#Infected

❌SassyQ❌

SassyQ18

This >>> The Rules as of today: 1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.2. Masks are useless, but maybe

daniel falush

DanielFalush

Thread. The herd immunity mentality. I agree with Jeremy Farrar that UK might be on track for the largest COVID-19 death toll in Europe. I believe that this will also

Adriana Barton

AdrianaBarton

Large studies on schools this week have dramatically different conclusions. Ones that show little spread (@CDCgov’s) tend to rely on case counts. Studies using methods such as antibody tests find

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

1/ Interesting study on masks and #COVID19. Four patients with #COVID19 infections wearing surgical masks, cotton masks and no mask coughed onto a petri dish 20 cm from their mouth.

p.ramakoa

gedleyi

It’s been said before; SAs version of capitalism has always been overly comfortable with these kinds of life & death trade-offs. An attitude that can only be described as political

Courtney Milan 🦖

courtneymilan

This article mentions, off hand, that the study was run with an antibody test where the false positive rate is unknown.This seems to me to be a PRETTY BIG problem.https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1252331574215000067

Rebekah Gordon

RebekahGordon1

I really have had some good days recently, ones where I've had wonderful moments of joy & friendship & sunshine that overshadow symptoms, but I keep thinking about how there's

Andreas Backhaus

AndreasShrugged

1. What's wrong with the "Great Barrington Declaration"? It's lopsided, it's downplaying risks, it rests on wrong assumptions, and it has already failed the test of reality. It's a not-so-great

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/ I received a note the other day from an 18-year-old high school senior who's concerned and feels he may be getting depressed about the future. He asked, Will this

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Now this is a covid antibody test! Not only looks good on its face w/ 100% sensitivity (likelihood of seeing antibodies if they are there) & 99.8% specificity (not seeing

Lionel Page

page_eco

Important news for Australia:The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine estimates that R is already below 1, following the shutdown (right graph). It is much better than the numbers

Aditi Raja

aditijf

Authorities in Vadodara prohibit volunteers and police officials from distributing food to needy persons during #Covid19 lockdown to avoid transmission of virus. Officer on Special duty Vinod Rao says that

Stephen Gruppetta

S_Gruppetta

Modelling is dodgy, some say. But if we fit the real published data to it, using data to adjust model parameters, we increase confidence in the model, perhaps? THREAD full

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

I've made an important observation that strongly supports a pre-existing immunity based model for C19@MLevitt_NP2013 agreesThe strong correlation between winter travel patterns in this area that confer nationwide "Asian/Oceana Immu

Robert Gebeloff

gebeloffnyt

1) From county to county, urban/suburban/rural, across all age groups -- the race/ethnic disparity with coronavirus is pervasive. New story with @richoppel, @kkrebeccalai, @MitchKSmith and @NYT_Wright https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202

Rick Tyler-Still Right

rickwtyler

Many doubt (with good reason) Trump’s announcement that he has been infected with the Coronavirus. Here is why I believe him:There is almost no upside political advantage to being sick,