#Covid

Geriatrician in LTC/rehab

Human1stMD

PSA for those w/loved 1 in #nursinghome w/COVID who may have COVID. A thread and pls RT:1. If goals r comfort NH can admin oxygen, comfort meds, all the same

Kevin Stark

StarkKev

I'm seeing several news outlets reporting stories (that are now trending on twitter) that California is low on firefighters right now because inmates who typically help with wildfires are sick

Midwestern Hedgie

MidwestHedgie

Link to official Heinsberg coronavirus data summary. This was the area of Germany hardest-hit early. Approximately 2/3 of the families contacted agreed to participate in testing. Preliminary data is from

Matthew Martin

hyperplanes

I can already see a lot of folks are planning covid-19 causal inference strategies that aren't going to work at all First and foremost, policy responses have been highly endogenous,

Jonathan Allen

jonallendc

SHORT THREAD: The syringe company @SRuhle and I wrote about just got ANOTHER federal contract for ($54M) to create new capacity so that it can fulfill the OTHER federal contract

True North

TrueNorthCentre

In response to @DerekSloanCPC, Health Minister Patty Hajdu says it's "fake news" that Vitamin D can be taken as an additional way to protect Canadians from COVID-19. #cdnpoli More than

Social Justice Bae🌹

OlderFajardo

Incarcerated people at USP Thomson (the prison where Kodak Black is at) in Illinois is currently experiencing a Covid-19 crisis.On August 17 the prison was reporting 20 staff members and

Mig Vapor

MigVapor

The reports out of China told us this months ago. We have been telling people this as well. Once it is time for a ventilator, it is probably too late.https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/health/coronavirus-ventilator-patients-die/index.html

alicedriver

reporterdriver

A note from rural America: I had to drive 2 hours to find the nearest covid rapid testing center. I waited in a parking lot in the rain for 4

Anne @prosperity

AnnePet90513683

Two months ago the child who thinks he is a leader told us he would get rid of single use plastics.Environmentalists cheered.Here we are today reusable bags cannot even be

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

From Aug 2020 to Mar 2021, the lagged case fatality rate (CFR) of the US #COVID19 epidemic had remained largely constant at ~1.5% and provided a simple method to predict

Welfare at a Social Distance

DistantWelfare

Since March, the claimant count has increased by 120.8%. Using new survey data alongside administrative records, our latest report outlines who the new COVID-19 cohort of benefit claimants are &

MalwareTech

MalwareTechBlog

The argument that COVID isn't dangerous because 94% of COVID deaths had underlying conditions makes sense, until you realize more than 50% of the US population suffers from those same

Alex Thompson

AlexThomp

Stacey Abrams on VP: “I would be an excellent running mate. I have the capacity to attract voters by motivating typically ignored communities. I have a strong history of executive

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schaudenfraud

Going to put together a thread of real near time economic activity trackers please send me any you like. First up the harrowing open table data set you're likely familiar

James Martin, SJ

JamesMartinSJ

To those who have asked me, sincerely, how President Trump's "Do not be afraid of Covid" differs from Jesus's "Be not afraid," some thoughts: First, Jesus often told his followers