#Infections

Solving Healthcare

KwadCast

1/ Thread: Illustration of why socioeconomics matters when it comes to downstream #COVID19 infections.Mrs. X & Mr. Y acquire covid from Xmas gatherings.Mrs X is a govt employee.Mr. Y works

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Immunocompromised 45 year old suffered from #COVID19 for 155 days before he died. The virus was changing very quickly inside the man's body—it acquired a big cluster of >20 mutations—resembled

Ash Sarkar

AyoCaesar

Talk of imposing a one hour exercise rule, or being able to exercise with one person from another household, is just theatre. It's not about suppressing transmission - it's about

Professor Philip Nolan

President_MU

If we can only have 6 people in our houses, how can we have 30 children in a classroom? It’s a reasonable question. But it’s not a contradiction; in fact,

Florian Krammer

florian_krammer

1) The biggest worry for vaccines about the new UK variant is the N501Y mutation in the receptor binding domain. This is also a mutation that appears when SARS-CoV-2 is

hibo wardere

HiboWardere

#nofgm 200 million women and girls worldwide have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). it causes.Difficult childbirth Painful periods & sexEmotional trauma Psychological tortureMental scarring Physical pain.Sexual dysfunct

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST:The chart below is tests per 1000 people. Relative to other countries, the United States is doing a lot of testing. So why do public health experts

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Back in September, we wrote a @nytopinion on the need to focus on severe infection events prevented by Covid-19 vaccineshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/opinion/covid-vaccine-coronavirus.htmlYesterday JNJ presented their Phase 3 data stre

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

THREADData from Birmingham garnered LOTs of negative press about #COVID19 rapid Ag tests The data 1) is very small, 8 positives2) Shows EXACTLY what we expect, Rapid Ag tests detect

Edson

EdsonCGuido

Let's talk about testing.3 million in total were conducted in the Philippines since the pandemic began. But is that enough?A thread. From around 13k per day in June, testing doubled

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. I suppose because I'm an evolutionary biology who has worked on emerging infectious diseases for 20 years, a number of people are asking me whether we should expect the

Tim Harford

TimHarford

1/ Things seem really bad at the moment. That's because things ARE really bad at the moment. But I wanted to share a perspective that might encourage you a little.

Lasia Kretzel

lkretzel1130

BC #COVID19 update August 20Provided by Deputy Provincial Health Officer Dr. Réka Gustafson this weekTwo deaths, both in Fraser Health at long term care facilities (Total: 200)Total new cases: 80(Total:

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

CDC TOO LOW—I told @mehdirhasan that CDC Director’s 450k death projection is an under projection of #COVID19 deaths. We could likely hit 500k+ by end of Feb. And we already

Mello.B33

B33Mello

1/ Probably one of the most important articles you will ever read. Brilliant, eye opening and combines all the relevant data & information. I was already aware of many things

Sammy Says: #COVIDzero

bdcarmichael

If you are living and breathing in Canada you need to read this document. It helps put the current DISASTER into perspective and helps to explain current outcomes.“Transmission Routes for

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