#Covid

Christian Althaus

C_Althaus

There is increasing interest in superspreading for COVID-19, not least due to an excellent article by @kakape on the topic 1/9https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/why-do-some-covid-19-patients-infect-many-others-whereas-most-don-t-spread

Vapor Weyve

Nymphomachy

(cw: fatphobia)Saw this right-wing anti-mask meme blaming COVID fatalities on "comorbidities" and arguing ppl "shouldn't have to take responsibility for other people's health" and among all the other things wrong

vakibs

vakibs

Hospitals need to be provided police protection. Such incidents were happening even before Covid-19. But they are a serious distraction when dealing with a pandemic. The army should maintain all

Atheendar Venkataramani

atheendar

Having a lot of conversations with trainees and jr faculty re: research during COVID. My take:-Yes, there is a real rat race to do a quick analysis-No, you don't have

el gato malo

boriquagato

"we need to wear masks in public to stop the spread of covid" seems to be a popular opinion.but, like so much other covid lore, it is revealed to be

Children's Commissioner for England

ChildrensComm

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been looking at how the Covid crisis has impacted on children. Last week we published our report “Childhood in the time of Covid”:https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/report/childhood-in-the-time-of-

Manu Joseph

manujosephsan

We have no talent for systems. Our poor response to the pandemic emerges from this. We're repelled by order, processes, planning, the straightness of a straight line. We're addicted to

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

There are a lot of well-intended and well-written critiques of the Santa Clara Co. serology study but at some point it's not that complicated. A test that *could* have a

Vijay Mahajan

thevijaymahajan

How #WHO and #China scr@wed the world1st cases of #COVID19 cases appeared in China in Nov-19. For atleast 6 weeks the local GOVT didn’t even recognise it.When people started dying

Marie Coleman

MarieMCole

1/ Do people advocating a return to school and university because younger people are less vulnerable to Covid not understand that the lives of others - teachers, administrators, technicians, support

💙 Jane 🌱

localnotail

Uncle-in-law in ICU now with Covid-19. Trying not to think about how angry I am with people who did not take this disease seriously. He's been shielding since March as

Lindsay Bowman

lindsayabowman

The level of vitriol aimed at the doctor in Campbellton is truly concerning. No question- they broke the law and used exceptionally terrible judgement, but this shaming is awful. COVID

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

I've flown a few times based on my perception of low – but non-zero – risk. This new report of a big outbreak on a 7-hour Irish flight https://tinyurl.com/y4fs2y7f doesn't

Jade Eloise Norris

jadenozzz

Thread on UK excess deaths throughout lockdown, and mortality displacement, with data from @ONS:Non-COVID excess deaths were above 5 year average through the height of lockdown... /1https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/births

Chloe East

ChloeEast2

An update: Thanks to the help from #econtwitter, I have put together a set of slides for my public econ undergrad class today. Not planning to post publicly but happy

PBS NewsHour

NewsHour

In late March, India’s daily new COVID-19 infections hovered around 47,000, according to data from @WHO. Since April 22, India began reporting over 314,000 new infections daily, surpassing the United