@ken_stein
 Exeter, Devon
Joined April 2012
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We are paying 45 million pound to Serco for contact tracing. Serco’s 18000 call handlers contacted only 10,000 contacts in two weeks. Meanwhile local public health teams contacted 77600 contacts ie almost eight times more according to DHSC Test and Track data.
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Brilliant lovely people spreading bean healing with the best sort of beans #thankyou #feelingthelove #greatcoffee @crankhouseroast @becsta94
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Some surprise that @NEJM and @TheLancet both duped into publishing highly dubious hydroxychloroquine papers, but should we be surprised? .. (continued) theguardian.com/world/2020/j…

Hydroxychloroquine no better than placebo, Covid-19 study finds

Trial suggests drug does not protect those exposed to coronavirus from becoming infected

theguardian.com
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Funding some of the best #publichealth research in the world. Blog from @martinwhite33 on the first 10 yrs of @OfficialNIHR Public Health Research programme buff.ly/2SEtgNx
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What do we mean when we talk about impact? Keynote speaker @docdanielle on the intersection of research, policy & public engagement #CIHR_ImpactFellows @CIHR_IRSC @wchwihv @WCHospital
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Give women money & families benefit xitter.cf/qz/status/923889579987…
Quartz
@qz27 Oct 2017
Definitive data on what poor people buy when they’re just given cash bit.ly/2zHweX9

Definitive data on what poor people buy when they’re just given cash

It is increasingly common for governments to give poor people money. Rather than grant services or particular goods to those in poverty, such as food or housing, governments have found that it is...

qz.com
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A chattering bird builds no nest but... we need to get better at storytelling/persuading #thingswelearnt #gesummit17
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Did you know about this @mnunns84? xitter.cf/ExpressandEcho/status/…
Express & Echo@ExpressandEcho18 Sep 2017
Whisky distillery set up in Devon is first in South West devonlive.com/news/devon-new…

Whisky distillery set up in Devon is first in South West

Dartmoor Whisky, based in the old town hall in the middle of Bovey Tracey, is a labour of love.

devonlive.com
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Forget logos (evidence) in a post truth world. Only credibility of speaker and appeal to emotions count @trishgreenhalgh #gesummit17
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Exploring big data - untamed, wild and ready for machine learning
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#worklifebalance @Purplepingu
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Evidence synthesizers
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21st century mail order? Scotts of Stowe just DON'T GET IT! "expect delivery in 7-14 days" and they won't even acknowledge delay until 28
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Train. Dull. Wet. Grey.
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