#Infections

Bjorn Lomborg

BjornLomborg

Economic analysis from @ThunstromLinda and colleagues shows the benefits of social distancing outweigh the economic costs by $5.2 trillion(Paper available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561934)https://thehill.com/policy/fi

Thomas House | 托马斯豪斯 | توماس هاوس

TAH_Sci

So HK is proposing reduced quarantine for the vaccinated. The issue is that vaccination is not that dissimilar to natural immunity: partial and temporary, but massively reducing severity. The immune

Jed

TheJedReport

Wow, Georgia’s playing some sick games with data. https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-reportThey have a guide to help you “Understand the Data” but that almost makes it worse because they admit their numbers are

Borghert Jan Borghmans

StripyMoggie

The people: We want tests! Labs: Here is a quick explainer: to test a patient you need a swab. There is a global shortage of swabs. The swab goes to

A.M.

bhalomanush

Depending on which numbers you look at (infections or deaths), these lag 2-3 weeks, and up to 4 weeks. It takes time for these measures to take effect. April was

Andrea L. Pino-Silva

andreactually

I don’t really know how to be articulate about this yet, since I am very much living it, but I have to talk about the impact lack of consent in

Paul Gross

PGLocal4

1/ This is an important thread that I pray goes viral...everybody needs to see this. I am part of a television newsroom. In our environment, we work close together. We

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

COVID mythbusting: Part 3Myth: Coronavirus is airborne. Wrong: It’s a droplet infection, requiring close contact. The NEJM article only hinted at the virus’ ability to be aerosolized in a lab.

James Wilson

jamewils

My blog post in #MinistryofFacts is here.ARE WE TESTING INTELLIGENTLY?Now after analysing the present trend, my analysis show that Indian may cross 80,000 infections by 15th May and 1,00,000 infections

Thomas Daigle

thomasdaigle

I'm going to go on a rant because I keep seeing the same misconceptions reported about Canada's COVID Alert app. Constantly framing the story around privacy concerns only begets privacy

Team Meatball

JayPrimetown

April 1, 2020 Coronavirus Update: Total new cases today: 76,870. This is 1,400+ new cases more than yesterday's total of 75,473Total new deaths: 4,843 (Yesterday's total 4,341)Total deaths overall: 47,192

Amphibious Rodent

inthecitylimits

Here is the problem with policy debates, even within conservative circles. Weeks ago some of us tried to tell people that growth rates of covid19 infections were slowing down, that

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

A couple of observations about the apparent slowdown in the pace of infection in Italy, Spain and New York - all hot spots. 1) Terrific - our behavior matters -

T.D. Jakes

BishopJakes

As you know, the death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise steadily and is approaching the 100,000 mark nationally. Many communities are also reporting an increase in the number

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Ok, was trying to stay off Twitter until Saturday but this question of children masking outdoors (in camps, etc.) keeps coming up. Let's discuss #outdoortransmission. Viral particles disperse quickly in

John Graves

johngraves9

+1,800 cases in Tennessee today merits some observations about what I’m seeing in the data. What follows are some loosely organized thoughts on where we are. 1. The narrative that