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Youyang Gu

@youyanggu
Data Scientist. Creator of covid19-projections.com and yolostocks.live. Presenter of unbiased takes. Realist. @MIT '15.
New York, NY
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    Youyang Gu
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    Feb 20, 2021
    It's popular to use the US as a punching bag these days, but I can't think of many other countries where the work of an untrained 27-year-old immigrant can garner the attention & respect of researchers and public alike. America isn't perfect, but I'm grateful to call it my home.
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    May 5, 2022
    Global excess deaths in 2020-2021 is almost 3x higher than reported #COVID19 deaths. Great work by @WHO & @UNDESA to get this out. It's probably the most comprehensive estimates to date.
    @WHO
    World Health Organization (WHO)
    @WHO
    May 5, 2022
    The total number of deaths associated with #COVID19 worldwide from 2020-2021 may be closer to 14.9 million: New estimates by WHO & @UNDESA. That’s 9.5 million more deaths than reported bit.ly/38SJIpM #HealthData
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    Youyang Gu
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    Apr 25, 2022
    Happy Monday. I enjoyed my time on the Data Science Show with @DalianaLiu to talk data, Covid and lessons learned along the way. If you want to get into data science, I highly recommend giving Daliana a follow.
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    Youyang Gu
    @youyanggu
    Aug 12, 2021
    Income inequality is one of the best predictors of COVID-19 deaths in the US. From @TheEconomist: "[Reducing inequality] can hardly be done overnight. In the meantime, governments need to tailor their pandemic response to take account of inequalities."
    Why have some places suffered more covid-19 deaths than others?
    From economist.com
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    Youyang Gu
    @youyanggu
    Aug 11, 2021
    There's a @nytopinion article regarding universal masking in schools being shared by many, including some prominent experts. But the study never had a control group, so it's scientifically inaccurate to make any conclusions. Here's a good critique of that piece:
    @davidzweig
    David Zweig
    @davidzweig
    Aug 10, 2021
    THREAD I corresponded with the authors of the Duke study behind this opinion piece weeks ago... nytimes.com/2021/08/10/opi…
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