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Mashup Score: 417Re-analysis on the statistical sampling biases of a mask promotion trial in Bangladesh: a statistical replication - Trials - 2 year(s) ago
A recent randomized trial evaluated the impact of mask promotion on COVID-19-related outcomes. We find that staff behavior in both unblinded and supposedly blinded steps caused large and statistically significant imbalances in population sizes. These denominator differences constitute the rate differences observed in the trial, complicating inferences of causality.
Source: BioMed CentralCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet
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Mashup Score: 10The paradoxical nature of easily improvable evidence - 2 year(s) ago
Established frameworks to understand problems with reproducibility in science begin with the relationship between our understanding of the prior probability of a claim and the statistical certainty that should be demanded of it, and explore the ways in which independent investigations, biases in study design and publication bias interact with these considerations. We propose a complementary…
Source: arXiv.orgCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
New preprint with @ChikinaLab: "The paradoxical nature of easily improvable evidence" When trying to reason about available evidence which is filtered through the lens of publication bias, what you *don't* see can be as informative as what you do see. 1/2 https://t.co/UvMgI8LCKe
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Mashup Score: 20Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19, UK - Office for National Statistics - 2 year(s) ago
Characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19 from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey.
Source: www.ons.gov.ukCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
The ONS survey tracks reinfections through surveillance testing among its random sample of participants. Even though the recent Omicron waves, the observed reinfection rate has been 1 per thousand or so days. 2/ https://t.co/0lcU8dM6Bp https://t.co/l7Jww3kdJj
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Mashup Score: 45We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles | MIT Admissions - 2 year(s) ago
in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT
Source: MIT AdmissionsCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
MIT reinstating SAT/ACT requirements is big news in the world of undergraduate admissions. Worth reading the announcement; these issues aren't just playing out at MIT. https://t.co/f5WP2jCR2a
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Mashup Score: 99Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster's COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education • Protean Magazine - 2 year(s) ago
Free-market interests used fights over COVID protocols to further privatize K-12 education. Economist Emily Oster, whose research is funded by those groups, has laundered their ideologies and given them the imprimatur of science, write epidemiologists Abigail Cartus and Justin Feldman.
Source: Protean MagazineCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
There's a lot of coverage already of the ridiculous hit piece that was written about Emily Oster. I would just like to point out a few things. 1/6 https://t.co/HYpVQ1qJdU
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Mashup Score: 23Pittsburgh Public Schools Hosting Public Hearing To Discuss Possible Change To Mask Policy - 2 year(s) ago
Parents of students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools system will soon have a chance to voice their opinions when it comes to mask-wearing in the classroom.
Source: pittsburgh.cbslocal.comCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
Pittsburgh schools (@PPSnews) requested a change in mask policy to align with new CDC guidance. The teacher's union agrees. The board's contracted physician told them "now is an appropriate time". But @PamHarbinPGH disagrees and the board won't do it. https://t.co/oqvTpUCaLN
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Mashup Score: 38Mask Mandates Are Illogical. So What? - 2 year(s) ago
They only need to align with communities’ goals.
Source: The AtlanticCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
Oh, America. https://t.co/vFRftJgJMP
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Mashup Score: 28UC Berkeley to Drop Mask Mandate in Most Indoor Settings - 2 year(s) ago
UC Berkeley recently announced that they will be following the state and the city of Berkeley in dropping masks in most indoor settings after Feb. 27.
Source: NBC Bay AreaCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
Just a reminder that universities keeping indoor mask mandates past February 27th will be keeping them in place longer than UC Berkeley! https://t.co/9t1LtC4ROM
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Mashup Score: 8
As the most recent wave of COVID-19 infection falls in the United States, it is important to think carefully about the goals of ongoing…
Source: MediumCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
I wrote something a few months back with thoughts on the future of COVID-19, in response to a request from a newspaper that ended up not publishing the piece. I'm posting here mostly unchanged from the version a few months ago. https://t.co/dVRY6gNFaZ
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Mashup Score: 12Covid-19: Minister challenged on school air filter plans - 2 year(s) ago
The DUP says the cost of fitting the systems in classrooms would be “significant”.
Source: BBC NewsCategories: Latest Headlines, ManniTweet-
You can be an intervention advocate and want people to use an intervention, and still realize it's important to have good trial data of its effects (even if you think use of the intervention should begin while such trials are planned or underway). article:https://t.co/3ffSeunVSs
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Our statistical re-analysis of the Bangladesh mask trial data with @ChikinaLab and @beenwrekt has been published in Trials (@MedicalEvidence). 1/4 https://t.co/crkPCIXCoF