#Infection

1. Some of us have been arguing for effective safety measures in schools since summer in order to reduce the need for school closures. Measures advised by Harvard and Yale
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An absolute smorgasbord of data around children, schools and #COVID19 this weekWe've got @PHE_uk , the @ONS survey, REACT study, and a new SAGE report!Lets take a birds eye view
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A few thoughts on these interpretations, that appear to suggest (with caveats) that schools in England haven't necessarily contributed much to transmission. The evidence presented here does not necessarily support
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Can we PLEASE stop using the word "clean" to refer to someone who doesn't have an STI? It's stigmatizing to people who DO have STIs and it reinforces this absurd
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1) This is why scientific debate is SO IMPORTANT. With censorship of scientific and medical professionals, innovation and discovery is STUNTED! Maybe they want that? In a discussion with @flavinkins
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A paper with @albertobisin: Learning Epidemiology by Doing: The Empirical Implications of a Spatial SIR Model with Behavioral Responses.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3625361 1/ How does geography affect the diffusion o
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REINFECTION WARNING from the WHO. “We are now getting reports of people getting reinfected with a new variant—from (#B1351)—suggesting people who’ve had prior infection could get infected again.” says
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Those who follow me know that alarmism isn't my style. But the new UK variant does have me a bit concerned. I'm not qualified to critically assess changes in transmissibility,
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No data. Any variant may be able to reinfect people who have already had a previous infection. This is not new. No data it can evade vaccines. But getting vaccinated
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A new study of half of the nation's claims data found that among children 0-18 with NO comorbid conditions there were ZERO Covid deaths in the U.S.: https://www.fairhealth.org/article/fair-health-releases-second-study-on-covid-19 All 16
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1/8Lockdown scepticism is on the riseLockdowns are costly in money, impacts to public health and liberty. We have jumped out of the plane first and only now are we taking
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26/42 Are there any national datasets that accurately capture what is going on? The brilliant @jburnmurdoch has highlighted number of admissions into ICU. The message from his animated chart (click
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Good morning! Still worried about that vaccine but don't actually know how it works?It's not a "dead version" (lol are viruses even alive?)It's not a "weakened" version of the virus.They're
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The cost of sepsis in New Zealand (thread) @ACCNZ found 1250 treatment injury claims registered with keywords “sepsis”/“septicaemia” from 2015-2020. 100 were fatal. Information about payments against these claims has
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The latest #REACT study from @imperialcollege shows a rapid fall in infection levels, by over two thirds since the last study.Levels are now put at 0.51% (4/2 to 13/2), compared
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A look at where we cases are in the UK as we head towards a period of relaxed restrictions at Christmas next week.Cases are rising across the UK as a
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