‘Eat local’ is common advice for a low-carbon diet. But this has little impact on your carbon footprint. Transport accounts for only 6% of food emissions. Focus instead on *what* you eat. Food choices > food miles. Latest @OurWorldinData article: ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs…

#bookishahamoment of today: " The chemistry of life is an aquatic chemistry. We (humans) can get by on land only by carrying a huge amount of salt water around with us." (from Peter Godfrey-Smith, "Other Minds- The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life"

Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now by Tomas Pueyo link.medium.com/aNvjs2ctL4

I said it internally, but want to also say it publicly. I am so very proud of everyone in the team. We worked through many days and nights. We are 6 full-time colleagues now. The support in the team has been beautiful + I think we are getting somewhere. OurWorldInData.org/Coronavirus

Is it actually possible to #FlattenTheCurve? Yes, St Louis did it before. In the terrible pandemic of 1918. The chart shows their success: * Philadelphia downplayed it and held a parade in 1918 * St. Louis canceled gatherings and flattened the curve pnas.org/content/104/18…

New research showing that it is possible to 'flatten the curve': Context: – In Lodi social distancing interventions were invoked on Feb 23rd. – Bergamo waited until March 8th. From my colleagues Melinda Mills et al from Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science. Free here: osf.io/fd4rh/?view_on…

Thought I’d spread abit of positivity for you guys. Since the lockdown of Venice without the pollution from boats the water has been begun to clear up and a dolphin has been spotted in the canal for the first time in nearly 60 years! #venice

Conducting more tests is critical to treat people and prevent spread of COVID-19 We’ve gone through reports & press releases, country by country, curating a dataset with official estimates on tests All sources documented, all data available for download ourworldindata.org/covid-testing

Another great post explaining why only TESTING AND TRACKING can end the shutdowns and let us go back to our lives. medium.com/@yishan/free-w…

“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology” Edward O Wilson (2009).

Watch this video by Kurzgesagt to understand COVID-19 and the precautions you can take → yt.be/BV79

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Our 2⃣ panel "#LegitScience: challenges and opportunities in doing effective science communication on social media" investigates #ConspiracyTheories and develops on how #scicomm is moderated on #socialmedia #TRESCARETHINK #misinformation #disinformation