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It is with deep sadness that I share that my mother, Sharon, passed away earlier today, January 16th, in Boston, due to complications from lung cancer.

Please comment with your own thoughts, memories, or stories about Sharon.

About 0.25% of US cases are sequenced (covidcg.org/?tab=global_se…), so even if we optimistically assume 50% of local infections are being detected as cases, a single report of B.1.1.7 would imply around 800 (95% CI: 50–3500) B.1.1.7 infections already. theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…

This looks to be the first experimental evidence that the deletion found in the UK variant impacts infection of SARS-CoV-2. (similar to what has been shown for the well known D614G mutant)

We here STAT are humbled, RealClearScience --thank you for deeming us the #1 science website of 2020. On to 2021: realclearscience.com/blog/2020/12/1…

Here are the CEOs who committed blunders or offenses in 2020 egregious enough to land on Adam Feuerstein ✡️'s naughty list. buff.ly/2KyRtVy

Come on--you know you want to cast a vote in Adam Feuerstein ✡️ 's best #biotech CEO of 2020 contest. Here you go: statnews.com/2020/12/15/her…

Perhaps you (understandably) tuned out news of every little advance in understanding #COVID19 . No problem: STAT's Andrew Joseph tells us, almost a year into the pandemic, what scientists know about how it spreads, infects, and sickens. statnews.com/2020/12/14/por… #coronavirus

Curious about your risk of dying from #COVID19 , based on where you live + age & other personal risk factors? Thanks to researchers Johns Hopkins University , you can calculate it: covid19risktools.com:8443/riskcalculator

Want real-time commentary on what's going on with the FDA's key meeting on the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine? We've got covered.

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Damian Garde

We have, in fact, done this sort of thing before.

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Some rare good #COVID19 news: we're getting better at keeping people alive, Andrew Joseph reports: 11.4% mortality in March, < 5% in June, 3.7% in September. statnews.com/2020/11/23/hos…

What's the chance an event in your community with X people has at least 1 #COVID19 case? Cool new interactive tool from Georgia Tech tells you (enlarge map to see your county easily): covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu (paper: nature.com/articles/s4156…)

Back Bay shook, a little after 9 am #Bostonearthquake

Dave Blake, PhD exactly - the abundance of amyloid doesn't mean it's the cause, and the decades of failed therapeutics based on the amyloid theory suggest it's not. This story from sharon begley provides a compelling story for why the theory hasn't died yet statnews.com/2019/06/25/alz…

Good science often seems prescient, including this excellent reporting from sharon begley about Michael Osterholm at CIDRAP projections about the pandemic from May 2020. #covid19 , #publichealth ow.ly/kC2130rhYVd

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Today is my first day STAT! I've got a shiny new email, olivia.goldhillSTAT.com, so go ahead & fill my inbox with tips & ideas on coronavirus. What are the overlooked problems, who deserves greater scrutiny, who's using this pandemic to their own advantage?

sharon begley The CRISPR Journal Lots of references to public/societal discussion, debate, engagement. My worries are captured in this cartoon.

In which anyone who's anyone in #CRISPR land weighs in on heritable editing, via The CRISPR Journal liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cr…