#Infections

Sami Jarrah سامي جراح

samijarrah

A year ago today, I sat with my dad in hospice as he died. I’m still reeling. His breathing stopped slowly, then he was gone. We didn’t deserve him, but

Sangxa

sangxa

“Acclaimed epidemiologist Prof Salim Abdool Karim will lead an investigation into the coronavirus outbreak at St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban.” “Netcare management yesterday moved swiftly to deny that medical staff

Atomsk's Sanakan

AtomsksSanakan

1/YMany criticized the article below co-authored by Jay Bhattacharya, who also co-wrote the Great Barrington Declaration.But I haven't seen a detailed explanation of why the article was wrong + dangerous.

IRLE UC Berkeley

IRLEUCB

As part of our mission to connect world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives, communities, and society, IRLE researchers are rapidly responding to the #covid19 crisis. Check out our

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

The "mink mutant virus" stories have focused too much on the mutations and not enough on the fact that we have a raging COVID-19 epidemic in mink. The decision by

Graham Neary

GrahamNeary

It has been requested that I do a simpler version of this thread, explaining why the modellers advising the Irish government are so amazingly wrong in their forecasts and in

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach

geophysichick

I recently found myself wondering what readers of Fox News are seeing about COVID-19, since I never see the kind of info there that I see on the NYT and

Andrew Lee

andrewleedr

So this week had the opportunity to talk with local care home managers (thanks @michellecarrin3 & @sarahfiori76 for the invite). Unsurprisingly they had concerns about risk of introducing COVID19 infection

Karen Sherman

karsherman

1/12: Does Rwanda Offer a Post #Pandemic Roadmap? My latest for @Africa_com on the lessons we can learn from Rwanda to build a better, safer, more just and equitable society

Peter English #FBPE

petermbenglish

A problem with privatisation of testing.Now that we are routinely testing lots of people - including care home staff and residents, and NHS staff - we are picking up positive

Kyle Lamb

kylamb8

Herd Immunity. I'm devoting this thread to it because it's a possible way out. There are a lot of Herd Immunity Threshold (HIT) deniers out there over theories that the

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros. #coronavirus https://www.pscp.tv/w/cV82xTI2MTAyMHwxUGxLUW1RYlhPWktFaRKRL5vJpO-_FdSWOFD_SM4Neb6sq0PgS6TbKlAKFxs= "Globally, nearly 1.5 million confirmed cases of #COVID19 have now been reported to WHO, a

Maryam

maryamful

Falana uncle was on dialysis for years and died from kidney failure. Falana aunty’s young son had sudden cardiac arrest and died from heart failure. Doctors reported covid cases. Doctors

vakibs

vakibs

"(Norway's prime minister) Solberg held a dedicated press conference where no adults were allowed. She responded to kids’ questions from across the country, taking time to explain why it was

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Although #COVID19 outbreaks in Quebec City, Sherbrooke and other regions have made the news in the last few days, fresh evidence is emerging of a potential resurgence in Montreal.

Abhinav Agarwal

AbhinavAgarwal

A crisis always bring out the asshattery in the asshat.Exhibit. Exhibit 2. Exhibit 3.(see the facts in the second screenshot) Exhibit 4.In his case, sirf naam hi kaafi hai. Exhibit