#Infections

Courtney Kallush

courtneykallush

@ALPublicHealth multiple studies show that kids rarely, if ever, transmit COVID-19. We should lift the mask mandate for elementary age children. Or at least once they are seated at their

Haresh Chawla

hchawlah

1/n Our human brains trick us. They find correlations & causation where it doesn't exist.We confuse flattening of the curve during Lockdown with the END of the crisis. Flattening via

Reid Wilson

PoliticsReid

States where #COVID19 cases have increased, week over week (Sunday to Sunday):AKAZARCTDEIDILINKYMEMDMAMIMNMSMTNENVNHNJNMNYNDOHPARISDUTVTVAWAWIWY(1/6) States where #COVID19 cases have declined 2+ weeks in a row:CADCFLGALATNWV(2/6) States rep

Brett Kelman

BrettKelman

Today I return to covering the coronavirus in Tennessee after a much-needed vacation. This thread is will recap major outbreak trends over the past 10 days or so, just in

Physics Geek

physicsgeek

Remember how the social distancing and shutdowns were designed to flatten the curve? And do you remember the purpose of the flattening? That's right: it was to prevent the number

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

THINK LIKE A SCIENCE JOURNALIST: I’ve been having many discussions recently about journalism and science journalism in this pandemic. One of my main points: Context is king, caveats are central.Few stories

Daily Mail U.K.

DailyMailUK

THREAD: The TRUTH about the claims scaring us all to death:Soaring infections, teeming hospital wards, and terrifying death rates... but do the numbers justifying crippling new lockdowns REALLY stand up

Tate Reeves

tatereeves

Let’s talk about herd immunity. I’ve listened to some people argue that the rapid spread of cases is a good thing, and we need to reach herd immunity in Mississippi

Lauren Caruba

LaurenCaruba

Wow, from reading this thread you’d think San Antonio was inflating its COVID case counts. That would be a big deal! Here’s what’s actually happening.https://twitter.com/steveeagar/status/1283575782175014916 Like PCR tests, antigen te

George Colgrove III ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Midnight Rider

colgrove11

This is what I accept as facts:• COVID 19 is a flu like virus that is rapid spreading - highly contagious.• C19 has minimal effects on 90% of people with

Health Nerd

GidMK

Lots of people are still comparing the COVID-19 death rate with influenza ("it's only as deadly as the flu!")This is very misleadingIf you compare apples to apples, COVID-19 is MUCH

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

Slovakia (pop 5.5M) is attempting a mass COVID-19 screening campaign using rapid antigen tests. The public health community is going to learn a lot. Here's what I'm looking for... 1/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22519165/coronavirus-in

Braindead Troglodyte who can ID cities by kkkop

MungenCakes

In OR the ratio of positive tests to number of tests has decreased for the second day in a row.RatioTests Positive5.4%1420767.1%1120804.2%1363573.9%124249Two more souls lost. Ratio Tests Positive5.4%

Mike Madrid

madrid_mike

THREAD @ProjectLincoln:@realDonaldTrump wants to convince us 130k Americans dead in 4 months is normal & that his failure is acceptable. This president was too incompetent to combat the virus, so

Connor Bamford

cggbamford

COVID numbers still looking bad across NI. Over last 2 weeks things certainly going the wrong way with little sign they're getting better. Increase is reflected in numbers and trends

Bruce Booth

LifeSciVC

The innate immune system is key for fighting viral infections, but can go overboard with CRS during severe disease. But dampening it early in an infection is probably not smart.