#Covid

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD

paimadhu

Thread on BCG vaccination and #COVIDー19.There has been a flood of ecological studies & media reports claiming that BCG vaccination protects against COVID-19. See:https://www.medrxiv.org/search/BCG%252Bcovid%252B Some of the studies are thoughtful

Tim Shakespeare

tshakey

Read this report on COVID-19 and people affected by dementia. It brings together evidence from a wide range of sources and paints a stark picture of the effects of the

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC

For people who started screeching when I named environmental racism+COVID:Black + Brown communities have long been treated as dump yards. Trucking + waste sites spike respiratory & other disease.The Bronx

Department of Health: COVID-19

COVID_19_ZA

There have been many questions about whether a person can contract #COVIDー19 #Covid19inSA a second time after shedding the viral load. @DrZweliMkhize explains what immunity means and how it relates

Catherine Rampell

crampell

Immigrants account for 18.2% of healthcare workers and 23.5% of formal and nonformal long-term care sector workers.27.5% of direct care workers and 30.3% of nursing home housekeeping and maintenance workers

The Counter

TheCounter

#Thread: Perhaps you’ve encountered a “community fridge” at some point this year, a type of mutual aid in which food donations are placed in a shared refrigerator on the street.

automnia

aut_omnia

So universities are pressuring junior/newer staff to 'volunteer' to conduct pre-Christmas testing on students. Sussex says 'no experience needed,' for tasks such as advising students on test procedure, processing tests

Dr Arvind Virmani

dravirmani

Yesterday, after a long discussion with a close family member who is a US MD phd, we agreed that with world's best #contagion models (% masks & social interaction) available

Pepijn 💚

PKtje

In response to the US republicans and Trump making facts political, here's a timeline of the actual @WHO COVID-19 response from December 2019 to late February 2020. Feel free to

Angela DeBarger

AngelaDeBarger

Right now, parents everywhere are getting a crash course and reminder in why the work of educators is essential — and challenging. We’re all looking for help and resources, and

james parker

farsidevirtual

this piece on covid voice detection and other forms of vocal diagnostics is really worrying.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02732-4#ref-CR6 (1) it takes highly dubious claims about these tools' accuracy at face value eg that

Senator Todd Young

SenToddYoung

Economic Impact Payments are on the way to many Hoosiers – use the newly launched “Get My Payment” portal from @IRSNews to track the status of your payment or submit

Duke Kwon

dukekwondc

Preacher, you don't have to "knock it out of the park" this Easter Sunday. We need to acknowledge the unique pressures that preachers are facing this Easter, on top of

BIHR

BIHRhumanrights

NEW RESEARCH REPORTS Our research with 230 people across UK on the impact of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 for people with care and support needs. Our reports include

Louise Norris

LouiseNorris

1. Here's my weekly summary of health insurance news: https://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2020/04/15/the-scoop-april-15-2020-edition/ A lot of it is related to COVID-19, but there's still other stuff going on too. 2. Uninsured people in

Mathang Seshagiri

mathangcito

Thread on important stories on #COVID19 testing in India There are 51 private labs with 16k sample collection centres across India. They are collectively testing less than 500 samples a