#Transmission

Peter Daszak

PeterDaszak

It’s official: “substantial probability that normal speaking causes airborne virus transmission in confined environments.” 1 minute of talking loudly can produce more than 1,000 virus-containing droplets that could linger in the

Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉

sailorrooscout

Let’s settle this since this message seems to be very convoluted. It’s unlikely. There is a difference between a carrier and a transmitter. Vaccinated individuals can get infected and carry

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

A wedding in rural Maine led to the state's largest #covid19 outbreak. The screening for the party was symptom and temperature checks. The presumed index case showed symptoms the day

Juliette O'Brien

juliette_io

Thread. 1/12. Let’s talk about transmission sources. The growth of #COVID19 in Australia appears to have slowed with fewer confirmed cases announced for the last 3 days (yes, let's talk

Helen Branswell

HelenBranswell

1. @WHO weighs in on the "to mask, or not to mask (the public)" question. "...there is currently no evidence that wearing a mask ... by healthy persons in the

Dr. Jacqueline Windh

jwindh

@michelle_eliot @bctoday The advice she just gave about recently arrived travellers not being contagious if they are not sick is incorrect: many asymptomatic cases are contagious. (Not to mention they

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

1/It’s easy & obvious to say we need more testing to stop this epidemic. (I have been guilty of this too.)When we say ‘test, test, test’ or ‘mass testing’, we

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ A sad anniversary: 1 year since one of the worst errors in the history of Public HealthSARS-CoV-2 is mostly transmitted through the airBut @WHO said, just a year ago,

kennygee babe

kennygee_70

MAJOR ONGOING AND COMPLETED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATIONNORTH EAST1. Dualisation of Shuarin-Azare section of Kano–Maiduguri Road linking Kano–Jigawa–Bauchi–Yobe (Section II) (ongoing)2. Dualisation of Azare

Lee-Anne Pascoe

LeeAnneP8

I have been meaning to do a thread detailing @mvankerkhove & @DrMikeRyan's response to a question at the 13 April #COVID19 press briefing re: criticisms that @WHO was late to

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

Let's talk about statistics.Something struck me from @FergalBowers (excellent) coverage of today's covid numbers in Ireland: the breakdown is super weird. 190 cases, of which 75 are close contacts of

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

1/ A hang-up on rapid tests that I've heard is that it'll be difficult for health depts to track resultsDecentralized screening makes that difficult but stopping spread should be the

Adrienne LaFrance

AdrienneLaF

Hear hear. @TheAtlantic's @zeynep is extremely good at getting the most complicated things right. Just a few examples... (1/6)https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/business/media/how-zeynep-tufekci-keeps-getting-the-big-things-right.html H

Paul Moynagh

moynagh_paul

@DavQuinn Elimination (if possible) presents number of challenges (imo) 1. Timeframe: SARS CoV2 transmits with stochastic patterns and confidence levels of predicting elimination over course of weeks would be v

Francis Hoar

Francis_Hoar

First misleading statement from the PM: use of raw data without the context of the rising number of tests. Second misleading statement: ignoring the possibility of residual (T-cell) immunity. Third

JB Cantey, MD, MPH

InfectiousNeo

Well, it's been 3 months - let's check and see how we are doing with perinatal #COVID19. @EBNEO 1/xhttps://twitter.com/InfectiousNeo/status/1241387166045032451 Perinatal transmission: Absolutely. The rate looks like it's hoveri