#Epidemic

Keletso Makofane, MPH and 1000 others

klts0

The thing about an infectious disease is that risk shifts as the epidemic plays out. People offering a facile understanding of “relative risk” - that the relative risk for younger

Pleuni Pennings

pleunipennings

1/ Yesterday I posed a question here on twitter after reading one of the daily updates by @bob_wachter (I love those updates!) The question was: why should the peak of

David Stuart

davidastuart

1/4. I've been HIV positive for 30+ years.For a decade of that it meant I would die.The world is rallying & showing compassion for people vulnerable with COVID infection.Another viral

Sophie XY ♂️🟥

SophieXY44

I used to be very afraid my life would end in violence because I was trans. Imagine my relief when I discovered that the “epidemic” of violence against trans people

Julia Symmes Cobb

JSymmesCobb

Numbers of confirmed coronavirus case mean very little without context on how many tests are taking place in a given country. In Latin America the scale of testing varies widely

Amy Qin 秦颖

amyyqin

For the CCP, even grief is a potential threat to stability that needs to be controlled. In Wuhan, officials are pushing families to bury the dead quickly & quietly, to

Helen Ward

profhelenward

OK a thread.That didn't help, but we must focus on the big picture. As I wrote in The Guardian on 15 April, the key tasks are (first 4 remain the

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

The drivers of the #COVID19 epidemic in India are certainly multifactorial, but we have now seen the viral lineage B.1.617 linked to this epidemic continue to increase in frequency in

Jade Eloise Norris

jadenozzz

Currently, both 'sides' attempt to delegitimise the other's viewpoints by describing them in the extreme;'Lockdowns until vaccine' vs. 'let it rip'I won't get into those issues, but wanted to show

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ Okay, here’s the kind of conspiracy theory I can get behind. (No - I am NOT saying it’s true, just that it’s more interstng than most.) we all know

Danielle Ofri

danielleofri

#Burnout among #doctors & #nurses appears to be at epidemic proportions these days, with concomitant prescriptions for wellness and resilience. But in reality, most are not burned out: most love

Naazereen Al Najar

Naazereen

Sorry @SenSanders but I donated toward those in need during this virus instead of your campaign.My vote is always yours Anyone who wants to donate towards those that may be

ChuckModi

ChuckModi1

Been trying to be a good boy & lay off Biden, but if dude is gonna attack Trump from THE RIGHT on sanctions on Cuba (& Venezuela), that’s dead.Sanctions kill

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Fundamental, basic, deadly error in Atlas press conference: "The purpose of testing is to stop people from dying, from getting a serious illness." This is SO WRONG. In an epidemic,

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Thanks for invitation @BBCRadio4 World Tonight. No easy choices in the UK now, every choice has very significant negative consequences. But delay before implementation is a decisions in itself &

Natalie

wednesdaydreams

Wong Kar Wai on Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu WaiAnd on his actors: "You know, I don't shoot them that way because I like beauty. I do it because