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1. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2020 08:40:57 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   When, why and how to wear a mask during this pandemic, according to the experts https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/18/face-mask-covid-coronavirus/
2. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2020 19:20:44 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   Another day... another decrease in the COVID-case doubling time in Collin County, TX. We've reached a doubling rate of 18 days, down from 52 days just 10 days ago. In exponential growth, the doubling time being shorter is worse for a disease.
3. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2020 18:50:50 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   It's a darn good start. "Supreme Court blocks Trumps bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented dreamers" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-rules-against-trump-administration-attempt-to-end-daca-a-win-for-undocumented-immigrants-brought-to-us-as-children/2020/06/18/4f0b6c74-b163-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html
4. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2020 16:30:42 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   If you're looking to soak up some new ideas and perspectives, check out the summer book recommendations from faculty in @SMUDedman: https://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Connect/Events/bookrecs
5. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2020 14:50:44 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   From AIP_HQ https://twitter.com/AIP_HQ on Twitter: Help physics and astronomy students struggling with financial challenges caused by #COVID19 by donating to the @SPSNational Student Emergency Scholarship Fund: https://www.aip.org/helpstudents https://twitter.com/AIP_HQ/status/1273676889991852039/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/65654
6. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2020 07:51:07 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   This is what health policy leadership has come down to in Texas: lead by riddle. What a mess. Just lead with human health and safety, in accordance with the best scientific evidence. Bring everything else (the economy, education, etc.) along with that. Stop leading by puzzle. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1273582982088003585/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/65650
7. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2020 19:00:44 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   Oof. Collin County's 7-day average of new daily cases now 150% of the rate at the peak in April. Our case doubling time just half what it was 5 days ago; at this rate, it now takes <1 month to double our cases. Tests are down. Cases are up. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1273389199014735874/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/65642
8. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2020 10:30:52 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   From XENONexperiment https://twitter.com/XENONexperiment on Twitter: Observation of Excess Events in the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment https://science.purdue.edu/xenon1t/?p=1474
9. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2020 10:10:46 EDT Stephen Sekula

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   Excited to watch the new results from XENON1T experiment this morning! @XENONexperiment
10. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2020 07:51:11 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    A delightful false equivalency from the TX Governor ends the article: he equates "requiring people to wear masks" (to prevent them giving the disease to others) with "putting people in jail." Nothing like logical fallacies in the middle of a pandemic. https://twitter.com/wfaa/status/1273218140655230976
11. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2020 07:30:58 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    Apart from the need to reproduce this result, the key takeaway is the last line of the article: To end this pandemic, we still need better diagnostics to detect, medicines to treat and vaccines to prevent covid-19. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/16/inexpensive-steroid-dexamethasone-is-first-drug-reduce-deaths-covid-19/
12. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 20:30:55 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    It's tempting to think that my county, Collin, is a fluke... but our neighbor county, Denton, which is similar in demographics, size, etc. has been twinsies with us the whole time. We're like each other's control sample. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/06/16/dallas-county-reports-306-new-coronavirus-cases-and-8-deaths-as-hospitalizations-er-visits-rise/
13. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 19:30:57 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    From factcheckdotorg https://twitter.com/factcheckdotorg on Twitter: Kudlow inaccurately said that hospitalizations may be going up, but thats because elective procedures are now permitted. COVID-19 hospitalization figures, which are increasing in some locales, are limited to those with COVID-19 diagnoses. https://t.co/W0aTmxhon7
14. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 19:20:53 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    Sick. And certainly not in-line with what my own county has seen. Testing is declining to levels at or below mid-April, while new cases are 3-4 times higher than at that same time. "Tow the line" vs. "Respect the science". SICK. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1273029348619141127
15. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 18:50:47 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    We had so many new COVID-19 cases in Collin County today, I toyed with switching to a logarithmic y-axis for my tracking plot. I will note testing is DOWN, while cases are UP. Now I know why they call it "spiking". An analytic model for this needs a Dirac Delta Function. JESUS. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1273024199544713217/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/65627
16. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 18:40:44 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    My institution posted its broad fall reopening plans today. There are 2 conflicting statements in it. One: classes will only have every other seat open. Two: people must maintain 6ft distance inside. 6ft in a 50% capacity classroom is impossible. I crave realistic guidance.
17. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 07:51:20 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by federal law forbidding discrimination https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-says-gay-transgender-workers-are-protected-by-federal-law-forbidding-discrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex/2020/06/15/2211d5a4-655b-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html
18. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jun-2020 09:00:58 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    From uw_icecube https://twitter.com/uw_icecube on Twitter: The Milky Way provides a beautiful backdrop for the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) at the South Pole. : Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF https://twitter.com/uw_icecube/status/1271531233948860428/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/65591
19. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jun-2020 18:10:44 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    From UTSWNews https://twitter.com/UTSWNews on Twitter: Dallas County now ranks as one of the top 5 hot spots for #COVID19. Review our latest forecasting model - with data as of June 9 - to see what may be ahead as well as how UTSW projections continue to be spot on. https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/covid-19/about-virus-donate-plasma/forecasting-model.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=coronavirus&utm_content=june11model&utm_utm-audience=na&inv=on https://twitter.com/UTSWNews/status/1271920534503206914/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/65582
20. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Friday, 12-Jun-2020 08:01:35 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    Suppose a student doesnt wear a mask in the classroom. What do you do as an instructor? he said. Call campus police? Kick them out? These and many other questions plague faculty all this long summer. I look forward to answers to such questions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-coronavirus-fall-campus-open/2020/06/10/f1537346-ab19-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html

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