#Transmission

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

An interesting discussion about contact tracing. Adding my 2 cents.Pre-symptomatic transmission means traditional strategies will be much less effective, but personally I can’t imagine not letting contacts know that they

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

1/ What would falsify the hypothesis that comprehensive lockdowns are more potent by orders of magnitude than moderate mitigation measures? 2/ You would think that the following would be enough:

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NO FERRETS: New study finds that ferrets are highly susceptible to #SARSCoV2 infection and effectively transmit by direct or indirect contact, furthering human #infection and transmission. #COVID19 So avoid ferrets.

Frank

FrankBullit67

Prediction: the US will lift the lockdown and India will follow suit. The Indian scientific "establishment" right now is like a rabbit caught in the headlights. It would ideally like

Cheerna

T_Mulvenna

confused by Boris Johnson’s speech, he didn’t give ANY specific dates for the stages of his traffic light system apart from “hospitality business ‘may’ resume in July” yet the South

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Whatever the UK Gov #COVID19 strategy might be, mass testing for infection only works together with 'contact tracing' in the early stages of an outbreak, and not in the face

Dr. Adams Waldorf

uwdrwaldorf

Can a #COVID19 infection during pregnancy lead to infection of the fetus?A mix of suspicious case reports and scientifically inaccurate articles have muddled this area.Actually, SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t even need to

Kevin Esvelt

kesvelt

Can tracing alone control COVID?Our model: it's possible if we >double efficacy by changing how we trace & use digital apps.Thanks to @willbradbio, @EthanAlley, @jhhhuggins, & epidemiologist @alun_l !https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.06.

Department of Health

roinnslainte

At the press briefing in the Department of Health this evening, Chair of the NPHET IEMAG Professor Philip Nolan @President_MU showed a series of slides. 1/13#COVID19 Case numbers rose sharply

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/15) Updated thread on children and #COVID19, summarising recent studies.Summary: both child-to-child and child-to-adult transmission has occurred; cases in children are being missed. #edutwitter #Schulen #Kinder #kinderen (2/15) First, a

Naomi Kritzer

NaomiKritzer

I've seen a lot of people talking about the lower risks of outdoor transmission. This rally took place entirely outdoors.https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1259103329902309376 (Don't let the useful epidemiology get lost in the understanda

Gail Davies

gailfdavies

A few things are getting clearer about #Covid19 in #ukhighered - there are now many cases as @ucu predicted (esp in halls of residence), there is some more private university

Christopher Curtis

titocurtis

Note to the premier, stop blaming Quebecers for your mismanagement of the pandemic. It isn’t being outdoors while the sun is still out that’s driving transmission. It’s gyms, schools, workplaces.

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Today, we're standing up a project called NextTrace that aims to enable digital participatory contact tracing and guide #COVID19 surveillance efforts. See a full description here https://nexttrace.org/about or get the

Ottawa Public Health

ottawahealth

PIE CHARTS, OUTBREAKS & FRUSTRATION: A THREADYesterday, the province presented data about sources of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa. That data, notably the pie charts, caused some confusion and we understand

Rachita Prasad

rachitaprasadET

#Mumbai https://twitter.com/myBESTElectric/status/1315514398207733763 Tata Power: At 10.10 am there were simultaneous substation tripping in MSETCL's Kalwa, #Kharghar causing a huge dip in frequency in the #Mumbai transmission system wh