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lilactaeil

inhumane/terrible secret things the us gov has done to its own citizens: a thread let’s start off with the Tuskegee study which was backed by the US Public Health Service.

Meg Wingerter

MegWingerter

I've seen a claim making the rounds today that a Japanese study found incredibly high rates of COVID antibodies in a group of people where no one got seriously ill,

David R. Liu

davidrliu

As some communities begin to lift #COVID19 stay-at-home orders, let’s talk about #masks. There is extensive evidence that masks protect you, and thus protect those around you. For example, this

c0nc0rdance

c0nc0rdance

Oh boy. Do you guys remember when I tweeted about testing windows earlier today?Very relevant for this pre-print about false negative rates in SARS-CoV-2 testing!https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.20053355v1.full.pdf The authors repor

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

One intriguing aspect about the #COVID19 pandemic is that we still have no good idea about the virus' Infection Fatality Rate (IFR), and we don't even seem to be making

Jodi McKay

JodiMcKayMP

The Ruby Princess is Gladys Berejiklian’s ship of shame. More than 440 infected passengers, 5 deaths and 1000 crew now marooned offshore - and the seriously sick being smuggled in

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

Two preprints recently make an important point: for any infection, including COVID-19, it is possible that herd immunity can be accomplished with more than 1/R0 of the population still susceptible.

Adnan Rasheed

adnanCad

A france returned lady has infected atleast 15 of her family members with #COVID19 in Village Kalyam Awan Rawalpindi, there are reports that she has attended a wedding and met

Son of Baldwin (Robert Jones, Jr.)

SonofBaldwin

Want to know why COVID-19 is ravaging New York?NYC continues to run public transit because many essential employees have no other way to get to work.Public transit is running fewer

Laura Kuenssberg

bbclaurak

No 10 says Starmer 'inaccurately + selectively' quoted the March 12th guidance - see it in full for yourself here -https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19/guidance-

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

jidesanwoolu

Dear Lagosians, even as we observe the lockdown, we are kicking off #MaskUpLagos; the COMPULSORY wearing of face masks in LagosFace masks help to protect us from droplets and secretions

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

soonergrunt 🇺🇸

soonergrunt

Governor of UT about to address the state. Declared state of emergency, used the EBS to break into TV to announce this. Infections growing at "alarming rate"Hospitals are at or

GamerDoc

GamerDoc_

Why are covid numbers surging despite rising vaccinations? Pandemic fatigue, new variants, and false sense of security. Let's tackle each one, shall we? The pandemic is not over.THE PANDEMIC IS

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

Imagine you're running a small company, currently furloughed.And with 12 hours notice, on Sunday night, you have to order, receive, and install procedures and equipment for social distancing at work

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

THREAD (1/20) in which I present evidence for the continuation of school closures.Summary: children can infect others; some children experience severe disease; re-opening #schools is potentially high-risk for the community.