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Andy Fraser
@andy_utoronto
you can't put a fire out with gasoline. apparently i need to say that my opinions are my opinions. so there you go.
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Jan 12, 2022
    I do not understand the urgency to return to school. omicron wave will be subsiding in 2-3 weeks, and in that time we can 2X vaxx MANY of the 5-12s as well as boost all parents and teachers. Why risk so much misery for 2 weeks? Sure online is shit but is it worth this risk?
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Sep 15, 2021
    Replying to @FarOutMag
    maybe 'being Morrissey' should be an official position and we can elect Rick Astley to replace the incumbent who is no longer fit for the role...
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Jan 15, 2022
    Ontario is about to mass infect its kids with COVID. It is blowing my mind we are choosing this route now, when so many kids are unprotected and when we have vaccines to protect them. The peak of the highest wave in the pandemic is not the time to return to school. It is immoral.
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Mar 3, 2023
    a gentle reminder to reviewers that if you're proposing experiments that will take >1year or cost >$100k, you're not suggesting modifications — you're describing the NEXT paper. Let's stop holding science back like this eh? It ain't helping.
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Dec 5, 2020
    Replying to @AshleySpencer @AshleyySpencer and @dgmacarthur
    well they could only do that because it is a military tyranny that crushes the freedoms of the people under the jackboot of...oh wait. It's just because they actually thought about the right thing to do and did it isn't it?
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Dec 10, 2021
    Replying to @AmmahStarr
    My most jarring is when I go pick up takeout food - me masked, server masked…whole restaurant full of unmasked diners. It’s like going out in a snowstorm and seeing half the people in shorts and flip flops. Utterly weird contrast.
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Apr 6, 2021
    Replying to @jameswattie and @ICESOntario
    Well, way way back maybe 6 months I was tweeting about "I wonder how we will feel when a rich retired couple in Rosedale who can self isolate easily gets vaxxed but a poor family working in high risk jobs do not" and here we are. wan't this why we needed a vaxx rollout plan?
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    May 28, 2020
    I wonder what date people will stop saying ‘you need to validate rnaseq data with RT pcr’? 2040? Please stop. It’s really silly by now.
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Jun 12, 2023
    Ever wondered if you could read 100s of metabolites and drugs in parallel using a @illumina or a @10x platform? But metabolites aren’t nucleic acids — how can that work? Check out our new preprint and read on for a thread: biorxiv.org/content/10.110….
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    A novel platform for metabolomics using barcoded structure-switching aptamers
    Small organic molecules like metabolites and drugs are critical for diagnostics, treatment, and synthetic biology. Measuring them presents two key challenges however: they are biochemically highly...
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Sep 2, 2018
    getting frustrated with: model organism biologists discover wheel human geneticists use this discovery, show wheel also works in humans Human geneticists: "WE DISCOVERED WHEEL!!" and cite zero model organism studies. cmon now, basic courtesy/scholarship, please!
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Sep 14, 2020
    Every parent I’ve talked to today is oscillating between frozen depression and murderous rage.
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Jan 14, 2022
    Replying to @andy_utoronto @VincentRK and @leahmcelrath
    the illusion of freedom during a pandemic and the total misunderstanding of what freedom is and how to achieve it has been paralysing in the West
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    Apr 26, 2022
    Replying to @andy_utoronto
    The @TorontoPolice say that this is a minor traffic incident and not an attempted assault. That’s a very weird way to look at someone who has attempted to kill another person. I don’t want to live in this stupid city any more where nothing makes sense. I feel completely let down.
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    Andy Fraser
    @andy_utoronto
    May 29, 2021
    Replying to @DFisman and @COVIDSciOntario
    I absolutely agree with you. If our leadership *really* wanted kids back in schools they would have taken the necessary measures to allow that to happen safely: Small class sizes Better Ventilation Mass testing They have not done a single of those things.