#Infections

Jeff Powis, MD

jpowi

@MGHToronto I’ve now called my 700th patient with COVID-19 diagnosed through our community assessment centres and outreach testing. A few observations: 1.COVID-19 public health strategies must address associated health inequities.

Caroline Allen

CarolineLDNvet

This story is a microcosm of why I left private vet practice. The final straw was a morning surgery in which 3 brachycephalic dogs (frenchies/pugs) presented in severe pain with

Allen Cheng

peripatetical

SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients that don't have symptoms. It's complicated. A thread. Data suggest that viral load does start to increase and is maximal slightly before the onset of symptoms,

Greg Owen

Greg0wen

1/ 2019 HIV rates from @PHE_ukNew HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men at their lowest in 20 yearsThe number of gay and bisexual men (GBM) with newly diagnosed HIV

Jesse Shapiro

bjesseshapiro

In case anyone wanted *more* evidence that kids can be important vectors of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, check out our preprint of an emergency childcare centre in Quebec led by @INSPQ with

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

If COVID-19 numbers can be brought low enough in Scotland by 11 August (under 20 confirmed cases) & with appropriate 'test and protect' policies, my personal view is that schools

Sam Ashworth-Hayes

SAshworthHayes

Found this thread highly persuasive, in that I went in with doubts and came out certain that the public health profession needs to be razed to the ground for its

Robert Dingwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 Reunite

rwjdingwall

There seems to be a widespread assumption that a post-Christmas surge in Covid-19 cases is inevitable. Similar claims were widely made ahead of the US Thanksgiving weekend, which was much

Isabella Eckerle

EckerleIsabella

A few explanations why I'm worried: The dynamic of #SARSCoV2 #B117 in the UK is concerning, taking over other strains at rapid speed even though incidence is high. Found in

Answer

NearFelix

For a number of years now, someone pulls a very bad joke on you. You do not smoke hashish or weed anymore. You are ordering a pharmaceutical product, containing large

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

One of two things will now happen in the next few weeks, as surveillance data on millions of U.K. over 65s already vaccinated with AZ jab emerges: 1. An almighty

Chris Petrilli

PetrilliMD

Listen to science, and send kids back: A pediatrician on fear, risk and reality. Great article (and amazing work throughout this entire pandemic) by NYU Langone's Jen Lighter - Highlights

Friederike Ernst

tw_tter

I would like to talk about antibody tests. There are too many people in my bubble who don't understand why a specificity of say 95% doesn't mean 95% of people

Covid Fact Check UK

fact_covid

The government has published a preprint on the role of children in transmission of COVID-19. It was considered at SAGE on 4/11: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/935125/tfc-covid

Sam Freedman

Samfr

I thought I'd do a summary thread of my various trawls of COVID data and reports this week. So as to try and give an overall sense of where I

Ronen▼.com

RonenV

Ok, I wasn't going to say anything about this, but it's clear that this is accidentally misleading people in a way that may cause more covid infections: "Pfizer claimed trials

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