#Mortality

robert rosencrans

rfrosencrans

Trials claiming benefits of weight loss *actually* measure many effects of pleiotropic interventions (incl. weight loss). But we don't manipulate weight. No manipulation, no causality. It's scientifically irresponsible to confuse

Irene Petersen

i_petersen

@prieto_alhambra I was thinking about your request for #COVID19 data from UK. The issue seems to be that some of the info from UK has data missing NOT at random

Matt Butler

mjb302

This judgement is based on the likelihood that 1-2 in a 100 kids get infected. There is no statistical difference in mortality rates as number of fatalities in any scenario

Leora Horwitz

leorahorwitzmd

Now online @bmj_latest! #COVID19 outcomes & risks @nyulangone among 5,279 patients (2,741 hospitalized). Thread with details and some special twitter bonus content. @petrillimd @jones_prof @WhiteCoatLuke @Cerf_MD @Francois1Fritz https:/

James Watson

jwato_watson

A (longish) post-publication review of the most recent observational study in COVID19 patients treated with (hydroxy)chloroquine.This is retrospective analysis of an international registry with >96,000 hospitalised patients in 6 continen

JA

AitkenAdvisors

Per yesterday's NFSI to clients:‘The mortality began in Siena in May (1348). It was a cruel and horrible thing; and I do not know where to begin to tell of

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. Today’s antivax propaganda comes from a….vaccine manufacturer? Unfortunately, yes. The manufacturer of the Sputnik V vaccine is tweeting absolutely nonsense statistics in an effort to question the safety record

Sam Bowman

s8mb

It's depressing to watch this country repeat the mistakes it made in March, which will make mortality AND the economic impact worse.https://twitter.com/IronEconomist/status/1314539120505630722 Saving the economy vs lives is a false

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

One intriguing aspect about the #COVID19 pandemic is that we still have no good idea about the virus' Infection Fatality Rate (IFR), and we don't even seem to be making

Jim Al-Khalili

jimalkhalili

Some stats on the importance of accuracy of antibody tests for Coronavirus:1/7 Let us say that a test of whether you have had the Coronavirus, and have built up immunity,

Nida Qadir, MD

NidaQadirMD

The past few days have included a lot of thoughtful debate/discussion about #COVID19 and #ARDS, some snark (of which I too am guilty), and a hefty dose of HOW DARE

Alison Blunt

AlisonBlunt

1) The declaration reveals a lack of research that is puzzling to say the least. It's been meticulously researched for months by both the Citizen's Inquiries in Germany, the legal

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: we’ve updated our excess mortality tracker, the gold-standard measure for Covid deaths, allowing like-for-like comparisons btwn countriesUK had 50,000 more deaths than usual in March & April vs 27,000

Esther Choo MD MPH

choo_ek

Medicine continually fails to account for the historical racism and gender-based violence Black women have experienced.A THREAD. The Mothers of American Gynecology are known as Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey +

Femi

ojayfemi

Africans are angry and rightly so for attempts at vaccine trials.Those French scientists/racist havent helped either.However, when we cry, we still see, the same BCG vaccine that was talked about,is

Alex Kazemi

KazemiAlex

Thinking through how ICU admissions are affected by community case numbers, I looked at the COVID19 figures for Victoria, Aus (from https://www.covid19data.com.au/ ). With apologies for my data viz skills,