#Covid

COVID-19 and seasonality: A thread.So, we're entering the typical season for respiratory viruses in the middle of a respiratory virus pandemic, which means we're going to get lots of explanations
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@GoI issue directives to Schools to charge nominal.Not to impose fee hike.https://www.change.org/p/drrpnishank-hrdministry-ensure-education-stop-hike-in-school-fee-for-2020-2021-covid-19?recruiter=15623348&recruited_by_id=b3bb13e0-dcab-0130-c917-
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Going to take a stab at explaining what this might mean, and why it matters.https://twitter.com/paulbohm/status/1252977663796371458 So basically, there's been a lot of discussion of whether covid produces a lot of
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Impacts to MB PSE already being felt: apparent hiring freeze. Our research team wants to hire a STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT using awarded grant funds and cannot do so. Even more
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Shouldnt we be giving every single paramedic, nurse & dr hydroxychloroquine? It must be apparent by now that it has some protective effect. It has long been known to help
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Joe Biden made it clear he views the coronavirus as an “opportunity” to pass his extreme agenda, but last night he said the quiet part out loud. He told donors
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Working at home isn't an option for millions of Americans.From prisons and meatpacking plants, to grocery stores and buses, @NBCNews identified 7 occupations in which employees are at especially high
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A lot of antibody surveillance results coming out at the moment, which gives us a chance to think about the fatality rate of #COVID19But, there's a catch. Let's talk about
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1/. The #HerdImmunity strategy depends on people developing immunity to #COVID19.But immunity to other human coronaviruses (e.g SARS & MERS) usually only lasts between 12 to 37 months.Studies suggests that
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Today I treated a patient who was on a ventilator for 3 weeks after contracting COVID. Her family was told she likely wouldn’t make it. She pulled through, got off
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The UK has now surpassed 10,000 #Covid19 deaths in total. Some say that we’re going to be the worst hit country in Europe. This may be premature. I advise waiting
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Oh my god. A new bar has been set for “it could be worse.”New York Nightmare: Man Falls Through Sidewalk Into Rat-Filled Chasm - The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/nyregion/rats-sinkhole-sidewalk-bronx.html So many
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The numbers are low in Telangana because the government is not testing enough! Patients with even 85% symptoms are being sent back by giving paracetamol tablets and antibiotics!https://twitter.com/THHyderabad/status/1254206055162101761 Only patients
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If you’ve been fortunate enough to do well this year, consider joining me and @VitalikButerin by donating at the addresses below.But if all you have is Twitter, help spread the
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If you are hearing about #covid19 “reinfections” in Asia, I can offer you my take as a virologist. The best explanation for what we’re seeing is likely due to three
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It seems humanitarian donors are leaving civil society organizations - local and international - on the peripheries of the global COVID fight. That's a big mistake.Let's look at where the
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