#Epidemic

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THREAD – covid19 relatedThe "Spanish flu" started in a military base in Fort Riley, Kansas. Neither Spanish, nor a flu. Called 'Spanish' because news in Spain wasn't censored at the

Rachel Strohm

RachelStrohm

Thread: I've got a new piece out at @africaarguments talking about how public markets and cash transfers can mitigate the economic effects of coronavirus in Africa. It rounds up research

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

Gary Webb was an American investigative journalist who reported how the CIA flooded the small Black neighbourhood of South Central, LA with crack cocaine in order to finance a coup

Holger Baer

holgerhbaer

THREAD. (1) We need a debate on how to design stimulus packages to boost economic recovery that doesn't contradict Paris #climate goals but supports them. This thread tries to capture

Joy Henningsen, MD 😷💉

JoyHenningsenMD

There’s so much pain & loss in the world right now on many fronts Let peace begin with each of us That means treating others as we wish to be

Dillon Black

dillon_black

How to make your meetings & events more inclusive & safe for #trans, 2S, non-binary, intersex, & gender diverse people in a few thoughtful steps! Plz feel free to add

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

Social distancing in America began March 8-13. Earliest that could reduce deaths is Mar 26-31, so Mar 20-25 is a baseline for deaths before social distancing.Since then, deaths in states

Taal Levi

taaltree

Several companies have tests of varying quality, but Cellex makes a FDA-approved antibody test. The goal is to test for immunity due to prior exposure rather than an active infection.

🩸THE 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖘𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖙🩸

GRITCULT

The more equal distribution of women in monogamous groups means that more men can acquire wives, and fewer men have to leave the group to search for wives elsewhere.https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin-eternity/201109/why-we-think

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Let’s talk about the fact that both the attack rate and the death rate among the young is indeed very low with COVID19, unlike most prior pandemics. And let’s speculate

Blue Canaries

CanariesBlue

(thread)1. The 1918 Influenza epidemic was dubbed the Spanish Flu. Check out the recommendations. Did you know that the CDC recreated the Spanish Flu in 2005?? 2. STATEMENTUnmasking the 1918

SID

ssaig

Mongolia has had the best COVID-19 response in the world. Not only do they have zero deaths, they have zero local transmissions. Mongolia didn’t flatten the curve or crush the

Joshua Salomon

SalomonJA

1. Did the latest @IHME mortality forecasts making the media rounds - 410,000 deaths - seem high to you?Yeah, me too. I wanted to understand what’s driving projections of 220K

Bill Grueskin

BGrueskin

The governor of Florida doesn’t want citizens to know which homes for elderly have been exposed to coronavirus. And he’s pressuring the ⁦@MiamiHerald⁩ to stop its search for the answers.https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241942211.ht

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

New York City could not have done a better job of accelerating the spread of Covid-19 if it tried. January 28: Coronavirus No Match For NYC, Health Commissioner SaysDr. Oxiris

John Burant

JohnBurant

@SalomonJA makes the suggestion that we may be on course for a plateau in the number of new daily COVID19 deaths in the USA. Or at least a much less