#Deaths

Richard Hine

richardhine

Last night’s #60Minutes exposed Trump for playing the worst kind of pandemic politics—cutting funding for US researcher Peter Daszak, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure. Also exposed @MattGaetz and @TuckerCarlson for their

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

It's important that any governmental spending on Covid-19 relief should carve out funds to pay psychology and philosophy consultants who work on science communication. Those experts could devise strategies that

Maggie Lee 🇺🇸

maggmountains

A thread on awesome Trump policies and shenanigans (past and present): @realDonaldTrump 1. $35 million is being rewarded to human trafficking suvivors from the Trump Administration 2. He created

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/16 COVID Epi This Week: The Peril and Promise of ImmunityCovid continues to spread in most of the US at rates too high for effective contact tracing, safe in-person schooling,

Claire Bodkin

healthinthehmmr

Just learned that @ONgov @ONsafety @ONAttorneyGen announced they're improving healthcare delivery in #onpoli prisons by centralizing healthcare admin, working more closely with police to transfer patients to hospital, & building/expanding

Jorge A. Caballero, MD

DataDrivenMD

/ Just want to draw some attention to the fact that there’s an imminent threat to U.S. hospitals from another type of virus (ransomware, actually)Here’s a short thread on what

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Why do case fatality rate (CFR) for #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #hCoV19 differ so much between countries? Estimates vary from ~>7% (Italy, Iran) to

Alex Washburne

Alex_Washburne

@inschool4life, Nathaniel Hupert and I recently crunched some numbers suggesting millions of undetected COVID cases in the US the month of March.What have we learned since then, what do we

ProPublica

propublica

“We’re not being protected. We don’t have the right equipment. Nurses are getting sick.” This is from a hospital in NY. Our reporters @js_kaplan, @lizziepresser and @mayatmiller have talked to

Andrew Wilkinson

awilkinson

Over the past few years, Holly and I have been trying to figure out how to do philanthropy effectively.We've made donations to various charities, but been frustrated by an inability

zookoⓩ🛡

zooko

Dec 31: Taiwan public health officials warn WHO of potential human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus: https://amp.ft.com/content/2a70a02a-644a-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68. Taiwan mobilizes its national health emergency office. Jan 14: WHO helps

Lucy M. Sullivan

lucymsullivan

WTAF @WHO?https://twitter.com/thewhof/status/1379841393452023808 For years, Nestle has been looking for ways to burrow into the World Health Organization so it can finally shake its pariah status. (Recall the baby formula makers

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

The COVID-19 Pandemic is an Apocalyptic Event. Just Not in the Way You Think. The word “apocalypse” conjures up images of burning buildings, panicked masses, and the end of the

Casey McQ

casey_mcquillan

Do tweets like this mean that people respond to a viral disease along political lines? Here’s some evidence for why the answer might yes… (1/10)https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1232058127740174339 Ex: Days before Hurricane Irma

Pejman Yousefzadeh: Insulin User Extraordinaire

Yousefzadeh

When I was a wee little Pejboy, back in 1987, the Senate Judiciary Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Joe Biden, rejected the nomination of Robert Bork to the United

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

I feel it is important to call out misunderstandings about what 'herd immunity' means. It is clear from this little thread that @TheEliKlein has no idea. I'm not trying to