#Infections

BCH Infectious Diseases

BCHPedsID

1/Few learning slides/points from case conference this morning!Can PIVs (peripheral catheters) be the source of blood stream infections? - yesCheck out these two recent papers:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31615450/ https://pubmed.nc

🇨🇦 Bill Comeau Crush the Curve 📉

Billius27

I get criticized for not understanding the business side. I guess that would explain my once being appointed to the board of the Canadian Marketing Association. Truth is I do

M.J. Bory

DaddyWriting

Going to have a little run at this, but please know that while I think Wright's questioning, and subsequent defensiveness are irresponsible, I don't think she acted maliciously or truly

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Spartan_Rage_

Dr. Anthony Fauci while working as head of the National institute of allergy and infectious diseases in the Obama administration oversaw gain of function research until @BarackObama banned it. 1/7

Rochelle Riley

rochelleriley

DETROIT _ Woke up to news that @GovWhitmer's strategy to keep Michiganders alive is working, but the Michigan GOP is threatening to withhold $2.1B in school funds, funds for children,

Raphael Rashid

koryodynasty

S. Korea already qualifies for maximum Level 3 which would essentially be its first lockdown (800+ cases daily for 1 week+). Gov. to decide tomorrow whether to raise level. They

Derek Gatherer

DerekGatherer

After 1 week of #COVID19 #vaccination, the #UK is closing in on 500,000 doses given. You might not think this is much given a total population of 67 million, but

Linda Holt

LHolt99

Short thread on current crisisMuch government is about arse-covering. Across UK govs are panicking about NHS not coping & rising +ive tests. Locking down distracts, very expensively, from 5 key

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST:What does it mean that the median age of new cases is dropping in some areas? I see three possible explanations, not all good. A thread on

Stephanie Tait

StephTaitWrites

Sorry to say I'm here with some hard reality checks for people already planning their post-vaccine summer (and sorry to say even fall/winter.)But first we need to talk about herd

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

YOU CAN’T FIND MUTATIONS ==> IF YOU DON’T GENETIC SEQUENCE. Australia & New Zealand is leading the world of ~half of all viruses in their countries sequenced.

Dr. Amy Tan-*Racism is a public health crisis*

AmyTanMD

At critical juncture in #COVIDBC, can still crush it down to close to zero in some areas of BC.Can't accept current case rates and percent positivityMust learn from other provinces

Stephen Dziedzic

stephendziedzic

Fascinating. The @LowyInstitute has crunched COVID-19 data and come up with a list of the countries which have tackled the pandemic most effectively. Top of the list? New Zealand. Followed

Diane Frances Walter

48thRule

All of this but add the parents. I taught HS for 14 years. During the flu season I called the nurse or a parent at least once a week begging

Jeremy Howard

jeremyphoward

So do these non-medical masks we're all meant to be wearing actually do anything?Well yes, yes they almost certainly do. Here's a thread about the current science.Let's start by explaining

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Documents from the 29/30th July released by the govt on the 5th of Feb where SAGE warns the govt about the risk of school transmission on the pandemic. The documents

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