Margery Smelkinson, Ph.D.
@MSmelkinsonPhD
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Infectious diseases scientist at NIAID. Leader in @OpenMCPS. Opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the NIH, HHS, or the fed gov't.
Bethesda, MD
Joined January 2021
New data about remote learning being a big fail. Uh, yeah, of course. Pre-pandemic research showed that even SHORT closures were bad, let alone a YEAR! Many of us tried DESPERATELY to reverse this impending disaster, but were largely ignored and often disparaged. š§µš§µš§µ
Experts predict that pandemic learning loss foreshadows a widening of the nationās racial and economic achievement gap
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RT @EYakoby: Youāll notice that not a single womenās rights group has posted about the three female hostages being released. Moral bankrupā¦
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I also submitted written testimony for this bill 2 days ago but it's still not posted. What gives? @MoCoCouncilMD @Andrew_Friedson
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RT @bethanyshondark: This is an excellent oped from ā¦@MSmelkinsonPhDā© on the ā¦@MoCoCouncilMDā© proposed plastic bag ban being debated tomorrā¦
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RT @ModeratelyMoco: Next Wednesday Jan. 15 at 630pm, join us for episode 3 of MoCo Mic Live! This time we have experienced Special Educatiā¦
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Other countries have done it, why can't we? The American people are waiting for Congress to do the right thing and appoint a bipartisan commission to investigate the US response to the most consequential event since World War II. If not now, when?
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When youāre fiercely determined to show that "masks work," but those pesky Cochrane RCTs keep getting in your way, itās time to dust off the ol' mediocre cohort study.
Can people who are smarter than me, like @VPrasadMDMPH, @MSmelkinsonPhD, @beenwrekt, or @BenK_Data, explain whether this is a good study? (Link in next tweet)
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RT @avatans: Reusable [plastic bag] options pose their own risks, costs. ~ Benjamin Kay and @MSmelkinsonPhD
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I'm sorry, but the sheer buffoonery around the COVID vaccine--the mandates, the exaggeration of efficacy, the hiding of serious side effects--did more for the anti-vax movement than anything RFK ever did. And it certainly wasn't done by his "backers".
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"Reusable bags pose heightened public health risks, require more natural resources to manufacture, and have not consistently reduced overall bag use. Plastic bag bans may be more symbolic than actually helping the environment." My latest
Opinion: Toss MoCoās proposed plastic bag ban in the bin
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RT @karol: Even the people who lean just slightly toward sanity on this still push stupidity like rapid testing or "indoor air quality" aboā¦
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