#Covid

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

On scary statistics in context. 1/10 patients who have gone into intensive care with Covid-19 had died; another 1/10 had left intensive care alive. That is a 50% death rate

Helen Toner

hlntnr

Big news! Exciting & promising-seeming that:-G&A are partnering, so we only need to get this right once to unlock huge adoption-They're following privacy advocates' advice- fully decentralized, no data in

Rahul Bali

rahulbali

A thread about Governor Brian Kemp's COVID-19 briefing at the Georgia State Capitol. (1/x)#gapol #COVIDー19 #COVID #covid19 #coronavirus Read Governor Brian Kemp's executive order extending Georgia's shelter in place order

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

The proper response to COVID isn't determined by science; it's a public health policy issue.Science and data can tell us who is at risk and the magnitude of the risk.

chris eliopoulos

ChrisEliopoulos

Having a son who is an EMS, I’ve heard the things he’s seen in Covid wards in hospitals, seen his anguish over losing a crew mate, heard how he performed

James Temple

jtemple

Global climate cooperation was already faltering. Things just got much worse.https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/10/998969/the-unholy-alliance-of-covid-19-nationalism-and-climate-change/ In which I ask: What if, in retrospect, the Paris agreemen

Melissa Davey

MelissaLDavey

Australian women leading the response to the Covid-19 crisis; A THREAD.1) Prof Sharon Lewin; brilliant HIV researcher working on a cure, and the inaugural director of The Peter Doherty Institute

Eli Klein

TheEliKlein

I’m a lifelong DemocratWatching red states handle Covid infinitely better than blue states is a nightmareThe NY (blue / closed economy, higher death rate) to FL (red / open economy,

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killer_ajjju

HELLO WORLD If you're watching the COVID-19 disaster unfold in India and are wondering what you can do to help. Here are some ways. (Thread) Donate to COVID-19 relief. This

Adam Alton

altonpowers

In London, fewer deaths have been caused by Covid-19 than are lost due to air pollution each year.Yup.1/ First, fact checking!..As of 18/09/20, total hospital Covid deaths in London was

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On_lacherien

Tout le monde se pose la question : pourquoi ne pas avoir créé de lits supplémentaires en réanimation ?Sans dédouaner les incompétents qui nous gouvernent, je souhaiterais apporter quelques explications.#Thread

David Paton

cricketwyvern

The Scottish Chief Medical Officer’s Covid-19 Note giving the evidence base for the new restrictions makes for remarkable reading.It indicates new infections in Scotland could reach over 35k per day

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

krishgm

CMO said 13.5% of UK care homes have reported Covid-19. There are approximately 5500 care homes in the UK. so that's around 740 currently with or suspected of having the

Shankar Sivananthan

shanxonline

The first patient with COVID I admitted to the ICU was 23 years old. He was healthy, he worked at a grocery store.I saw him because he needed 100% oxygen

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Share of jobs lost by women? 62%Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to the She-Cession. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/jobs-report-to-show-ground-zero-of-covid-19-impact-in-canada"Unlike previous recessions, this downturn is decima

Daniel Howdon

danielhowdon

oh cool the graph that they showed for Spain was the ECDC one by date of report (which shows an increase consistently) not by date of symptoms (which is more