#Covid

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TwitterSupport

PSA about what we’re doing to Verify Twitter accounts that are providing credible updates around #COVID19: we are working with global public health authorities to identify experts and have already

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

A lot of evidence suggests that formal re-opening policies are only loosely correlated with people's behavior. Tennessee (+8%) and Kentucky (+8%) score exactly the same on Apple's mobility tracker even

Bjorn Lomborg

BjornLomborg

Many more people have died from corona, when looking at all deaths, not just public corona deathsbecause of underreporting and people dying of other diseases while hospitals busy tackling coronaGreat

maruthi sandeep

maruthisandeep

I'm raising funds for Covid-19 crisis, I have built a repository of virtual backgrounds for @zoom_us & @MicrosoftTeams. You can buy the pack on @gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/LcqoK 50% of the earnings

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

As infections spike in Leicester and elsewhere, many blame the people. 'Covidiots' they cry. But, as this shows , https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/03/leicester-coronavirus-lockdown-is-no-surprise-to-its-garment-fac

Lucy Walker Lab UCL

LucyWalkerlab

IL-6 is emerging as a key predictor of critical illness in #COVID19. A round-up of some recent (pre-review) data in this thread. 1/6 Herold et al. 40 #COVID19 patients, University

Devutopia

D_Raval

#Covid19UK Exit Plan ThreadSo much ill informed nonsense about an exit plan for the UK from the #Covid lockdown. Below are the World Health Organisation 6 conditions that need to

Graham Neary

GrahamNeary

Let me tell you a story. It's about six passenger flights from Wuhan that led to an unprecedented global disaster.These six flights help to explain why the entire world was

Paul Natt

PaulNatt1

I got this message from Vijay Advani, who attended today a Zoom call with US Secretary of State along with 139 US CEOs to discuss US - India Covid relationship:—————————————-US

Augie Lindmark, MD

AugieLindmark

TIME OF DEATH: 8:05AM. I call the family. We grieve together.The phone call is a balance of being present and being angry.Presence is needed because families deserve my full attention

Frank Luntz

FrankLuntz

I hosted a follow-up group with Republican voters who were still hesitant about the COVID vaccine.Their most common reason: “We don’t know the long-term side effects.” https://wapo.st/2RP3aLI My focus group

Julie Pierce

JuliePi31415926

I had a thought just a bit ago. Some good-hearted climate activists are frustrated by those of us who haven’t given up on achieving meaningful reductions in GHG emissions. We

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1) Russia’s approval of an early vaccine candidate is reckless as it places domestic- and geo-politics ahead of science and medicine. According to the @WHO vaccine tracker, the Gamaleya candidate

Sarah Gower MD

GowerMD

I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this. But I’m noticing a serious lack of primary care inclusion in Ontario Covid discussion. Public health is a great specialty, so

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

Because they weren't tested.And you have to have a positive test, before death, to be counted in the UK deaths. The UK isn't testing nearly as much as it needs

Dr Fern Riddell

FernRiddell

Hello, I’ve not been here because I am on day 33 of #Covid 19, and for the last 26 I’ve been the sickest I’ve ever been in my life. I