#Covid

James S Murphy

James_S_Murphy

This is a flawed story from the NYT because it makes a basic logical mistake: it does not distinguish between necessary and sufficient conditions.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/14/opinion/politics/covid-school-reopening-guideli

Melissa Sweet

MelissaSweetDr

Now on @CHFofAustralia webinar, Prof Michael Kidd and Dr Nick Coatsworth discussing the reasons behind Australia's success (so far) in controlling the novel coronavirus. Their bio details are here:https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-a

Phillip Lipscy

PhillipLipscy

We need to be very cautious about attributing variation in COVID intensity to government policy, social practices, culture, etc. We just don’t have a good sense yet about what other

Nick Hudson

NickHudsonCT

@MLevitt_NP2013 , I’d like to draw your attention to @Pandata19’s growing body of work on the COVID-19 epidemic, particularly as it pertains to South Africa. Our first publication quantified the

Samir Kayande

SamirKayande

Today, I'm thankful for Bayes Theorem. Let us explore one practical aspect: is the 10-14 day quarantine requirement doing more harm than good? I'm sure epidemiologists already know this, but

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Same on timely labour market information.Yet we know from census stats (and some epidemiological data in public health) that low-income is associated with shorter life expectancy and greater risk of

AZUKA 🇲🇦

AZUKINOU

#rentreescolaire2020Bonjour @jmblanquer si je fais se tweet c'est car aujourd'hui je viens de passer ma '' rentré '' . Humm comment dire ... Je suis passé en Terminale STI2D et

Larisa Alexandrovna

larisa_a

This may be important or it may not be. I thought I would share it just in case. About 8 days ago, I came down with a cough that felt

James Wilson

jamewils

In the study published in medRxiv, a team at the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute of the New York Blood Center and Rockefeller University analyzed 370 plasma samples donated from people who

Jack Stilgoe

Jackstilgoe

A thread on the Oxford/AZ vaccine, university/industry collaboration and responsible innovation. #OxfordVaccine The world was betting big on this one (@TheEconomist) 1/n It’s annoying when science is tagged by university

Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos

DrVivianS

1/4.I just had a family ask me to share this for them anonymously RE: why they cannot entertain off-site visits: “No way I could safely take two parents out. Can’t

Hassan A. Niazi

HNiaziii

Thread on the Supreme Court's judgment on reopening shopping malls during a global pandemic. First of all, this is a policy decision for the executive to make after consulting health

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

The epidemic in India is echoed next-door in Nepal.The numbers are even more concerning in Nepal when looking at case positivity. Case positivity in Nepal reflects an epidemic that is

DefenestrateThePolice

markaprovost

Pharma giant Gilead just announced they will charge nearly $2,500 for a COVID-19 treatment called Remdesivir. The thing is US taxpayers invested at least $70 million developing remdesivir while the

Peter Coutu

ByPeterCoutu

Black Virginians could be in greater danger from the coronavirus, both contracting it and facing serious health consequences. But bad data — again! — has stymied the state and made

Julien Potet

julienpotet

Remember that the intellectual property #waiver proposed by the US gov only covers #COVID_19 vaccines.It is a shame.Here is an example why a waiver on therapeutics would be very helpful.