#Epidemiologist

James Cameron

Tankslider

COVID-19 Why we are right to be scared, and what we can do about it. A thread. Who the hell am I? I’m a former Army officer who runs a

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Since Quebec unveiled a preliminary plan in June to reopen schools this September, the government has not updated it, causing anxiety among parents and teachers as the number of

Andy Kenney

AndyKnny

Jared Polis opens up today's press conference with praise for the Broncos and their philanthropy. He was wearing a Broncos mask. 449 deaths in Colorado. But hospital bed use is

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 181Today marks a half-year of Covid. We’re increasingly told that "it’s vital that we remain vigilant.” But what exactly does that mean?So today: how to

Allen Cheng

peripatetical

About how the Australian COVIDSafe app helps with contact tracing. A thread. This is from the perspective of an epidemiologist - I don't have any expertise on the technical or

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

So tired of this daily briefing. @MattHancock says we weren't able to get reagents and tests in time because we don't have a diagnostic industry unlike Germany which has Roche.

Peter B. Bach, MD

peterbachmd

In @TheLancet - study today compares outcomes for Covid patients who got usual care or chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine with or without a macrolide antibiotic (e.g. azithromycin). Main finding - these treatments appear

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Breaking—not only is Hope Hicks #COVID19 positive, but it was known Wednesday night, and she TRAVELED on Air Force 1 Wednesday night.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/elections/hope-hicks-coronavirus.html 2) As an epidemiologist, I ha

ObserveAndRetort

AndRetort

1) AN IMPORTANT THREAD:Who will govern you? Will it be...A) an unelected elite American "Deep State";B) an unelected elite GLOBAL "Deep State";orC) a government OF the people, BY the people,

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

The article explaining the calculations is here2/https://www.ft.com/content/67e6a4ee-3d05-43bc-ba03-e239799fa6ab The methods are simple and involve no forecasting of how the Covid-19 pandemic will progress. It is just an updating model - taking

Sabina Vohra-Miller

SabiVM

As a non-epidemiologist, this was perhaps the most enlightening article I’ve read on SARS-CoV-2 by @zeynep (h/t: @malia_ailam)I will summarize the article and highlight key points down :https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k

Raj Mehta, MD

raj_mehta

1/ Thread on evaluating benefits vs harms of masks for infectious diseases & #covid19. orWhy i think the claim that masks have equal probability of causing harm & benefit is

WhiskeyDelta6

Delta6Whiskey

1/We have some incredibly talented, world class specialists in Canada; as good as they come. We also have some incredible M.D’s. Unfortunately governments across the country resort to what I

Tammi Gaw

tammigaw

Gather round the campfire kiddos, we're going to have us a wee chat about why this tweet is very important, and not being discussed nearly enough. 1/xhttps://twitter.com/BobbyMadden20/status/1300867125242978304 First, the obvious:

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

NEW: The excess UK deaths linked to coronavirus are likely to be around41,000as of yesterday, not the 17,337 of the hospital deaths announcementsHere is the explanation for that estimate, which

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NEW: Chilling video of El Paso jail inmates hired to move bodies of #COVID19 deceased patients into mobile overflow morgues. Inmates wear full PPEs & paid $2/hour. They’ve been doing