Darren L Dahly, PhD on Twitter: “Share this with whoever needs to hear it: ‘risk factors’, even strong ones that are robustly identified, are almost never useful for making actionable predictions, especially when considered in isolation. TLDR: [Big OR] does not equal [Good, Useful, or Easy Decision]” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 11, 2020, from https://twitter.com/statsepi/status/1249680569463721984

JOSE GEFAELL on Twitter: “@MLevitt_NP2013 @ProfKarolSikora @FatEmperor @freddiesayers @AlistairHaimes @RuminatorDan @InProportion2 @LockdownNo @JohnDStats @daniellevitt22 @SunetraGupta @profshanecrotty @unherd @hendrikstreeck @carlheneghan @kerpen @andreascaie @Cescoxonta @profshanecrotty https://t.co/Wna7GTlVbu” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 10, 2020, from https://twitter.com/chgefaell/status/1279442411240947713

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “I look at what’s happening in several U.S. states including my home state Florida; I look at Israel and Spain and Iran and...and I know that everyone wants the economy to go full steam ahead in the UK. But I fear we will be in another lockdown within months, if not weeks.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 10, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1280903346153574400

(((Howard Forman))) on Twitter: “Hospitalized pts w/Covid in #Texas growing by almost 6% per day. In some regions, already near capacity. In < 2 weeks, entire state will be challenged (as NY, CT, MA, & NJ were) to maintain normal hospital operations (already suspended elective surgeries in many regions). https://t.co/lwW1nLHhZR” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 10, 2020, from https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1280855254217547780

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “‘What are the behavioural implications of moving to a new, more shorter distance rule?’ What impacts (positive or negative), concerns, and side effects do you foresee? Give your answers here: https://t.co/1WVGvzDISp or in a reply to this tweet!” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 12, 2020, from https://twitter.com/scibeh/status/1271079285890129926

Jo Maugham QC on Twitter: “We are already pursuing a Government over the £108m PPE contracts it said it entered into with a chocolatier and a supplier of pigeon netting. I know there’s only so much of this weirdness you can take but here are two more. First Aventis Solutions Limited. https://t.co/6mUfCxdkRT” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 8, 2020, from https://twitter.com/jolyonmaugham/status/1279311067785633793

Roderic O’Gorman TD on Twitter: “The @HSELive #CovidTracker app is live from today. Download it to help keep us all more safe. #dubw https://t.co/54p9Hna9CD” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 8, 2020, from https://twitter.com/rodericogorman/status/1280396818862551040

Nathan Young on Twitter: “I refuse to subscribe to every newpaper that I read 3 articles from a month. I’m subscribed to @Blendle @Coil and @Medium for content that I pay per use. If news orgs want my money, let me pay only for what I use.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 7, 2020, from https://twitter.com/nathanpmyoung/status/1280080625689669632

Dr. Angela Rasmussen on Twitter: “@jan7681 If I was asked to comment on the intricacies of the luxury electric car market or how to secure NASA contracts, I’d defer to him.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 7, 2020, from https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1278346632254259200

Trisha Greenhalgh 😷 #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter: “Mask steaming up your glasses? Fix here. https://t.co/Yn3wf7remH” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 7, 2020, from https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1279413188367454209

Natalie E. Dean, PhD on Twitter: “THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: There are more new confirmed cases each day in the US than at any time during the earlier April peak. But is it really meaningful to compare those numbers? How do epidemiologists decide when to sound the alarm? A thread. 1/11 https://t.co/rPelzIvcxs” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 3, 2020, from https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1278868210385915904

William Waites on Twitter: “(1/n) A rule-based experiment of coupling a social decision-making model with an infectious disease model to explore mask wearing. A thread. (H/T @davidmanheim @vee3my) #epitwitter #MaskUp #COVID19 https://t.co/ZxiyLAhxVn” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 1, 2020, from https://twitter.com/ve3hw/status/1277166708575424513

Ezra Klein on Twitter: “This is a governance failure, not an inevitability of the disease. https://t.co/A083PtNvD3” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 1, 2020, from https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1277641430962323456

Natalie E. Dean, PhD on Twitter: “Current mood of infectious disease epidemiologists in the US? Stressed. https://t.co/tmP9YUId2y” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1277645905588559872

Matthias #WashYourHands Egger on Twitter: “The effective reproduction number Re is now above 1 in #Switzerland: 1.28 (95% 1.06-1.53). We urgently need an in-depth understanding of transmission dynamics, the effectiveness of contact tracing etc. And #MaskUp https://t.co/24E5o4jYiS” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://twitter.com/eggersnsf/status/1276882802173247490

Firass Abiad on Twitter: “1.8 Is our #Covid19 situation in 🇱🇧 getting out of control? Several recent observations can help answer this question:” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 29, 2020, from https://twitter.com/firassabiad/status/1276784177178869762

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “Fellow behavioural scientists, I had a lightbulb moment yesterday. I suspect I might have been unusually slow here, and you all clocked this months ago, but thought I’d share nevertheless: I’ve lost count of how often I’ve been told ‘You only have a 1/100 chance of dying’” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2020, from https://twitter.com/scibeh/status/1276434777856446464

Ryan Scrivens on Twitter: “Coming out soon in @terpolv! I’m very excited about the release of this study. Years in the making. https://t.co/jxudkwb7WS” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2020, from https://twitter.com/r_scrivens/status/1276146827386028033

A Marm Kilpatrick on Twitter: “What is #herdimmunity threshold for #COVID19? A topic of much discussion due to large uncertainty & huge consequences for long term impact. New paper illustrates 1 key aspect that can reduce it substantially (spoiler: we still don’t know value). Thread. https://t.co/Sgrg1yrlOq” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2020, from https://twitter.com/diseaseecology/status/1275595167936868352

(((Howard Forman))) on Twitter: “Based on current rate of daily case growth (which I est. at 3.4%), I am predicting that we will have 100k cases PER DAY on or around July 24 if we don’t do something drastic AND soon! Even with measures taken, we will almost certainly still achieve that level, though in August. https://t.co/JBvQ1OzFuI” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2020, from https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1276333155524501504

Amy Perfors on Twitter: “I’ve been having a difficult time lately — partly because of [insert frantic gesturing at the state of the world], partly personal — but one thing has been a real bright light for me in the last few months. I think it has some broader lessons that might give some hope, so THREAD” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 26, 2020, from https://twitter.com/amyperfors/status/1275931919897595904

Ian Nurmi on Twitter: “In the midst of a global pandemic, @BU_Tweets has just threatened to pull the medical insurance of any graduate student unwilling to teach in the classroom this fall. https://t.co/VPHlskry6A” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 25, 2020, from https://twitter.com/i_nurmi/status/1275457100454465542

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 on Twitter: “COVID Update June 22: In a lot of ways, COVID-19 is forcing us to answer the question— what kind of society are we? Particulatly as the healthy, white & well off find ways to protect themselves will we look out for each other? 1/” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 24, 2020, from https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1275261089165594625

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “Reality check: Germany (pop 83million) running 200-300 cases per day and sudden outbreak is 1000 cases from a factory. UK (pop 66million) running 1200-1500 cases per day. Like an equivalent big outbreak everyday in the UK.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 23, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1274977021530116096

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Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “Feels like England has lost the plot & can’t see the wood for the trees. Obsessing over 1m v. 2m (tbh, restaurants/pubs not financially viable at either), mandatory masks -> instead of larger questions of what is the objective & necessary strategy? How best to prepare for winter?” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1272464161025523717

☣️ Michael Ç̸̠͎͉̹̼̠͔̗̓̐̐̓̓̀͝͝. Bazaco ☣️ on Twitter: “The amount of experts who used to cry foul about people acting like experts in their field that have now chased the COVID story pretending to be virologists, ID epidemiologists, ID physicians, and/or infection control specialists to try and brand build is creepy and ghoulish. 😑” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 15, 2020, from https://twitter.com/mcbazacophd/status/1271597829065187328

Dr. Tom Frieden on Twitter: “The 3 W’s drive down risk of Covid and must be common practice when we leave our home and are around others. https://t.co/UJAFCPypQI” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 15, 2020, from https://twitter.com/DrTomFrieden/status/1272168183609384961

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(((Howard Forman))) on Twitter: “#Italy remains one of the worst outbreaks & one of the best & most consistent responses to lockdown/NPI measures. 0.6% positive rate; STILL testing at rate of greater than 1/1000 each day. The US is NOT currently on this path. (some regions are). 33K fatalities. https://t.co/5lWdXMdlEf” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 2, 2020, from https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1266873463681298433

Erin B. Logan on Twitter: “Many of you are writing about race, racism and white supremacy right now. Please use this chart to correctly identify Black Americans. Accuracy in how we identify folks is paramount always but especially right now. https://t.co/DDn3HrU34q” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2020, from https://twitter.com/erinblogan/status/1267829383152058370

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “@ceptional P.S. this might be a moment to clarify explicitly something about the @SciBeh account: it’s (presently) run by a real person, not a bot and that can’t help but influence content -but it’s an ‘institutional’, not a personal account, and that matters too” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 10, 2020, from https://twitter.com/scibeh/status/1270622633994813442

simine vazire on Twitter: “At the risk of piling on (tho the paper’s been dowloaded > 8k times, so continued critical examination is called for, right?), here’s one of the reasons I’m worried about ‘Using social & behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response’ (https://t.co/0ZthdaCDHK) 1/n” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 10, 2020, from https://twitter.com/siminevazire/status/1260413236861493248

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “For those pointing to countries like S.Korea, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Australia, Germany, Denmark to say there will be no second wave in the UK or US- take a deeper look at their incredible public health response & infrastructure. None sat back & said ‘Let’s see what happens.’” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 8, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1269292597958361094

Salim R. Rezaie, MD on Twitter: “Most of the research thus far on treatment in #COVID19 seem to be targeting the wrong timeframe of disease...the point is to start treatment prior to hyperinflammation...would like to see more studies target earlier timeframe of disease #COVID19FOAM https://t.co/oCr87Dworz” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 8, 2020, from https://twitter.com/srrezaie/status/1269257541177020419

Chad Moutray on Twitter: “The vast majority of manufacturers continued to operate through the COVID-19 crisis (67.1%) or temporarily halted only part of their operations (31.6%). Among large manufacturers, 50.8% are completely operational, while roughly 73% of small and medium-sized firms state the same. https://t.co/LcIck25Tin” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 7, 2020, from https://twitter.com/chadmoutray/status/1265976335719116804

Chad Moutray on Twitter: “Weak domestic demand was the top primary business challenge for manufacturers in the second quarter (83.1%), supplanting the inability to attract and retain talent (41%), which had been the top concern for 10 consecutive quarters. https://t.co/hgfcDlxoa3” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 7, 2020, from https://twitter.com/chadmoutray/status/1265976648454848512

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “Daily deaths higher than anticipated --> past 3 days have been 412, 377, 324 compared to last week’s 363, 338, 351. 74 daily deaths on 23rd March start of lockdown. Need to watch carefully for second peak --> by the time deaths start taking off, too late given 21 day lag. https://t.co/O4uvkncdY5” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 7, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1266416763727642632

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “Lack of evidence is not an excuse for lack of action. Some countries threw everything & the kitchen sink at controlling this virus & protecting their populations. Others spent weeks debating, discussing, producing reports & selling spin, all to get to the perfect evidence-base.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 5, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1268597763132010497

richard horton on Twitter: “David Spiegelhalter said this morning, ‘Peer review has just disappeared from scientific analysis.’ This is complete and utter nonsense. Our editors across 19 Lancet journals do nothing else but peer review. We intensively review all COVID-19 research papers. You know this David.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 5, 2020, from https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1263020292932358145

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “A thought and a plea from @SciBeh: as the pandemic unfolds, we will see shifting in what aspects of the beh. sciences are most relevant to crisis response - the ‘first wave’ emphasised risk communication, behaviour change, and mental health - 1/7” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 2, 2020, from https://twitter.com/scibeh/status/1266670370943311872

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “My suggestion: bring down daily new cases to a low level, get test/trace/isolate in place and core infrastructure build up, get regular testing going for essential workers/teachers/students, monitor borders for imported cases, & move to mandatory masks in shops/public transport.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 2, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1266103290816839682

Don Moore on Twitter: “#PerfectlyConfident takes both the #1 and #2 spots on Amazon’s ‘Hot new releases’?? https://t.co/cpNeNNgMdX” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 2, 2020, from https://twitter.com/donandrewmoore/status/1266745230943850498

Probability Fact on Twitter: “Random phenomena are not obligated to follow one of the few dozen distributions that humans have given names to.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 2, 2020, from https://twitter.com/probfact/status/1267204212972236808

hedonometer on Twitter: “Yesterday was the saddest day in the history of @Twitter https://t.co/91VP3Ywtnr” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 1, 2020, from https://twitter.com/hedonometer/status/1266774310565425154

Adam Wagner on Twitter: “Second big change: Regulation 7 has been completely replaced - Gatherings of 6 people or less allowed outside in any formation (i.e. from any number of households) - Gatherings over 6 people prohibited without ‘reasonable excuse’, there is an exhuastive list of excuses AND.. https://t.co/ENxHI5aL43” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 1, 2020, from https://twitter.com/adamwagner1/status/1267095533941919745

Margaret Sullivan on Twitter: “.@TheAtlantic to cut staff by 68 positions, or 17 percent, in response to current economy, per chairman David Bradley statement” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 31, 2020, from https://twitter.com/sulliview/status/1263461467262779393

Margaret Sullivan on Twitter: “.@TheAtlantic to cut staff by 68 positions, or 17 percent, in response to current economy, per chairman David Bradley statement” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 31, 2020, from https://twitter.com/Sulliview/status/1263461467262779393

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “Early serology results based on antibody testing: 5% for UK, 17% for London. From Matt Hancock, Health Secretary in today’s briefing. In line with what other countries have reported on their seroprevalence.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 31, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1263507332224475136

Victoria Kim on Twitter: “South Korea really bringing the hammer down on quarantine violations. 27-year-old man who twice left mandatory self quarantine, with two days to go until the end of his 14-day isolation, has been sentenced to four months in prison. First covid-19 sentencing, per @YonhapNews” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 30, 2020, from https://twitter.com/vicjkim/status/1265092589931229185

Devi Sridhar on Twitter: “Then ease measures while testing widely & w/ good data systems that alert public whether it is red/amber/green in their area. Need clusters of cases identified rapidly & broken up before tips over into sustained community transmission. If it tips, hard to avoid another lockdown.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 30, 2020, from https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1266103292138065926

🔥Kareem Carr🔥 on Twitter: “I want to talk about bugs in statistical analyses. I think many data analysts worry unnecessarily about this. I do think it’s important to put a good faith effort into avoiding bugs, but I know data analysts that live in terror of hearing there’s a bug in published work. 1/6” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 30, 2020, from https://twitter.com/kareem_carr/status/1266029701392412673

Mark Shapiro MD on Twitter: “A poll for #MedTwitter Do you have media appearances, #SoMe activity, writing in forward facing magazines/websites included in your professional contract as a promotion lever or financial incentive?” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://twitter.com/etsshow/status/1265855571812478977

🔥Kareem Carr🔥 on Twitter: “In the midst of all this, I’ve learned something very big about the role of expertise in today’s world. It’s only welcome if it’s subordinate to the values and interests of the person to whom the advice is offered. Otherwise, it will be strongly rejected.” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://twitter.com/kareem_carr/status/1265822204434026498

Jo Wood on Twitter: „Yesterday saw by far the highest ever use of London @SantanderCycles and possibly highest volume of cycling ever seen in the capital. / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://twitter.com/jwolondon/status/1265197657385025536