#Covid

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

To understand a global pandemic we need global data.But even more than one year into the pandemic some of the most basic international data on COVID is missing.Just because there

Vera Institute of Justice

verainstitute

When the pandemic began, there was an unprecedented drop in the no. of people held in local jails nationwide. @verainstitute estimates that from mid-March to mid-April, the jail population decreased

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

September 17, 2020 - Canada/Ontario/Québec daily updateCurrent data as of 7 am. Data is 100% public and official, and fully sourced.#COVID19Ontario #covid19canada #covid19quebec 5 deaths reported in all of Canada

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: There's a growing body of data to strongly suggest #COVID19 predisposes to both venous and arterial thromboembolism due to excessive inflammation, hypoxia, immobilization and diffuse intravascular coagulation. This may

400lbHeron

ArtsySci

@jasmlaughlin @PhillyMayorPA & Phila cos trend also appears to be lengthening. Chester Co is star cuz looks dif 4 some reason by starting @ 6 days 2X rate & has

Dr. Theresa Chapple

Theresa_Chapple

A 9 year old died from #Covid_19 yesterday in Florida. A 5 year old died from Covid-19 in Dallas today. A major component in the low death rate we saw

Constance

Dr_ConstanceL

Racial gaps on (insert outcome here): have 3 parts- (1) structural racism, (2) individual factors, and (3) discrimination/implicit bias. Generally researchers are taught to investigate (2) using covariates to explain

Priya Sampathkumar

PSampathkumarMD

I am getting calls from friends/ family in India about COVID. From neurosurgeons to urologists, doctors are being roped in to handle the crisis. 1/ Having managed pts with COVID

Raila Odinga

RailaOdinga

Devastating, as Covid-19 will be to Africa, the continent will survive, recover and rise again. But it is what we do with the rise that will make the difference to

MASSCreative

MASSCreative

And we’re live! Thank you for Senator @adamghinds for kicking us off and recognizing the importance of these listening sessions. #mapoli (1/x) We’re also joined by @SenEdKennedy! Thank you for

SF Tenants Union #NoEvictions

TenantsUnionSF

If you can’t pay your rent, you are not alone, and you do not have to move! A new state law has taken the place of some local tenant protections

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

Boris Johnson has just talked about a massive expansion of rapid result home testing kits which seem to be the saliva tests made by Innova.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/28/10-of-englands-population-could-be-tested-for-covid-19-

Sparrow/Liz (semi-hiatus)

UntoNuggan

[covid vaccine]I know people are concerned about "vaccine hesitancy" and the pandemicBut let me just say this: if I found out scientists knew someone died as a result of the

Rose Hoban

rosehoban

I've sat through countless committee meetings at the #NCGA often boring, procedural, filled with #NCPOL yammering away. But these #COVID working group meetings have been jammed with information. 1/https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2020/04/1

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Let's talk about the real-world of how "easy" it is to get tested and how "everyone who wants one can get one" and you will understand my anger at the

Laura Williams

MicroWavesSci

Reports about COVID-19 testing in the U.S. seem to frame the number of tests performed as if once a person gets tested and learns their result (COVID-19 pos or neg),