You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
We've been living with alarm over COVID & an unprecedented takeover of media by 1 topic for several long weeks, so most of us feel over-saturated with information. Now is a good time to remember that we're still **extremely** early in our understanding of the virus and disease
There's a lot of speculation, a lot of data that's hard to contextualize, a lot of claims that look sensible enough but are impossible to verify right now. It's probably the case that some of our most basic widespread assumptions turn out to be partially or completely false
For example, when I look at Italy's CFR by age, how am I to know whether the elderly are dying at such a tremendously higher rate because they're too sick to help, or because they're receiving palliative care while the young get put on ventilators?
So here I am using media anecdotes & messages from people [claiming to be] doctors & friends-of-friends-in-Spain to give context to data that could be misinterpreted a hundred ways. I don't think this is a terrible thing to do, but the fail rate on truth-seeking that way is high
Anyway, I'm sitting down to a clean spreadsheet and making a list of predictions with confidence level, because I think it's time to apply a little personal epistemic hygiene. This firehose of narratives and data and group chat pass-alongs is unreal
The news has a habit of forgetting about crises in a week or two, when they don't impinge on their readers' daily lives. Consequence of the 24 hour news cycle. It feels genuinely unsettling to have a story not fade away in the usual way because it simply can't be ignored.
This is a great video on this topic from a doctor on the front lines in a hospital in NY. He shares what they've learned so far. Worth a watch.https://youtu.be/WxyH1rkuLaw
Yup. It’s gonna be at least 2 years I think before things start to settle down in the post-COVID-19 world order. As far as the disease itself we don’t even know basics like: How long are you immune after recovery? And treatment strategies are a fog of war right now.
Incidentally I found this thread / video a great roundup of the research 
https://twitter.com/AaronRichterman/status/1242811276763582464 …
Yeah I’ve been having to take active measures to supplement my information diet with sources completely unrelated to coronavirus. A measure none of us have really never needed before.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
