#InfectiousDisease

@LiciaCorbella "Dr. Vipond, with Masks4Canada,(states) that indoor service in bars and restaurants should be curtailed until COVID-19 #s come down. Obviously, the science doesn’t indicate that such a drastic measure
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(1/ )Summaries of the average high impact trial by field:#EBM #medtwitter #epitwitter #FOAMed#Cardiology:We enrolled the entire population of Europe in a trial to detect a composite endpoint occurring in 3%
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GOOD NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT (even during a #pandemic): 3wks ago my article on the current #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC was OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED in the @UofMNLawSchool @MJILOnline Vol.29!1/9http://minnjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Sell_v29_i1_pg187-227
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1/ When Trump announced that children are "practically invulnerable" to COVID he engaged in a calculated lie. To the contrary, children do contract COVID in large numbers; they do suffer
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What a great way to start out #ClimateFriday - with resources for #health professionals taking action on #ClimateChange!https://twitter.com/AGUSciPolicy/status/1253409615145914369 Sticking with the theme of #ClimateChange and #Health...ICYMI: On #Ear
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1/ When Trump announced that children are "almost immune" to COVID he engaged in a calculated lie. To the contrary, children do contract COVID in large numbers; they do suffer
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on our new #OA pub When #Separation is not the Answer: #Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants affected by #COVID19 in @mcnjournal w @DrKarleenG @AunPalmquist Mija Ververs & @GYNOBioethicist @JHUNursing 1/nhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi
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Throughout the pandemic, there have been opposing views on this issue. So... Coronavirus, is it “a type of flu” or not? Was it right to assume at start of the
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SWEDEN UPDATE—Sweden registered 752 new #COVID19 cases on Thursday, highest daily rise since June, the latest in a steady rise in infections in recent weeks. Where is that
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(1/n) Saw this letter in @NEJM…also covered by journalists. Concurrent vs non-concurrent controls is a complex issue in platform trials. This is a tweetorial on these issues, and a comment
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Social media came unglued the last few days because apparently people want to hear more from "America's Frontline Doctors" So I have some perspective for youTHREAD I've heard more in
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Happening RIGHT NOW!We'll be live tweeting the highlights of this talk. #COVID19 #DataScience 1/https://twitter.com/SigmaXiSociety/status/1319005860232941569 Infectious disease modeling? Translates assumptions into quantitative estimate
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Cardiology thread:In heart pts, flu can cause heart attacks/worsen heart failure/predispose to pneumonia. #COVID19 may be no different. Heart pts are more likely to have severe Covid infection than others,
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There is a very dangerous conversation going on suggesting that the path to beating COVID is through herd immunity. This is massively dangerous, and will lead to the death of
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On March 19, FDA's Commissioner Stephen Hahn announced that FSA is considerinf Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85522 DGFT had restrictions on export of paracetamol and vitamins B1, B6 and B12,
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Hi #MedTwitter! I helped @UCSD_ARC work on a statement in support of #WaiveTheMCAT, but before that post drops here's a thread of some relevant sources we used. We are
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