#Epidemiology

Edith Mirante

EdithMirante

1. This History Thread is about epidemics & pandemics + significant disease outbreaks in Burma (Myanmar.) Historical epidemiology incl. plague, smallpox, cholera, HIV/AIDS, influenza. Malaria not included as more endemic

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Reality - especially epidemiology - has a distinct leftist bias, which almost makes you feel sorry for right-wing ideologues like @mayoroflasvegas Carolyn Goodman, who says that every business in town

Josh - Data Analyst in Nashville

ifihadastick

Since the Task Force, specifically @alexjahangir has decided to pick outlier anecdotes and obscure statistics with no context in order to advocate for continued closure of schools (all while his

CryptoNephilim

cryptonephilim

Health officials from China, Korea, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Bahrain, Turkey, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, Cuba, Italy, and 65 scientific studies have shown hydroxychloroquine is effective

Nelly Tells

NellyTells

Is lockdown justified? The question is, is this really a once in a lifetime event? World flu deaths on average are estimated at 389,000 & we are currently at 134,682

ETM Analytics

etmanalytics

Read our 1-page position paper for ending #lockdown in SA. Repeal unworkable distinction between essential/non-essential. Limit high-risk activity, not specific biz/sectors. Allow firms to innovate for safe operation. End special

Anderson Brito

AndersonBrito_

Quando a pandemia chegou na costa leste dos EUA, nosso grupo na @YaleSPH passou a sequenciar genomas do coronavírus, e a divulgar os resultados semanalmente no http://COVIDTrackerCT.com → https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/arti

Alex Washburne

Alex_Washburne

Our COVID intervention was a syndicalistic tyranny of the minority.A union of academic epidemiologists who could work from home drove our entire country’s response without interfacing with other sectors and

Nelly Tells

NellyTells

Let's have a chat about excess deaths...You'll notice in many reports that people are trying to use excess deaths statistics to suggest that lockdown has been justified, that covid was

Aliens in the Family

TheFamilyAliens

San Francisco reported 730 overdose deaths last year, on a population of around 800k. Nearly one in a thousand known to be dead from drug overdoses. That makes Covid look

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/It's time for:Coronavirus Tweets From the Experts, 7/8/2020https://twitter.com/i/lists/1240728073114234880 2/There's a huge tangle of sometimes conflicting information about coronavirus. How can we make sense of it?Read this Andy

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Taking stock of COVID in October - for followers, in particular journalists. My scope is broadly across Europe, with a particular focus in the UK. Context: I am an expert

Dave Ederer 🦔

DaveEderer

Vision Zero and Safe Systems are public health policy. John Snow's map of cholera cases in London is one of the 1st examples of modern epidemiology.Civil engineers ended that outbreak,

CulturalHusbandry

APhilosophae

In February of 2010 Forbes published an article in the Workd Health Org falsifying the level of concern related to Swine Flu. The title was "WHY THE WHO FAKED A

Dr. Theresa Chapple

Theresa_Chapple

I cleared my schedule to watch ACIP discuss the J&J vaccine. I'll try to live tweet important portions for those who didn't take the day off.https://www.ustream.tv/channel/VWBXKBR8af4 Interesting comparison slide between

Kendra

KendraAKTX

One thing that incinerates my nerves about the whole Kriner’s Diner et al. actively defying emergency orders during a pandemic by staying open is that they call it “a form