#Infections

Motoko Rich

motokorich

1/ In declaring a state of emergency in 7 prefectures in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was optimistic, saying that by asking citizens to significantly reduce human-to-human contact, “the expansion

Mhairi Hunter

MhairiHunter

Re this Nike conference story, we are to assume that - had Scotgov announced there was a cluster of infections associated with a particular conference - the media and opposition

Ben Braun

BraunMath

It is interesting to compare the @IMHE_UW model with the https://gleamproject.org/covid-19# model. For example, both predict that with strong social distancing, around 50k US deaths by April 30. However, the

Martin Austermuhle

maustermuhle

.@MayorBowser's daily coronavirus briefing has started. Follow along for updates. Some members of the D.C. Council are there in person (@ChmnMendelson, @VinceGrayWard7), while others are joining via video. Bowser says

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

I wrote about the difference between an "apex" and a "plateau" last week, as the data from Italy were encouraging but also being misframed by the White House, and many

NotImpressed #FBPE 🎪 #SardinesUK

randombigbird

1. On the exit strategy. A number of European countries have been working on easing lockdown, how to do it and timelines.Europe prepares to ease coronavirus lockdowns https://www.ft.com/content/1fa5ae87-b3b6-4708-b9c5-58d2077b8d95 via @financialtimes

Jen Roesch

JenRoesch

@NYCMayor says it's safe to open school. However, the modeling projections developed by Columbia's School of Public Health in order to advise NYC on school & Phase 4 reopening plans

SwiftOnSecurity

SwiftOnSecurity

One of the most important qualities in population buy-in to any kind of security is empowerment. That expertise is important, but distillable to protect from 99% of infections.And just like

Spencer Wilson

Spencer_WNews

Let’s talk COVID-19 in El Paso County:These two photos should worry you. Yes the little dial is at blue right now, but it was in talks to change to yellow,

V. Cheianov, Esq.

cheianov

Why did this happen? The main reason is the strongly asymmetric infections peak. While the maximum occurs on March 23, all of its weight lies to the left of the

Christian Althaus

C_Althaus

New preprint with @skepteis, @AnthonyHauser5 and @JulRiou where we investigate counterfactual scenarios of an earlier and later implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) against #SARSCoV2 in Switzerland @ISPMBern @unibern (1

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

1/7 Lots of folks trying to understand sensitivity and specificity. Maybe the most important concept to understand right now is that of POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE.Given a test result is positive,

Bojan Pancevski

bopanc

Poorer Eastern European Nations Could Teach the West a Lesson on #Coronavirus: In Eastern and Central Europe, infections have largely been kept under control and governments are starting to loosen

ᶜᴹ hates school

kiwiscth

a very long thread about how my hearing is fucked and what the doctors think caused it so to start off i still pay regular visits to the doctor because

David Fisman

DFisman

I strongly recommend that parents and teachers read the statement on kids and covid by German and Swiss virologists, and the thread by Dr. Eckerle below. https://www.g-f-v.org/node/1326 .https://twitter.com/EckerleIsabella/status/12978

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

NEW PERSPECTIVE PIECE: masks can be leaky but even when they don't catch all the virus, it appears that they catch enough of it to only cause mild disease. Can