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Dr. Tom Frieden
DrTomFrieden
1/ THREAD: The idea that @CDCgov isn’t doing science is—well, unscientific. CDC's 20,000 staff work 24/7 to protect you. Scientific articles in @CDCMMWR now far outpace prior epidemics. CDC &
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jojmacca
Okay.I’ve seen people here calling Paul xenophobic because of the wet market issue he discussed about but that is not the case at all.As a long-time animal rights activist of
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
Contrary to recent claims, #SARSCoV2 is expected to be seasonal, as are essentially all >200 respiratory viruses in circulation, including the four 'common cold' coronaviruses (see below). (1/5)Source: https://smw.ch/article/doi/
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Erin Law
erinplaw
So, I am a Public Health nerd and I have responded to outbreaks before. The one I worked most heavily on was Zika. What have mosquitos go to do with
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Kurt Eichenwald
kurteichenwald
Please, Kim Reynolds @IAGovernor share with us your knowledge that allows you to say one of the greatest infectious disease & public health experts anywhere doesnt know viral outbreaks as
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Usman T. Malik
usmantm
I was today years old when I learned 'quarantine' was invented by Muslim scientist Ibn Sina in the 11th century.A thread. "The first arguments for the use of quarantine to
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Andrew Steele
statto
The UK has so far had one of the worst coronavirus epidemics of any country in the world. The Government has serious questions to answer about failures in its response.https://twitter.com/ChrisGiles_/status/1265885480144470023
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Ned Nikolov, Ph.D.
NikolovScience
A leading Israeli math Prof. compared the evolution of #COVID19 epidemics in different countries and found that the virus follows the same pattern regardless of the mitigation measurements adopted by
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Allyson Heim
MsHeim
Book List! Pandemic ProtagonistsWhen I'm experiencing uncertainty, my go-to strategy is to #readaboutit. Here are books I've read over the years that feature some kind of disease and some kind
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@CDavidNaylor
cdavidnaylor
Oscar: Doc, what's ahead?Me: An even bigger surge of COVID-19 pts arriving at hospitals. Oscar: Sounds awful. Could a lot of people die? Me: Yes, Oscar. Sorry to say it.
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Sanjeev Sabhlok, Pope @Church of Reason & Liberty
sabhlok
Australian govt. states that even during Spanish flu, only "about 25 per cent of the world’s population was infected". This means herd immunity was attained at very low levels. Why
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Laila Lalami
LailaLalami
The pandemic is revealing and exacerbating inequalities of all kinds. A few examples: In Philadelphia, Covid-19 appeared first in wealthy, white neighborhoods, then spread quickly in poorer, diverse neighborhoods, where
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Dr. Tom Frieden
DrTomFrieden
COVID This Week The looming question: Internal travel restrictions1/22 This week: continued spread of Covid at a high rate in most of the US, continued shortages and delays in testing,
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Andrew Follett
AndrewCFollett
MUST watch.As the sage of GMU says, virtual schools are not adequate and do not meet the bare minimum standards expected of them. While schools mostly waste taxpayer money and
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Karl Shuve
KarlShuve
Since more than half my tweets these days are about the utter insanity of college's reopening for f2f instruction, I thought I'd put together a thread that collects my thoughts--as
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Giovanni B. Ponzetto
gbponz
THREAD: My late father was a small town General Practitioner, the nearest thing to a Far West doctor you could meet in the flesh in Europe. I still have his
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