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Ryan Bourne
MrRBourne
The debate about schools reopening is important given the potential economic benefits and public health risks at stake. So it's a shame that 3 bad applications of economics underpin the
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Prof. Devi Sridhar
devisridhar
Released SAGE papers on schools (from SPI-M) are narrow analysis on opening schools -> looks at impact of different kinds of school openings on wider community transmission. What parents &
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Adam Kucharski
AdamJKucharski
Interesting preliminary COVID data from Australia. Small numbers, but potentially suggestive of limited transmission to and from children... http://www.ncirs.org.au/covid-19-in-schools One notable caveat is it looks like the primary cases were
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Helen Ward
profhelenward
First results of REACT research out today; three papers on validity, usability & prevalence (2 published, 1 preprint) with @grahamscooke Thread with key findings of study of 100,000 randomly selected
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Gareth Parker
G_Parker
.@RogerCookMLA tells me WA has a "unique opportunity", with lots of testing capacity, to soon start testing non-symptomatic people for COVID-19."We have a unique opportunity to look everywhere for the
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Barry Cooke, M.Sc, Ph.D
barryjcooke1
@msamymacpherson 1. Note posts 3-12. The closest virus to SARS CoV 2 was discovered in 2013 after a cluster of bat guano miners got sick with pneumonia.https://twitter.com/luigi_warren/status/1259828337876168707?s=19 2. The frequency
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Hansika Hanthanapitiya
HansikaHH
Hello guys! Here's another hopefully helpful/educational thread on #COVID19 transmission & quarantining! Few important points to be noted on the above topics to understand the situation better. #SciComm #MedEd #PatientEd #lka 1)
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Adam Kucharski
AdamJKucharski
Relaxing UK COVID-19 control measures over the Christmas period will inevitably create more transmission risk. There are four main things that will influence just how risky it will be... 1/
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Jose-Luis Jimenez
jljcolorado
1/ A radical shift today by @CDCgov, finally aligning itself with science on the modes of transmission, and throwing away the 1910 error of considering "close contact" a mode of
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
Ok, was trying to stay off Twitter until Saturday but this question of children masking outdoors (in camps, etc.) keeps coming up. Let's discuss #outdoortransmission. Viral particles disperse quickly in
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Adam Kucharski
AdamJKucharski
How much could potential biases in early data affect our current understanding of COVID-19? This question crops up a lot, so let's look at three crucial aspects of that early
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Ryan Saavedra
RealSaavedra
This doctor is lying.The U.S. did not know that this was a highly infectious disease in 2019.The W.H.O. said on January 14 that it could not be transmitted from person-to-peron.China
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TheRealHiboman- Quarantined
TheRealHiboman
1) If anybody comes across posts saying that the CDC says masks don’t work, here’s a fact-check you can useBasic fact-check:https://www.politifact.com/.../no-cdc-who-study-does-not.../The paper:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-
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Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.
kprather88
Some thoughts from active scientists on Twitter about COVID-19 by aerosol scientists and indoor air experts @linseymarr @CathNoakes @j_g_allen @jljcolorado @amgcarlton (1/) There is a historical bias against aerosols for
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Adam Kucharski
AdamJKucharski
There are two main ways to estimate the reproduction number for SARS-CoV-2, and I'd like to discuss the one that doesn't get so much attention... 1/ Most reported R values
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JHSPH NCRC
JHSPH_NCRC
Do face shields provide protection on top of masks? Evidence from this study in India suggest face shields may protect health care workers who interact with #COVID19 contacts, providing more
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