#TheLancet

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

1/ #TestTraceIsolate is undoubtedly essential to rein in COVID from a 'top-down' public health perspectiveStopping epidemics though requires responses from 'bottom up' too From HIV, Ebola & Zika, 'behavior changes'

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

Karl Friston's model suggests that LSHTM/Imperial/Academy of Medical Sciences projections of numbers of deaths in a second wave are way too high. But a functioning ‘find, test, trace, isolate, support

Le Doc

Le___Doc

COMME PAR HASARD, au moment où l'on va rouvrir les écoles, on nous dit qu'en fait les mômes ne sont pas les vecteurs sournois qu'on nous a présenté. Tout ça

Dr Gaetan Burgio, MD, PhD.

GaetanBurgio

This is a result that many hoped. Today the @NEJM published a small cohort study on the compassionate use of Remdesivir for severe #COVID19 patients in ICU under mechanical ventilation

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

It's time for another quick update on paediatric #COVID19 evidence!Most new information is about transmission so we'll focus on that for now. It's pretty interesting!Lets take a look...#FOAMed #tweetorial 1/9

Colin Davis

ProfColinDavis

Toby Young and Carl Heneghan and other “lockdown sceptics” have been making strong claims about how they can show lockdown has had no impact on the epidemic, based on simple

Jin Russell

DrJinRussell

There is a concerning amount of misinformation on social media at present, but what is most concerning is seeing easily correctable misinformation spread by overseas commentators about New Zealand’s successful

Amir Attaran

profamirattaran

I’ve worked with @WHO many times and have no doubt they bent to China. But this isn’t remarkable, and it isn’t because China is a giant. Worse, it is because

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

I remember when we stopped calling police weapons "nonlethal" and switched to "less lethal" - I thought it was a victory for anti-authoritarian realism, ditching a polite euphemism for a

Amy 🦓

skepticalzebra

THREAD: Lancet comment on eliminationSo, ICYMI there's a Lancet comment piece doing the rounds, shared by several prominent proponents of Zero Covid, comparing countries that opted for elimination, to those

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Also people asking me about this @nytimes article about Dr. Limeng Yan, Steve Bannon & Miles Guo. My stance has not changed. We need a way for whistleblowers to get

Amy Maxmen, PhD

amymaxmen

The Trump Admin has frozen funds to @WHO & is ramping up threats, including a latest, vague demand to met within 30 days. “This proposal is like removing the windows

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

I have lots of thoughts on the pausing of the J&J vaccine. The biggest is that I’m glad that we do good science and post-vaccine monitoring. The 2nd is that

Dr Mark Guthridge

Dr_M_Guthridge

1/ ThreadMyalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome #MECFSIs it really that bad?Trigger warnings: The studies below paint a very bleak picture#MyalgicE #SickNotWeak #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicIllness #MedEd #MedTwitter #SickNotWe

Amit Thadhani

amitsurg

Short thread on the Chinese vaccine for COVID19. An irresponsible govt starts vaccinating it’s own people without adequate proof of either safety or efficacy, bypassing phase 3 trials. Then finds

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

of passing the virus to others if you are undetectable on antiretroviral therapy because I marveled CDC (a traditionally conservative public health agency, understandably; they are messaging for nation) would