trump is racist scum.

You can wish the President a safe and speedy recovery, and also recognize that his own careless attitude helped get him and others sick. And vice versa.

Don’t be afraid of Covid? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it!

Tonight, the whole world is watching America. I believe at our best America is a beacon for the globe. And we lead not by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.

Pleasantly surprised to hear david friedberg pick Thermo Fisher for 2023 best-performing on The All-In Podcast #110! TMO is very well-positioned to enable cutting-edge science across advanced therapies, semiconductor, etc. with world-class biosciences, cryo-EM, and other technologies

Ultrarare disease research is underfunded, which has devastating impacts on patients and families. My close friends Nathan Guo Mama2Lukie are raising to fund drug development for #ZTTK to give their son Lucas and others hope. Learn more here: give.rarevillage.org/campaign/lukie…