#Infections

Micheal OLainn

micheal_olainn

#Covid19 so little is actually known in scientific terms about Covid19 in terms of the fatality rate, the virulence, the infectivity, why different infected people have such different outcomes, the

Vidya

VidyaKrishnan

239 deaths. 6500+ infections. Origins of MP govt cluster not traced (because they are not Muslims I guess)Here's what happened in today's briefing. PSS, Home Affairs: health workers to get

Matt Usselmann

rad_econ

When can we get UK out of lock-down?It is a political question.Currently we have about 5,000 new infections and 1,000 deaths a day.Once we have ~20 new infections and ~5

Steven Riley

SRileyIDD

We seem to be at a crossroads in our COVID response in England. It's different to March. Everyone understands the implications of social distancing and also of higher prevalence of

Dr Godfrey Gandawa

DrGGandawa

1/6 The lockdown in Zimbabwe is on course to fail for a number of reasons. This is unsurprising because, from the beginning, govt misunderstood the mechanics of a lockdown which

Alicia Dennis MAKE WORKPLACES SAFE FOR #HCW

AliciaTDennis

Healthcare worker infections3rd Aug #COVID19vic #HCW3 Graphs Showing Ongoing Worrying Trends in Victoria 1. Cumulative and new cases in healthcare workers3241 cumulative cases35 new casesHow many have been/are hospitalised, in

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is analyzing damage due to COVID and projecting further severe consequences if current policies persist. They state “despite involving short term economic costs, lockdowns may

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Sometimes it’s useful to revisit basic concepts. We appear to have forgotten that immunity after viral infection is the rule, not the exception. “In this chapter, we highlight the principal

Stefan Marciniak 💙

Prof_Marciniak

There has been debate as to whether the B.1.1.7 variant (first found in Kent) is ‘just’ more transmissible or if it also causes more severe illness This paper adresses this

James Ward

JamesWard73

I found some time over the weekend for a quick model update, with all the latest data on vaccine supply, take-up and effectiveness. The net result: no change to my

Coronavirus Updates - Alexander Higgins

kr3at

A flawed #coronavirus antibody study in Santa Clara California estimates:1. Infections are under-reported 50 to 85-fold2. 2.49% to 4.16% of the population is infected3. The #covid19 death rate is 0.12-0.2%:Here's

Cybergibbons

cybergibbons

Classic case of misleading graphics without source.Title: "Traceable infections outside the home".Let's see where it comes from. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9

🇨🇦 Bill Comeau Crush the Curve 📉

Billius27

There's an important #vaccine threshold you may not be aware of. This thread will give you a primer on "Critical Vaccine Coverage". Call it CVC.CVC is the coverage needed to

Jarrott Heath 🇺🇸

JarrottHeath

1/ The following is a recreation of a #COVIDー19 tracking chart that was presented to me this week by a major bank. It is common to what is shown repeatedly

Nicholas Watt

nicholaswatt

Break: I am told that a very tense meeting of the executive of the Conservative backbench committee 1922 has just concluded. Every Tory MP at the meeting and every MP

Jenny B. 🇸🇪 #UsforThem

jblovatt

1/7 Prof Heneghan to Govt Science & Technology Committee, 17/9: 'For acute respiratory pathogens there are more people with other infections on board than Covid. One of the key things