#Disease

NEWS UPDATE: President Peter Mutharika will address the nation at 9:30pm today April 7, 2020.#NationOnline Mutharika: As we are all aware, this country is going through very difficult times with
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) has issued a temporary nationwide halt on residential evictions for nonpayment of rent for qualifying renters, effective September 4 through December 31,
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Interesting projections of #SARSCoV2 circulation in the coming years by @mlipsitch et al. Concordant with our analysis:https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2020.20224@Jan_Albert_ @robert_dyrdak @firefoxx66 and I used data on seasonal CoVs from Sweden and a
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Predictions - PPP and currency rates will converge. Visa regimes will become meaningless. Premiumization will cause demise of many businesses globally as consumers won’t have money for all the bells
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"As I reported on my website back in March, on March 19th, the public health bodies in the UK and the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens decided that the new
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Lets briefly discuss some of the basic concepts of #epidemiology that may be important in discussing #COVID191. Epidemiological triad2. Evidence based medicine/healthcare3. Good science vs bad science The epidemiological triad
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I'll answer any questions I can that you may have about what it's like to get a colonoscopy. Friends, Please, please do not answer other folks questions on things like
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I often get asked about #LymeDisease and #Dogs. Here are some thoughts and useful things to read.Firstly the ACVIM consensus:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980284/They conclude: 'It is not proven that European LB causes clinical
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Chinese coronavirus statistics are problematic. I propose that American media outlets should add an asterisk next to mentions of Chinese statistics about the disease. Here's a thread on why.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/07/why-d
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Just wrapped up a long, productive call with @ALPublicHealth that gave us more clarity of this issue. (1/5)https://twitter.com/BamaTracker/status/1299112228218712066 Probably the most important takeaway for me was "probable" cases
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ThreadI know people are confused, but that's to be expected, since bad-faith actors with agendas are hitting you from all sides.THIS is what matters, and THIS is what @realDonaldTrump has
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Lots of discussion in NY today about whether or not @NYGovCuomo is hinting that schools will require frequent testing of students in conjunction with opening. Let’s remember what testing can
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1) Lyme Disease::Tick... Bites.... Small rodents... Take Bacteria from Small rodents... Than bites human and causes.Reservoir for Bacteria... Rodents. Reservoir for Ticks........ White Tail deer. 2) Three Stages of Disease::STAGE1::Early
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THREAD: Demand COVID antibody test production be prioritized! We may *already* have herd immunity. Antibody tests ("serological surveys" in the quote below) are available, if only we focus our efforts
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1/ I spoke with Chicago epidemiologist @GSlutkin for this piece, and he posed this question: "At what point of there being new cases and new deaths per day are people
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China is responsible for the virus. But to call a wet market 'primitive' is the sign of someone from a culture deeply insulated from its supply chains. Someone who has
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