#Infection

Michael Carmody

EmJaeCaer

So while the absolute hack of an excuse for AU journalism is going "OMG WORST NUMBERS EVAR", here's an attempt at a science based approach at why 400+ cases today

Ben Riley-Smith

benrileysmith

**THREAD**To see what’s really happening in New York hospitals battling Covid-19 we’ve talked to 10 frontline workers.Their stories reveal stark equipment shortages, fears for their safety and an unimaginable scale

Stefan Kertesz, MD

StefanKertesz

1/The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in homeless shelters differs by whether there has been a known “cluster” according to new data from @cdcgov My illustrations and thoughts follow (inspired by

Soumya

skarlamangla

the most stunning takeaway from LA's recent press briefings: officials estimated last week that 1 in 400 people in LA County were infectious with covid and not isolated. this week,

William D Warden

truthsayer1989

Each of us is a Noah's ark ride for the microbiome. When completely harmonized things go great. When outside influences kill off the good parts things go bad..https://youtu.be/YciV60j-PXQ Read that

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Unfortunately the misleading claims of those two doctors in Bakersfield keep making the rounds, so I want to very briefly address the problem with what they are saying. I won't

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

A thread on PCR testing and cycle thresholds. More details are available in the linked article: 1/11https://rationalground.com/why-mass-pcr-testing-of-the-healthy-and-asymptomatic-is-currently-counter-productive/ The problem is that current

Meredith Broussard

merbroussard

The big problem with the Apple/Google contact tracing tech: it measures proximity, not exposure. If you read the specs, the tech is designed to alert if you have spent 30+

Amine Korchi MD

AmineKorchiMD

Why most #radiology evidences about the use of CT during COVID19 pandemics are not clinically impactful (1/3):Radiology is just one aspect of patient management !Selection bias +++Blurry cohort descriptionRetrospective studiesEmergency

David Enrich

davidenrich

NEW: @DeutscheBank offered the Trump Org a break on payments on its loans tied to properties including the Doral golf resort.The Trump Org *rejected* the bank's offer as insufficient. with

Supriya Sharma

sharmasupriya

Very strong statement by three medical professionals associations on the Indian government's mishandling of the coronavirus epidemic.#Thread The signatories are members of the Indian Public Health Association, the Indian Association

Helen Ward

profhelenward

Thread 1/9First (pre-print) publication from our REACT study shows importance of community studies: * random community sample across England n=120,610* SARS-CoV-2 virus swab-positivity* mean prevalence 0.13% from 1 May to

Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.

wormmaps

So I just said on a press call: I think the most productive thing we can do is remove a dichotomy where it was either this one specific market or

Yub Raj Sedhai, MD

YubSedhai

My friends in #AcademicMedicine. I am from Nepal. You must have heard and read regarding the state of affairs of COVID in India. Nepal is headed in the same direction.

Foggy Anabasis

foggyanabasis

The problem with these mid-brow "we've always been at war with East Asia" takes is that some people have memory. After the 1920s, when the health establishment noticed that mask

IPPR

IPPR

Once again Covid-19 is running along racial linesToday a new report from IPPR and the @RunnymedeTrust sets out how the government should be respondingThread 1/7https://www.ippr.org/blog/ethnic-inequalities-in-covid-19-are-playing-out-again-