FAS congratulates President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris. Read our full statement below 👇
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Federation of American Scientists🔬
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Striving for a safer world since 1945.
- Schools should open when we've got COVID-19 under control. Not when we're experiencing the largest outbreak in the world. Let's go with science over politics.
- The US is building a new $100bn nuclear missile based on a set of flawed and outdated assumptions, a new FAS report finds. Thank you to @julianborger for highlighting @mattkorda's upcoming report on the costly and redundant GBSD.
- Please don't go home for #Thanksgiving2020. But if you're already there, do dinner wisely. Here are our tips for limiting risk and keeping your loved ones safe. 🧵👇
- Replying to @scientistsorg"You can have a 100 percent effective vaccine, but if only half of people take it, it’s only 50 percent effective," @DrEricDing tells @juliaioffe about the trouble of politicizing vaccines and other public health measures
- "A virus transmission is kind of like secondhand smoke — it’s secondhand breathing from someone else. There is no such thing as a smoke-free part of a restaurant," @DrEricDing tells @abbyhaglage
- Scientists now believe that asymptomatic carriers are responsible for more than half of COVID cases. Do everyone around you a favor and wear a mask even if you feel perfectly fine. #MaskingForAFriend
- Replying to @scientistsorgNo matter how far apart you are (but further is better!), opening a window to increase air exchange can help clear out aerosols. If it's chilly where you are, throw on your cutest autumnal sweater if needed. 3/5
- "Once someone is identified as an agent of a foreign power, they are subject to warrantless search and surveillance in a way that would be illegal and unconstitutional for any other US person," FAS' Steven Aftergood tells @kenklippenstein for @thenation thenation.com/article/societ…
- Replying to @scientistsorgHow does a government agency target journalists? With great secrecy. From @kenklippenstein, how online beef became official policy inside ICE.
- FAS President @AliNouriPhD joins thousands of health and science leaders against efforts to discredit Dr. Fauci, one of the nation's leading scientific experts. We believe science, not disinformation, should be front and center in the public discourse. cspinet.org/news/nearly-35…
- Replying to @scientistsorgAnd for maximum safety, try hanging out and having meals outside. Take advantage of the natural optimal ventilation from the great outdoors. (And it'll make a super cute #Thanksgiving picture to boot.) 5/5
- Thank YOU for your investment in American innovation 🇺🇸🔬👩🔬I was so honored to be recognized by @FAScientists for our CHIPS & Science Act. This bill was a passion to get done because we knew that this investment is critical to America leading the world. And it means JOBS JOBS JOBS for years to come! #FASAwards
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