#Mortality

Machine Pun Kelly

KellyScaletta

Let's talk about the death rate for COVID-19 and how people need to slow their roll before saying it's not that bad.First, we know for a fact it is that

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

I finished reading the Remdesivir trialIf you want my thoughts you will have to read this thread[Thread] The issue of outcome switching is laid to restIt is a non-issue Folks

Molly Knight

molly_knight

NEWS: Of the 5603 MLB employees who were tested for Covid-19 antibodies, 0.7% were positive:https://theathletic.com/1763139/2020/05/10/covid-19-antibody-study-of-mlb-employees-finds-that-7-percent-have-had-the-virus/ Anaheim and the two New York team

Aaron Paquette

aaronpaquette

“But the vaccine didn’t arrive fast enough to mask our failures” “Yes, I said mask. But you know, do your own research on masks” “We found closing classrooms helped slow

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

When I entered med. school (no docs in fam), I assumed:1 Med education would primarily train me to be a doc2 Cancer screening is an unalloyed good3 When docs recommend

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

I’ve not yet seen report on whether Trump has received dexamethasone (steroids); we know he already got remdesivir (antiviral) & “cocktail” of monoclonal antibodies. But steroids, the only drugs proven

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FireOfColossus

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀:𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲.Modernity has granted us with plenty of opportunities;Opportunities that permeate the horizon with

Jake Tapper

jaketapper

Statement of Dr. Rick Bright: “Yesterday, I was removed from my positions as the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Alvin C. Jacobs Jr.

acjphoto

People are so ready to get back to life forgetting that in 1918 the second wave of the Spanish Flu reportedly killed 20-50 million. The first wave only killed 3-5

Tania

Tania_is_the_

How to know transwomen are not women: they aren’t concerned with expanding women’s healthcare and birth control coverage for women, they don’t prioritize protecting children (they want to live through

David States

statesdj

That 1 in 5 New York City residents has already been infected with SARSCOV2 is a very dark cloud, but there may be a silver lining. It has to do

Leopoldo Fergusson

LeopoldoTweets

I am thrilled to share our work on #population growth and #conflict with @NarrowCorridor (@DrDaronAcemoglu) and @baselinescene. It is forthcoming at @RevEconStud!Here: a piece at @vox_dev, the abstract, and a

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

An update from ground level across the UK NHS. Things are very different to March. UK COVID-19 projections continue to look more like a ‘slow burn’ than a second wave.

James Downs

jamesldowns

So tired of the widely-held view that anorexia (AN) is more serious than other #eatingdisorders (EDs). In my experience it's not - bulimia (BN) has been far more difficult even

Brendon Neuen

brendonneuen

Almost all guidelines recommend SGLT2i as 2nd line in T2DM & CKD/HF if not achieving glucose control on metforminBut should “metformin 1st for all” be revisited given the latest trial

Rafael Fonseca MD

Rfonsi1

*** COVID19 and males***Is infection with SARS-CoV-2 more virulent among males, and if so why? Can we do anything about it, or use this information for treatment purposes. This thread