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Alex Rampell

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Silicon Valley entrepreneur (TrialPay, Yub, Affirm, Point, TXN, etc), investor (General Partner @a16z), husband, father, and sarcast (one who is sarcastic)

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Alex Rampell @AlexRampell · Dec 14, 2022
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It’s the classic pattern of “insanity laundering” — how does a fringe position become the baseline amongst the well-educated? This is a good thread today (read from beginning) if you missed it…

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This is a brilliant exchange by @NancyMace yesterday in Congress. There is a tiny group of hateful left-liberal fanatics whom have been arbitrarily dubbed "Online Safety Experts" and constantly warn hateful rhetoric incites violence. Yet they're the
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Alex Rampell @AlexRampell · Dec 12, 2022
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Great thread on Covid response — and why science needs to be about adaptation to data and falsifiable hypothesis testing, not suppression of non-conformity

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Focused protection always made sense. The failure of people from limited (read: upper-middle class, white-collar) circumstances to appreciate the existence of tradeoffs in public health policy has undermined public health policy. 1/ twitter.com/Gid
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Alex Rampell @AlexRampell · Jun 12, 2022
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Bravo — this is a terrific summary

Tweet Jun 12, 2022
Why do mask mandates fail? Even with strict compliance and N95s? The video below (and the continuation in the next tweet) explain why. The rest of this🧵summarizes why I believe those pushing for mask mandates are dishonest &/or willfully ignorant &/
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Alex Rampell @AlexRampell · Apr 16, 2022
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The theory for why they’re good for shareholders (collective bargaining and more time => better outcome) — not sure I agree (Yahoo and MSFT!), but Marty Lipton invented the concept so good read: [link] Staggered board terms also an issue if board malfeasance

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The Long-Term Value of the Poison Pill
by Martin Lipton
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Alex Rampell @AlexRampell · Apr 12, 2022
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As Mask Mandates (the “we must do something, this is something, let’s do this” of Politician logic) come back, please point people to this *2019* WHO Guide that aggregated 10 “pre-political” Randomized Controlled Trials showing no statistical effect:

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Non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza
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Alex Rampell @AlexRampell · Feb 21, 2022
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Please, please read this — from @VPrasadMDMPH — which explains why the study Cody cites is literally worthless:

Article Feb 6, 2022
Mask studies reach a new scientific low point
by Vinay Prasad, MD MPH 🎙️📷
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