#Epidemiology

Kalain

KalainH

Today, the Ministry of Health did another dump of data via their press conference, and note that this data is from the Ministry of Health - the one providing the

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. I believe that if #SARSCoV2 is allowed to spread uncontrolled through an entire nation, it will be an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. Every possible measure should be taken to prevent

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

8/As you can see they have decided that for entirely political reasons that have ZERO to do with the science of how Covid spreads, they're going to tell the public

Sara Danner Dukic

saradannerdukic

YES, YES, YES. These governors (including my own; Dems and Republicans) have banded together to make rapid testing a reality. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-state-testing-compact/2020/08/04/8b73b

Christophe Fraser

ChristoPhraser

Discussions emphasising 'COVID19 is more serious than flu' will probably become moot in the coming days and weeks, and for many people already have, but in case you are engaged

Markku Peltonen

MarkkuPeltonen

Use of care and mortality due to corona in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia; data from yesterday 26.4. Read the whole thread. (English)Fig 1. Number of persons in

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

CDC's updated webpage on how COVID-19 is spread & prevention tips is now (almost) in line with science!(WHO please do the same!)(Hooray! only 10 months into epidemic & when Trump

JB Cantey, MD, MPH

InfectiousNeo

Well, it's been 3 months - let's check and see how we are doing with perinatal #COVID19. @EBNEO 1/xhttps://twitter.com/InfectiousNeo/status/1241387166045032451 Perinatal transmission: Absolutely. The rate looks like it's hoveri

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Recent estimates (including our analysis led by @timwrussell: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.12.2000256) have suggested 0.5–1% of COVID-19 infections may potentially be fatal overall. Some have interpreted this

Peter Tennant

PWGTennant

1/ THREAD ON FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING The debate around face-to-face teaching in UK #HigherEd escalated yesterday when @ucu warned it 'could spark a #Covid avalanche' and UK universities could be the

Dr Alexandra Phelan

alexandraphelan

Publicly available Victorian epidemiological data is currently insufficient. Transparency is critical for ensuring not only public health (enabling experts to review & conduct analyses) but also for accountability & good

Love Your Lungs

KingsResp

It’s the start of another week, and time for #MCQMonday! Are you ready...? #RespEd Here’s this week’s #MCQMonday info #SCE #RespEd 1/n Which one of the following is the single

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

We do not have to choose between lives & livelihoods when fighting #SARSCoV2 - through effective #TestTraceIsolate & suppression, we can allow *everyone* to take part in an open society.Join

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

Anish Mitra

AnishRMitra

1/ Interesting paper in @TheLancet from New York reporting the epidemiology and outcomes for critically ill COVID-19 patients: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2820%2931189-2.They did some inferential modeling to try

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Welp—because of Israel heat wave, "the govt exempted everyone from wearing masks for 4 days, & schools shut the windows (for AC). That decision proved disastrous." Led to school outbreaks.