#Covid

Right, I'm not done with this nursing home issue.Fake news still a plenty that Ireland is "letting people die" in nursing homes.Time for some numbers!1/ .@HSELive don't give a day-by-day
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In a bittersweet marker of progress against this pandemic, @shybearbrewing is no longer doing home delivery of beer. I prefer no COVID and no beer delivery to COVID and beer
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I was in New Brunswick when it switched to orange level. That meant you had to wear a mask outside. The next day, everyone was wearing a mask. No protests.
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Ok, here is my problem with @ICMR numbers, According to a recent @TheLancet paper, the mortality rate of COVID-19 in China for symptomatic cases was 1.38%, if we compare it
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COVID Update October 2: Half the states or more are quickly growing cases and people who wear masks aren’t getting as sick.And we have some absurd stuff going on. 1/
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Look, I love my state but also Washington's COVID data has been completely horked for multiple weeks and I'll bet you haven't seen anyone talking about itThey just fixed it,
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here's the full COVID modelling released today by the Doherty Institute. I'm going to dive in now but if you see anything interesting let me know!https://www.doherty.edu.au/news-events/news/covid-19-modelling-papers Modelling assumptions:* R_
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The latest ONS infections model has more in common with mine than its previous iterations. I estimate 61751 daily infections in the UK on 14 Oct (ONS England: 45779), rising
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Have updates to make in the school case tracker, but want to take a moment to put COVID numbers in context... Increasingly, research shows that keeping schools open might not
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THREAD: President Trump is expected to expand his April 22 proclamation today through the end of 2020, issuing a ban on persons entering the United States who have a L,
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Re @WHO unable to verify China #COVID data. Key post-SARS reform enabled @WHO to use unofficial data sources (indep scientists/civil society) to improve accountability & transparency. But it didn't work
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We have not reckoned with our failures in the early days of the AIDS crisis. So many COVID parallels:- Fear & bigotry (gays/Asians)- Huge health messaging failures, but easy to
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#COVID19 in Delhi. The question is not whether the Delhi govt is underreporting #COVID19 deaths, but by how much? I'll examine this with press reports and modelling. Conclusion: Delhi #COVID19
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The current climate created by the #COVID-19 outbreak has shown us the importance of connectivity. @UNICEF & @ITU's GIGA is moving rapidly to make this happen. How to get involved?
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Thanks to everyone who turned out for the NYAS panel on COVID-19 & Anthropology. We had more than 1000 people register. It was wonderful to hear from @tonyataylor27 @Thurka149 @juemos
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This is like the unrealistic movie trope we all chuckle at in which a few badasses in their 70s have to come out of retirement to save the world because
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