#Infections

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

WORRISOME—Key things on new VUI-202012/01 #SARSCoV2 mutation:—Likely more infectious, possibly up to 70% faster transmission.—R0 increase of ~ +0.4—23 unique changes, many in spike protein.—Comprises 62% of recent London

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Sudden Kindergarten outbreak—a once small #COVID19 outbreak in an Austrian kindergarten exploded from 10 cases Monday to suddenly *32 cases* by Wed—20 cases in kids, 12 adults & caregivers.(Article in

Economic & Political Weekly

epw_in

Why have primary health care services failed to win the trust of people as curative care centres? We must distinguish people’s need for medical care (curative) and public health services

Luu Ireland, MD, MPH

lirelandMD

As an OB, I am disappointed to hear the media discourage pregnant folks from considering the #CovidVaccine. @CNN @mikiebarb 1/ A thread 2/What is so bad about COVID? COVID

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Canada’s chief public health officer warned on Friday of a possible second peak in #COVID19 infections this autumn that has the potential to overwhelm the health-care system. In this

Dr. Hidmark ☣️

Nymne

You can get injuries for life without getting close to the intensive care unithttps://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/studie-ovanligt-med-iva-vard-av-covidsjuka-barn-trots-oppna-skolor A better measure for the damage done to children, would be t

John Bailey

John_Bailey

Thread: State leaders, school leaders, and parents are all wrestling with one core question: Is it safe to reopen schools? Here's a summary of the existing research: 2. The

Jesús Loarce

JesusLoarce

An interesting case-based reviewAcute peripheral/cutaneous ischemic syndrome (APCIS), what rheumatologist should know?APCIS is a clinical syndrome, representing the clinical appereance of skin and/or limb severe ischemia due to several etio

David Juurlink

DavidJuurlink

This report of a physician who died after receiving COVID vaccine offers a useful lesson in the importance of thinking more critically about does and what does not constitute a

Kurumi Mori

rumireports

And here is it...JUST IN: (Bloomberg) Suga declared a state of emergency for #Tokyo and adjacent areas, trying to stem Covid-19 infections. The declaration covers the capital and prefectures of

Health Nerd

GidMK

John Ioannidis, of "Most Published Research Findings Are False" fame, has now had his paper on IFR publishedLet's do one, final, twitter peer-review on the study 1/n 2/n You can

Charlie McVeigh

charliemcveigh

Putting my neck out there: here's my forecast for how CV plays out. This is based on a combination of press reports, gossip and, yes, wishful thinking. /1 On or

peter kilmarx

PeterKilmarx

The USA needs to continue to strengthen capacity for #ContactTracing, even as CDC issues new guidance for prioritization with overwhelming numbers of #COVID19 cases. A...https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-

Ed Tubb

EdTubb

/1 A thread of some takeaways from the new @TOPublicHealth dataset, released today: Of 287 patients ever intubated, 33 are currently vented, 133 are resolved or no longer vented, and

Amy 🦓

skepticalzebra

THREAD: Scientific Evidence & CovidSo, a paper has been submitted (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160762v1) stating that Herd Immunity thresholds may be considerably lower than thought, due to variations of suscept

Matt Alfalfafield

thealfalfafield

It's rent day. I haven't paid my rent since March, even though I have the money. People like me have been characterized as free-loaders taking advantage of the pandemic, but

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