#Infections

Philipp Koellinger

PKoellinger

1/4 Interesting: A wet lab study from Germany suggests that some degree of limited background immunity against #COVID19 may exist in the population (~1/3 of their healthy donor sample) due

BHIVA

BritishHIVAssoc

@PHE_uk have published the STI and chlamydia screening report for England in 2019. So what are the highlights? (Thread) Rising:There were 468,342 STI diagnoses in England in 2019, a 5%

Coronavirus Plushie

CoronavirusPlu2

Prof. @carlheneghan explains the PCR test. A positive test, in an asymptomatic person, doesn't tell you if they have an active infection, or if they had it two months ago.

Robert Rutledge

rerutled

Rural America has particular risks to coronavirus - in the way they respond (or, don't respond) to what is happening outside their own communities. It's a place where ignoring the

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Slaoui, speaking to @jaketapper, lays out an aggressive vaccination timelineIf he's right, we'll see virus spread starting to slow from growing population immunity by end of January into FebruaryAnd much

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

This is a huge mischaracterization of the arguments being made by every economist I know"Epidemiologists are insisting that we must take all necessary steps to control the spread of Covid-19.

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

1/ Important Thread: COVID and ChildrenChildren are more likely to beat COVID than adults.Plus the what, why, and how of careful schools re-opening.If you like to self study, read article

Tracy Beanz

tracybeanz

Could CDC Data Prove COVID-19 Infections in November 2019? https://uncoverdc.com/2020/04/05/could-cdc-data-prove-covid-19-infections-in-november-2019/ via @tracybeanz CDC Data supports theory of much earlier COVID infection than has been reported.Dat

Brexitshambles

brexit_sham

SAGE member Prof John Edmunds speaks out.THREAD 1/7:'It's risky... there's not a lot of room for maneuver.. small changes can put the R number above 1. More importantly we still

Dr Ronan Boland

boland_ronan

This is very concerning. There are 60-70 new infections amongst HCWs being confirmed every day, few of them likely to be have been associated with travel. Now almost 200 nurses

WEAR A DAMNED MASK, IF DON'T HAVE ONE, MAKE ONE!!

luis_a_espinal

1/ Re-tweeting. We went from 18K to 30K #COVID19 fatalities in 5 days (in line with my prediction from 3 days ago, that we will hit 40K soon.)Expect 60K in

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

To understand what's happening with COVID, you can't look at total numbers anymore. New York State, with the highest numbers of infections, has aggressively worked to flatten the curve and

CovidSenseBloke

CovidSenseBloke

Nearly a month after my tweets about infection rates AFTER countries mandated mask wearing gained some attention, perhaps it's time for an update.Some countries have strengthened their use, such as

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

We have new mortality data for the US. What it shows is very interesting. To start with, here's the raw data. Note the little bump in the last week with

Tory Fibs

ToryFibs

Thread.Please pass this thread to any person who continues to deny that schools are driving coronavirus infections. Public Health England yesterday revealed that educational settings were the largest source of

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

New @TheLancet study on Oxford Adenovirus vaccine out and is indeed good newsFirst, its an early phase trial -- assessing both safety and efficacyRandomized -- about 500 folks in each