#Epidemiology

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

Tony Fauci says the US death toll is ‘going to be very disturbing’, even when you consider the 120k+ lives lost already. He’s right. I would optimistically estimate that the

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

One problem with using #COVID19 trajectories to work out where we may be heading is question marks over the data - something illustrated brilliantly by this chart via @AlexSelbyB. Official

Kristen K. Coleman

drkristenkc

What happens when your "high standard of proof" is so high that it cannot be reached in a reasonable amount of time before implementing common sense infection prevention strategies for

Farzad Mostashari

Farzad_MD

1/ This week we may have seen the deployment of a new tool in the public health armamentarium, and it didn't get a lot of attention. It's a good example

Eric Lofgren

GermsAndNumbers

One modeler’s thoughts on the UIUC thing. Because while there are some valid criticisms to be had here, I think there’s also some unfair aspects running around #epitwitter .So here

The Notorious EEG (M. Scott Perry MD)

TheNotoriousEEG

1) So often, people with #epilepsy are given a rescue medication (ie rectal diazepam or nasal midazolam/diazepam) for #seizures and the instructions are to give after minutes. Why do

Margaret Thornton, Ph.D.

MaggieEThornton

I've noticed a few folks concerned that the study demonstrating COVID spread and deaths as a result of schools reopening in Texas isn't peer reviewed, and I think that's a

Helmi Zakariah, MD MPH

mohdhelmi

CMCO - of CLUSTERS, MITIGATION, CONTAINMENT and OBSERVATIONThere's a loss of context when we treat cases numbers like a scoreboard. For numbers to be comparable, it must be standardized by

Maarten van Smeden

MaartenvSmeden

Let's talk about the "risk factors" for COVID-19 for a moment1/n We talk about risk factors all the time. Not just in the medical scientific literature: you will find risk

Clare Sammells

csammells

Ok, I’m an anthropologist who teaches a class about zombies, so everyone wants my hot take on the COVID-19 pandemic and the undead, right? 1/22 In contemporary zombie movies where

Nathan Tankus

NathanTankus

I really appreciate this very, very generous profile from @petercoy but I do want to disagree with the headline, which is reinforced by the article. I do have a credential-

nicoo

mojicanicotinic

How to become a Veterinarian?a thread: i will not mention all the pre- veterinary courses this thread mostly consists of proper subjects a list of courses with sub courses within

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

It's time for another quick update on paediatric #COVID19 evidence!Most new information is about transmission so we'll focus on that for now. It's pretty interesting!Lets take a look...#FOAMed #tweetorial 1/9

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

ProfDFrancis

My advice for the general public?DO NOT WORRY ABOUT HEART DAMAGE FROM COVID."If you as a member of the public are searching the internet for scientific data on heart damage,

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

Thread (1/12) in which I present evidence for school closures to prevent the spread of #COVID19.Summary: children are at risk of both infection and severe disease; school closures saved lives

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/Medical Experts said covid-19 meant we must close businesses, cancel weddings, cancel church, miss funerals and stay home.Most of us, through tears and broken hearts, listened.The same experts then gave