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Monica H Green
monicaMedHist
Okay, since @KevinMKruse now seems to have given his imprimatur to this piece in the @washingtonpost today about #nCoV2019 & past plagues, it seems time for a mini-thread about #medhist
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Samuel V. Scarpino #BlackLivesMatter
svscarpino
The intensity of #COVID19 epidemics is heavily influenced by population structure. Our new paper analyzing high-resolution case, population, & mobility data from China and Italy is out today in @NatureMedicine.
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Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦
AntibioticDoc
So herd immunity debate continues to rage and occasionally I am asked my opinion. To start out, we can frame the discussion a bit. 1) "herd immunity" from natural SARS-CoV-2
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Dr. Melissa Dunphy
mormolyke
Off-topic, but in recent weeks I've been reminded of a fascinating lecture I once attended by someone who was multilingual about the ways we talk about illness in different languages—English
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APHA EndPoliceViolence
endpolviolence
On the "Criminalization Lessons from HIV to COVID19" webinar, @trevorhoppe details the ways in which epidemics have historically been used to target & police specific populations based on racism, classism,
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Gregg Gonsalves
gregggonsalves
Dear @MartinKulldorff. 1. Few I know are arguing for massive, total lockdowns of society. 2. It's convenient to use this idea as a straw man, but it doesn't reflect anything
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A.M.
bhalomanush
Pathogens loom large in the life of anyone who has spent time in the developing world. Measures are taken every day to avoid bad water and vectors. I woke up
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Alex Berenson
AlexBerenson
Let's review: 1/ We have very little idea what positive tests mean (we're over 300,000, but they rise more or less linearly with the number we conduct - does that
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Question Portland
QuestionPDX
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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Faith Kuzma
faithkuz
Dr. Samuel Paul Veissière, that "ROGD appears to be "scripted" is also telling. Medical anthropologists describe the process of outsourcing negative feelings to cultural narratives and systems of beliefs as
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Matt Ridley
mattwridley
The @WHO failed to prepare the world for a pandemic, spending the years since the Sars and ebola alarms talking more about climate change, obesity and tobacco: http://rationaloptimist.com/blog/who-must-answer It gives
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Gregg Gonsalves
gregggonsalves
So, as a new round of #COVID19 sweeps the US, we should realize people didn't need stay-at-home orders to change their behaviors, much as gay men didn't need official HIV
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Disclose.tv 🚨
disclosetv
BREAKING - Researchers suspect a **protective effect** of nicotine on #COVID19. This assumption is based on the low number of smokers among coronavirus patients - worldwide the rate is only
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Scott Gottlieb, MD
ScottGottliebMD
THREAD: One piece of non-scientific evidence that would nonetheless inform discussion on hydroxychloroquine in the proposed treatment of #COVID19 would be a survey on how widely it was already being
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Irene Gentle
IreneGentle
Thread: Can we talk about messaging amid a pandemic? It should be clear and consistent. Has ours been clear and consistent in Canada? It has not, not everywhere. Does it
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Dr. Cecília Tomori
DrTomori
on our new #OA pub When #Separation is not the Answer: #Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants affected by #COVID19 in @mcnjournal w @DrKarleenG @AunPalmquist Mija Ververs & @GYNOBioethicist @JHUNursing 1/nhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi
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