#Ebola

1/ stole this from a friend.For those of you complaining about Trump being blamed for the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic:I thought I would post a little history lesson for everyone on both
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Whenever I’m interviewed by an American liberal about pandemic mutual aid, they ask solemnly “What will happen when the virus gets to Africa?“I keep explaining that most African countries had
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For like a week I’ve been agonizing over whether to do a twitter thread about how I pitched a tv show about my experiences working as a nurse in biodefense,
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Feel challenged by how totally privileged we are to be able to stay at home / socially distance / cocoon / isolate. In some parts of our world this is
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I didn’t write this, @heartagree did.But every single American needs to read it.For those keeping score:Number of Ebola cases entering the US in 2014: 2Number of additional Ebola cases after
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This type of reporting on #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #coronavirus makes my blood boil. There is no evidence that the dominant strain is such because it is "more contagious"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-05/mutant-coronavirus-has-e
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A THREAD: #OneVoice1“For those of you complaining about Trump being blamed for the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic -a little history lesson for everyone on both sides of the political divide.It’s important that
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesuss was a committee member of the Marxist/Leninist Tigray Peoples Liberation Front who as health minister the government failed to honestly and openly report several cholera outbreaks, despite
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The 'job ads' from the Wuhan Virology Lab are enlightening. Dissapeared (most likely dead) bat researcher (& assistants?) contaminated with biological material - the start of all this.Conspiracy or Cock-up?More
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1 US journalists: how did you cover the #ebola outbreak in eastern #DRC? I know, I know, most of you didn't cover it. But other people did, and you should
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* @michelleinbklyn @nytimes great op ed on key q' of our time: When will life return to normal? No one knows, but most likely #COVID19 will be major health/econ dislocation,
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People who are incapable of addressing others very real concerns about Biden without dragging in the 'Well, would you rather have Trump?' defense have forgotten how poorly that worked to
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(Author unknown)This post is for my healthcare workers, docs, surgeons, Nurses, aids, and ems, but also support staff.There is no emergency in a pandemic You as a healthcare worker are
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ThreadTime to kick some asses.Whenever I write something, a bunch of hierarchical chimps get all offended because my powers of observation and my knowledge make them feel inferior.Well, they ARE
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Today in my Epi lecture my professor was saying how when the Ebola Outbreak happened, Americans were SO quick to judge People in Africa & their cultural customs (especially when
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How viruses got their names:1. COVID-19. This is the name of the disease not the virus. The viruse that causes it is SARS-CoV2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2). For
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