#Covid

PPE made simple and logical...I hope1 understand the modes of transmission COVID-19 is predominantly droplet and contact I think of droplet like the water falling from a gutter. Just keep
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A bit more detail about a tweet I made before re: my experience with vaccinated individuals being admitted for COVID. This is the experience in my area of Peel 1/
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The most important part of Covid (and most vexing) is this: what is the IFR? CFR measures recorded cases but what everyone wants to know is how likely are they
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How badly is the United States doing in our battle against COVID compared to some of the other major developed countries of the world?Let's take a look at the numbers,
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COVID-19 has Kenyan refugee camp on edge: @KanereNews https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/04/14/kenya-kakuma-refugee-camp-coronavirus (@newhumanitarian) Dedicating this thread to articles that highlight challenges refugee face in East Africa
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COVID vaccines available in Kashmir are safe in:DiabeticsHypertensives Transplant patients Those with lung diseasesThose with chronic disorders like Rheumatoid arthritis Heart patients (CAD)Immunocompromised (Cancers, HIV etc)All above 18 y
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The scale and cost of the insanity really hit me today as we dropped our kids off at school today. To function five days a week, the school has set
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I'm honoured to say that my sister, an infection control nurse, was one of the many hundred nurses who spent five days at the public housing towers testing residents for
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Brad Setser reminds us of the fact that EM fiscal deficits are largely being financed domestically. Which is a reminder that the macroeconomics of COVID-19 is happening in a similar
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As we head towards fall & winter, it's important to acknowledge that the pandemic & this summer of our discontent has already left so many more of us affected by
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1. The escalating covid cases in Saskatoon are of great concern to me. I have been working with a range of groups to determine what targeted interventions will have the
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1/4 ICU capacity will be over run by the end of the month-- that's from Healthcare Association of Hawaii's President Hilton Raethel & Lt. Gov. Josh GreenGreen says 2 Oahu
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A quick thread of why we need to focus most on providing states adequate finance at this time.1) some of the key revenue sources for states include real estate, petroleum
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Here’s the answer…On March 13, CMS released guidance related to transfer of patients who had been treated for COVID-19 from a hospital to a nursing home. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-14-nh-revised.pdf https://twitter.com/ny
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One of the root causes for the fact that so many people in this country believe things that are not true might be related to two facts:Donald Trump is a
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trying not to be resentful of all the people who are on like their third covid test of the semester, because I’d hate to be back at school in person
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