#Epidemics

Daniel Reeders

engagedpractx

Just reading the @DRWAus take on the contact tracing app here:https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2020/04/24/covid-19-trace-app/ I'm no fan of the app proposal. Earlier today I wrote that confidentiality is not just about data handling —

Richard Neher

richardneher

There as been a lot of talk on whether spring will stop #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 (probably not). We (me, @robert_dyrdak Valentin D, @firefoxx66, @Jan_Albert_) used data on endemic CoVs to estimate

el gato malo

boriquagato

a big part of the initial scare story on COV19 was "it's a zoonotic virus to which humans have no pre-existing resistance."it was never true.yet another study showing that over

IndigenousXca - Alexis @ankatea

IndigenousXca

I feel like I’m doing a terrible job hosting this account because my heart is so burned out I can’t seem to pull together original thoughts. The last few months

Aris Katzourakis

ArisKatzourakis

[MEDIUM THREAD] On the topic of covid becoming an endemic virus. You hear this a lot; sometimes in response to critiques against strategies of elimination, sometimes just as a statement

Tahir Amin

realtahiramin

I want to break down what I and others mean when we say that pharmaceutical companies did not properly prepare for #COVID19 despite previous warnings we could have a pandemic.

Neeti Kargil

NKargil

Every yr the mass destruction of #AssamFloods is followed by major outbreaks of typhoid fever, Encephalitis, cholera, leptospirosis and hepatitis A, malaria, dengue haemorrhagic fever, yellow fever etc. Needless to

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

New article! #coronavirus : Out of Many, OneIt focuses on the US, with less than 100 cases a month ago and over 200,000 todayhttps://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-out-of-many-one-36b886af37e9Thread: 1/ Core idea: It makes political

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

This article describes a radical approach to (not) managing the COVID epidemic in India. It misrepresents my views worse than almost any article I have ever been quoted in. We

YourWullie

YourWullie

Thomas Annan (born Dairsie, Fife 1829) was a Scottish photographer, notable for being the first to record the bad housing conditions of the poor. In 1866 he was commissioned to make photographic

Richard Neher

richardneher

What happens to #COVID19 when winter returns to the Northern Hemisphere is still uncertain, but here are some things we know:- people will spend more time indoors- indoor air will

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/5 thread, it's truly terrifying how the American "health freedom" #antivax anti-science movement has become a global phenonmenonhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/29/berlin-braces-for-anti-coronavirus-protest-against

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

Christophe Fraser

ChristoPhraser

Discussions emphasising 'COVID19 is more serious than flu' will probably become moot in the coming days and weeks, and for many people already have, but in case you are engaged

Gillian Branstetter

GBBranstetter

“During that time, there was extraordinary stigma, particularly against the gay community. And it was only when the world realized how the gay community responded to this outbreak with incredible

Felix Abrahams Obi

MallamPelliks

Nigeria has made a lot of progress in preparing and responding to disease outbreaks and epidemics. I remember my early days of public health; some 15yrs ago it's @WHONigeria that