#Infection

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

Is the coronavirus airborne? YES, according to 239 experts from 32 countries. But if so, why does @WHO still maintain that transmission by aerosols only happens after certain medical procedures?

Edal

edalmaxwell

"Sweden never aimed at herd immunity", a thread (1/n) Herd immunity in April/no, in May/no, in June/no, when the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the Lonely Mountain

Mandu Reid

ManduReid

WORKING PARENTS THREADThe PM tonight claimed that everyone will be able to access childcare in #level5, but this is simply not true. Nurseries have already started closing their doors because

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declamare

the decision by @GavinWilliamson to force schools in London to re-open last week is now looking unbelievably stupid it’s one week since Gavin Williamson ordered schools in what are now

Dr Nisreen Alwan 🌻

Dr2NisreenAlwan

1/ What is still poorly understood is that more virus spread in disadvantaged groups means harm not only to them but to almost all other groups in society (except the

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IlluminateDark8

#COVID1984 [THREAD]I'm going to get banned for this.... (MAYBE) (AGAIN)It was planned and all the evidence clearly supports that inference. (1) Especially given all the lies in media and ridiculous

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

By many accounts, the US will have 100 million vaccine doses by February.I estimated yesterday that we need ~100 million people to gain immunity via vaccination to reach herd immunity.So

Timothée Jamin

TimotheeJamin

Louis Fouché et @EChabriere disent que le tx de létalité (nb décès/nb cas) du #COVID19 à l'IHU de Marseille est au moins 4 ou 5 fois inférieur au reste de

Priya Sampathkumar

PSampathkumarMD

FAQs on Pfizer COVID vaccine.Thread1.Which COVID vaccine should I get? Is one better than others? You should get the vaccine you are offered. Getting a large number of people vaccinated

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Current evidence on immunity for #COVID19.My *non-expert* overview(replying to comment by @taaltree & would love help/comments from actual immunity expert: @florian_krammer or others)Threadhttps://twitter.com/taaltree/status/12832338636

Arthur Chu

arthur_affect

The thing that genuinely has me speechless is that the level the California wildfires have reached would be the big US "apocalypse" story of 2020 if not for everything else,

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

"The Coronavirus Act 2020 gives powers of detention for screening & assessment for 48 hours, for isolation for up to 14 days at a time and to demand information in

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I felt it may be helpful to provide an update on the new #COVID19 lineages in the UK and in SA that might both be more contagious than any #SARSCoV2

Adam W Gaffney

awgaffney

The risk of death after infection from COVID-19 for a 65 year old is roughly 140 times higher compared to a 25 year old. It's ~460 times higher in a

Rising serpent 🇺🇸

rising_serpent

1. The only way to end the pandemic is through, not around it.We were supposed to flatten the curve in 21 days. Fast forward 213 days and we're still talking

Prof Adam Hart 🦏

AdamHartScience

Thread Just watching the COVID briefing again from a science communication perspective. So many basic errors in the "graph section"1. Far too technical for the intended audience2. Graphs don't properly

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