#DrEricDing

While pushing a 1-year old in a baby stroller, an Asian dad was beaten randomly on the streets of San Francisco (Mission Bay).SF police immediately arrested the 26 year old
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New study of COVID in children finds children can spread virus as easily as adults. Therefore, kids are equal vectors for transmission. (Good interview by @ashishkjha). #covid19 2) Jury is
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A reminder about DROPLETS and MICRODROPLETS. 6 feet rule is not enough indoors with now established aerosol based transmission. #MasksOn #COVID19 2) Here is an earlier thread on evidence that
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WHAT THIS THREAD MEANS FROM CHINESE RESEARCHERS IS THAT THEY DID NOT SEE A HIGH LEVEL OF IMMUNITY IN RECOVERED PATIENTSAND THAT CAN LED TO REINFECTIONS AND THE NECESSITY TO
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“I guarantee you...” Worst words ever spoken. And Cruz has spoken a lot of bad takes. #COVID19 I hope these famous words will be forever etched on Cruz’s tombstone someday.
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Let this sink in—India is likely seeing 25,000-50,000 excess deaths/day.“You can ignore, fail to test, or undercount whatever disease you want—but you can't ignore the dead”And in India , the
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BREAKING—US has now surpassed 9,000,000 cases of #COVID19.Accelerated since last month—newest mil only took 14 days.1 mil April 282 mil June 103 mil July 74 mil July 23 5 mil
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Wait, the model that got everything wrong in real-time (and even after multiple updates couldN’t match ACTUAL data) is now making estimates for a past that didn’t exist, and comparing
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NEW—Trial of Hydroxychloroquine post-exposure in Spain for prevent onset of #COVID19: results found a big fat null. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Again. Checked many subgroups too.We have wasted so much energy
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Masks work. I’d say they are the single most important line of defense against COVID at present. #WearAMask @DrEricDing has compiled a great evidence review in this thread.https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1317694942479876097 If
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~SIX TIMES HIGHER IN KIDS—An asymptomatic school study of #COVID19 cases found that infection rates in Omaha Nebraska schools were 2.5x higher for staff and **nearly 6x higher for students**
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BREAKING—El Paso #COVID19 deaths surging so fast, they now need **10** mobile morgues to store deceased bodies, up from 4 last week. 4 new mobile morgues will goto funeral homes
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At some point, people will realize that Dr. Ding's "doom" posts are simply warnings. Could be something, could be nothing.No one else on the Internet is consistently putting together such
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Age 15-19 has emerged as currently the age group with the highest rate of #COVID19 in Germany . Also notice kids 5-9 and 10-14 now have the highest infection rates
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Well, this isn’t great news but it’s not surprising. SARS-CoV2 is blocking MHC from reaching the surface of infected cells. Sneaky little bastard.HIV, HSV, and HCMV evolved ways of doing
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To further clarify, Eric is not in any way affiliated with @HarvardEpi. He is a visiting scientist, a temporary, usually unpaid (not sure in this case) position in the Dept
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