Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW (@njsmyth) 's Twitter Profile
Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW

@njsmyth

Social scientist/professor charting a post-dean path forward in a polycrisis, pandemic-altered world: futures, equity, tech 4 good. covid-aware. Views mine.

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Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA (@michael_hoerger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Three years ago, the American public was told in passing that the "pandemic is over." PMC estimates that since that day, U.S. residents have experienced nearly 1 billion SARS-CoV-2 infections. Specifically, 974,190,702 infections, based on wastewater-derived estimates. 1/5

Lara Crowther - Covid is Airborne (@fillthewhole) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Covid hospitalisations up by 37% - highest in nearly a year “If you have symptoms and need to leave the house, our advice remains that you should wear a face covering” I assume you’ll be reporting on this ⁦Kaye Adams⁩ ⁦Loose Women⁩ ? inews.co.uk/news/health/co…

Bryan Alexander (@bryanalexander) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What might #AI mean for academic research and scholarly materials? Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with ITHAKA's Kevin Guthrie where we explored.

What might #AI mean for academic research and scholarly materials?

Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with ITHAKA's Kevin Guthrie where we explored.
Dana Parish (@danaparish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Vaccine did not prevent Longcovid in kids. If we don’t get proper prophylaxis/ treatments to effectively clear virus STAT, I see no way out. 5.5 years and we have NOTHING.

S Blitshteyn MD, FAAN, FANA, Dysautonomia Clinic (@dysclinic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Conversely, patients with neurologic disorders, including #Dysautonomia, #MECFS and #LongCOVID, have significant sleep disturbance that improved sleep hygiene strategies won't solve. Alterations in sleep, cognition ("brain fog"), headache, fatigue and dizziness are all part of

Eric Topol (@erictopol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For obesity in adults and children, a randomized trial of replacing added sugar with sweeteners and sweetness enhancers led to improved weight loss maintenance and a favorable impact on the gut microbiome nature.com/articles/s4225…

For obesity in adults and children, a randomized trial of replacing added sugar with sweeteners and sweetness enhancers led to improved weight loss maintenance and a favorable impact on the gut microbiome
nature.com/articles/s4225…
Conor Browne (@brownecfm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1. I've had a surprising number of conversations about Covid-19 over the past week or so, all sparked by the fact that I was, as always, wearing an FFP2 respirator. People in healthcare facilities, taxi drivers, people on trains and buses.

James Zou (@james_y_zou) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We found a troubling emergent behavior in LLM. 💬When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up 🗳️When they compete for votes, they turn inflammatory/populist When optimized for audiences, LLMs inadvertently become misaligned—we call this Moloch’s Bargain

We found a troubling emergent behavior in LLM.

💬When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up
🗳️When they compete for votes, they turn inflammatory/populist

When optimized for audiences, LLMs inadvertently become misaligned—we call this Moloch’s Bargain
Safe Air Schools UK (@safeairschooluk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New study confirms #AirFilter benefits in schools: "We install air purifiers randomly in elementary school classrooms (...) The intervention reduces indoor fine dust concentration by 32% and decreases student absences by 12.5%."

Travis Akers (@travisakers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A message from a Kindergarten teacher: After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old: “My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.” No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s

Dr Richard Hirschson (@richardhirschs1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Live, infectious H5N1 virus can survive for many months in untreated raw milk, cheeses, and pet food. I’ve listed a few posts below. #BirdFlu #Pandemic x.com/richardhirschs… x.com/richardhirschs… x.com/richardhirschs… x.com/richardhirschs…

Zdenek Vrozina (@zdenekvrozina) 's Twitter Profile Photo

COVID didn’t end - it changed the baseline of how often people fall ill, miss work, and drop out of the labor force. A new JAMA study shows the US now lives in a permanent flu-season mode, all year round🧵

Danielle Beckman (@danibeckman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The hateful DMs I get telling me I'm not qualified to talk about cognitive deficits in #LongCovid always fall in one of these categories: 1) I’m a PhD, not MD 2) I’m a woman 3) I’m too young So original, we never heard this before. Keep sending, its fuel for us. #WomenInSTEM

The hateful DMs I get telling me I'm not qualified to talk about cognitive deficits in #LongCovid always fall in one of these categories: 
1) I’m a PhD, not MD 
2) I’m a woman 
3) I’m too young 
So original, we never heard this before. Keep sending, its fuel for us.
 #WomenInSTEM
Colin McCarthy (@us_stormwatch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A strong to severe marine heatwave has persisted off the California and West Coast for over a month, with ocean temperatures up to 7°F (4°C) above normal. NOAA has classified this as a Category 2–3 (strong to severe) marine heatwave. These unusually warm waters contributed to

A strong to severe marine heatwave has persisted off the California and West Coast for over a month, with ocean temperatures up to 7°F (4°C) above normal.

NOAA has classified this as a Category 2–3 (strong to severe) marine heatwave.

These unusually warm waters contributed to
Dr. Sean Mullen (@drseanmullen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You’ve got to be kidding me. You stupid & evil mother ducks. But I love your confidence. It’s just that if there was a spectrum for being wrong, you’d be on the ultraviolet end—invisible to truth itself. You called mass infection “freedom.” You called suffering “natural

K-in-CT 😷😷😷 (@kinconn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#H5N1 CDC Dept. of Agriculture ➡️As Minnesota sees rise in bird flu, grocers say they don't expect it to impact Thanksgiving plans - The virus has infected thousands of turkeys and chickens in eight counties over just the last few weeks By John Lauritsen cbsnews.com/minnesota/news…

Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When you read content on X, you should be able to verify its authenticity. This is critical to getting a pulse on important issues happening in the world. As part of that, we're experimenting with displaying new information on profiles, including which country an account is

When you read content on X, you should be able to verify its authenticity. This is critical to getting a pulse on important issues happening in the world.

As part of that, we're experimenting with displaying new information on profiles, including which country an account is