#Covid

Taryn De Vere

TarynDeVere

That lone parent families were not thought about regarding covid welfare payments is indicative of a wider problem with how the Irish State engages with, and treats lone parents.Lone parents

Matthew Herder

cmrherder

Quick thread on COIs + the fast-moving WTO waiver policy conversation.Several folks flipped me this smart, well-written piece on @PetrieFlom blog.https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2021/05/05/covid-vaccine-patent-waiver/ In the piece,

Karen Attiah

KarenAttiah

My latest.As America hits 200,000 deaths from coronavirus, Africa has managed to avoid the human catastrophe that everyone predicted. Yet the media continues to overlook the continent's successes with the

Women's Budget Group

WomensBudgetGrp

Thread: #Covid has shone a bright light on inequalities that have existed for far too long. We can no longer look away and ignore. As we continue through this crisis

Zain Chagla

zchagla

Let's review the history of Remdesivir1) Jan-Feb - COVID hits the world - remdesivir is an interesting compound that needs a home - gilead releases drug to a small number

Jessica Ellis

baddestmamajama

Hi Adam. I have a congenital heart defect I had surgery for three years ago. I am 38, a fairly cool person, funny on Twitter, love whale watching, firecracker in

Tania Louis

SciTania

Astrazeneca : à quel point les risques nouvellement identifiés pèsent dans la balance par rapport aux bénéfices de ce vaccin ?Quand on quantifie tout ça, dans la situation épidémique qu'on

Nora Loreto

NoLore

As I've mentioned a few times, I'm writing a book about how journalists shaped how Canadians understand COVID. And early on, already, the theme that I keep coming back to

Kevin R. McClure

kevinrmcclure

Insufficient government support for higher ed, exacerbating years of underinvestment, means we are forcing boards to choose between institutions dying or people dying. (1/2)https://www.chronicle.com/article/Are-Colleges-Ready-for-a/248710 That should

of the trees

OfTheTrees

Okay so im gonna shed some light on a theory I’ve been studying heavily lately. This isn’t going to be easy to digest, and I suggest having an open mind.

Cab Davidson #FBPE

gnomeicide

Average time between someone catching Covid-19 and dying is 23 days. We're not yet 3 weeks into lockdown. We locked down -well after- people were starting to at an increasing

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

@NYChealthy took a beating in the @NYTimes over the weekend: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/nyregion/nyc-contact-tracing.html It's a bit more complicated. Got an inside (but on-the-record) look at NYC's #contacttracing data toda

Jacob Fiala

jacob_fiala

A week since last update, the incidence rate on campus @UF continues to climb. Student Health Care (SHC) seems to have struggled w/ increased demand, testing/reporting only 135 new tests

David Frum

davidfrum

An important backstory to the hydroxychloroquine enthusiasm is the weird paranoid fears of virus vaccine research. Apparently, Bill Gates is researching vaccines in order to insert controlling microchips into our

Jo Verrent

joverrent

You think refusal to provide medical care & resources for disabled people re #COVID19 makes sense? This is eugenics. You are literally saying my life is worth less than yours.

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

I know I tweet too much about testing but here I go againSorry. Testing is critical and our testing czar says testing is great. Everyone who needs one can get