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Helen Ward
profhelenward
There is evidence from other countries and previous epidemics that testing and tracing are key interventions early in an epidemic and even more as we start to get control in
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
Wanted to send you 2 articles today that indicate when an epidemic can be downgraded to endemic for an infectious disease. What is an epidemic? An epidemic is when a
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Vlad Vexler
VladVexler
A controversial idea but it's true - the disadvantage of privilege. This is NOT a theoretical idea; rather, it is an epidemic in a city such as London.Let me take
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Stefan Rahmstorf
rahmstorf
We've all seen these #FlattenTheCurve graphs. I liked it too, at first. But at second thought it has two problems.1. Wrong proportions, which seriously downplay the #CoronaCrisis.2. A "solution" that
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Dr Edward Seaton
_Dermatologist
1. Problems with masks common in critical care staff and are limiting working during #COVID19 epidemic. Skin problems affected about a third of staff in previous SARS epidemic in Asia.
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Sabrina Husseini
sabrinahusseini
I will be live tweeting a 5-year-old @TEDTalks given by American business tycoon, philanthropist and @Microsoft co-founder, @BillGates. “The next outbreak? We’re not ready.” Which eerily relates directly to the
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Wes Pegden
WesPegden
I talk a lot about the mistake people make thinking it is always safer to err on the side of extreme action.Here is a simple thought experiment to illustrate this
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Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷
joshuawongcf
[Vlog with @SunnyCheungky: https://youtu.be/bAiba7SXiTA ]1/ Success of HK & Taiwan in containing the spread of coronavirus, was heavily due to distrust towards HKGov & China after tragic SARS outbreak in 2003.
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
The lack of a resurgence in #COVID19 cases following the easing of lockdowns in several countries is intriguing. I'll take Switzerland as an example. The lockdown ended on May 11
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Yardley Yeadon
MichaelYeadon3
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/health/22whoop.htmlDoes this ring any bells?It’s a now-classic ‘PCR false positive pseudo epidemic’.Different infectious organism (a gram-negative bacterium) & disease (whooping cough) but all th
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Isaac Stone Fish
isaacstonefish
I'm horrified that CNN published this. Its literally a Chinese propaganda story. "The People's Liberation Army Navy has done a much better job controlling coronavirus than the US Navy, according
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Yardley Yeadon
MichaelYeadon3
https://lockdownsceptics.org/what-sage-got-wrong/I’ve previously shown that U.K. is over the herd immunity threshold. That’s why London isn’t experiencing 500 deaths per day from Covid19. In summer, I & others deduced a false
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Hunter
TheCptBlackPill
I've managed to become even more cynical and blackpilled tonight after reading thishttps://www.kansascitymag.com/heres-what-could-have-stopped-the-covid-19-epidemic-according-to-a-kansas-coronavirus-expert/ And this:https://www.thenation.com/arti
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Dr. Theresa Tam
CPHO_Canada
1/6 #COVID19 key concerns in : many deaths are linked to outbreaks in long term care facilities in several provinces. Though new data continue to come in, as of now,
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Fractured Lit
FracturedLit
A thread of what we published in August! "My ancestors were star smugglers. Becoming a mule was their only way out of the darkness." @NeilRClark https://fracturedlit.com/cosmic-micros-2020/ "He could finger roll
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Gro-Tsen
gro_tsen
OK, I'd like to raise the point and ask questions about what I think are the two possible main strategies for dealing with an epidemic:① stop it at all costs,②
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