Pleased to announce the 1st application of Limestone Analytics's #STUDIO platform for forecasting the economic impacts of #COVID19 in #Ontario. Huw Lloyd-Ellis, @EconandPolitics, Brett Crowley, Frédéric Tremblay, Queen's University, Mitacs, EoLC Research Group, EOLC limestone-analytics.com/project/ontari…

NEWS RELEASE - New modelling tool developed at #queensu by Bahman Kashi, Huw Lloyd-Ellis and Christopher Cotton @EconandPolitics shows loss exceeding $40 billion in Ontario during the pandemic queensu.ca/gazette/media/…

We had a million requests for reservations. Expect delays.

Mass support for Trump in 2016 was in spite of not because of his racism. They wanted to drain the swamp & mix things up. But he doubled down on racism as it went out of style & he brought corruption to new level. Wonder why only 6200 showed up in Tulsa? x.com/i/events/12744…

Even if schools are not themselves major vectors, there are places which need a more full lockdown like, right now. How have we let bars and indoor dining be open and are not focused on schools? Where are the resources? I cannot see an end, or solutions. I'm sad. (2/2)

THREAD Let's start a new, better year with a new, better COVID strategy. #CanadianShield by COVID Strategic Choices Group 1/ covidstrategicchoices.ca

"Longer, stricter lockdowns most effective, according to Queen’s economist." Excellent interview with @EconandPolitics ehttps://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/longer-stricter-lockdowns-most-effective-according-queen-s-economist via Queen's University

3 reasons why Justin Trudeau must act now to block COVID Variants from entering Canada: #1. A stunning new analysis by Caroline Colijn concludes: "The punch line is that failure to prevent or contain this now spells disaster in March."   David Fisman sfu.ca/magpie/blog/hi… 1/

Wow... From Nov 1st @nature is publishing reviewer reports and author responses for ALL research articles. Do you think it's a good step? #OpenScience go.nature.com/3NlP8Ke

Two journals tried paying peer reviewers and found increased acceptance, earlier reports, and no change in quality. WHAT A SURPRISE!

Hope this goes beyond a QI project or academic exercise and becomes the norm! Critical Care Medicine #academia #neurotwitter #peerreviewers journals-lww-com.foyer.swmed.edu/ccmjournal/ful…

My most recent experiment in which we pay referees at a medical journal is featured in Nature. Expensive with only modest impact; it’s unlikely to fix the referees shortage. But, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it. nature.com/articles/d4158…

From my colleagues at Queen's. Ranking Canadian cities by how out of whack their housing prices are. x.com/JDI_Economics/…

7% of American ADULTS either believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows, or enjoy messing up surveys washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…

Econ research: US spent $3B on Cash for Clunkers stimulus in 2009. This REDUCED new car consumption by $5B. Oops. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

A free, teacher-less university in France is schooling thousands of future-proof programmers qz.com/1054412 via Quartz

Hiding billions in hydro debt 'unacceptable,' Ontario's auditor general says nationalpost.com/wcm/1b9cf2eb-b… via National Post