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U.S. Surgeon General

Surgeon_General

Wearing face coverings in most non medical situations isn’t to protect healthy wearers from #COVID19 -it’s to keep people w/ virus from spreading it to others. I wear my face

COVID19

V2019N

thread - contact tracingA case is someone who tests positive. A contact is someone within 6' of a case for more than 15 minutes from two days before and during

Jenny B. 🇸🇪 #UsforThem

jblovatt

1/7 Prof Heneghan to Govt Science & Technology Committee, 17/9: 'For acute respiratory pathogens there are more people with other infections on board than Covid. One of the key things

Glen O'Hara

gsoh31

Now that Williamson has made very clear that universities are on their own, it's time for universities to buckle up and try to get through the crisis without government help.

Seyi Makinde

seyiamakinde

Today, we started the drive/walk-through testing initiative for COVID-19 to test 2,000 people at Adamasingba Stadium, Ibadan. The test kits were donated by the Citizen for Citizen Initiative and the

Prabhdeep Kaur

kprabhdeep

1/6 Given the critical situation in our country and rapidly evolving #COVIDSecondWave in Tamil Nadu, we must step up our precautions. Irrespective of the Government directives - please do not

Aneel Bhangu

aneelbhangu

Unknowns around SARS-CoV-2 + surgery (not in order):1. should SARS-CoV-2 patients undergo surgery? @CovidSurg data suggest it is about the patient risk, not the specific operation. Recent tweets highlight we

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

Since political officials are trying to censor CDC reports, I thought I'd share 12 of the ones I've found useful:1. Children of all ages are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2. Of ~600

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Huge: Masks LOWER SEVERITY of COVID too! Masks definitely reduce transmission, but scientist now think that MASKS CAN ALSO MAKE ILLNESS MILDER. How? masks may limit the dose of virus

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

1. Updated thread on children & #COVID19 summarising the most recent research.Summary: further evidence children & adults are equally susceptible & equally likely to transmit; school clusters are increasing; precautions

Tim Skellett

Gurdur

1/ Case-study #1 in politics masquerading as #medicine. sciolism: superficial knowledge.scientism: appealing to 'science' in an invalid way.dishonesty: you know already.Tom Jefferson & Carl Heneghan, "Covid-19 – The tipping point?&qu

David Caldicott

ACTINOSProject

So NSW Health has ‘released’ their report on school #COVID19 transmission today, although the only place it can be found is in the press.So let’s look at what we know

Elisa Sze

eleesasee

With the heightened stress of the pandemic, it is inappropriate for any democratic society to institute snitch lines. This is no longer about protecting public health and good governance. #topoli

Shrikant Joshi

shrikant

6 days ago, we were at 1400 cases.Today, we are at 4374 cases.About 3x in 6 days.If this trend holds:12 Apr - 13k cases18 Apr - 40k cases24 Apr -

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I've seen arguments aired that #SARSCoV2 will 'weaken' because it 'pays a cost' by hurting its host. I'm afraid this is too simplistic and in fact incorrect. We cannot predict

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