#Epidemics

Uncle Bernbach

unclebernbach

“Ogilvy on Advertising” is one of the most influential advertising books ever. Below is a thread with 20 of the most interesting ideas from the book. The book was first

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly: The First Cluster Cluster at White House is symptom and symbol of the failure of Federal response. Overconfidence in testing. Lack of basic safety precautions in crowded

Tom Inglesby

T_Inglesby

Course corrections in the US response to COVID are seriously needed. The national and state rising numbers unfortunately speak for themselves. National leaders, state and local leaders, and the public

bhattsamir@gmail.com

DrSamirBhatt

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31357-X/fulltext#coronavirus-linkback-header Have deaths from COVID-19 in Europe plateaued due to herd immunity? There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding herd immu

Torr Leonard

torrHL

“As US’s premier gateway to China, California was, early in pandemic, seen as one of the most vulnerable states to the spread of virus.In Jan, 600 direct flights from China

Mackenzie Lockhart

lockhartm

While the pundit class of BC is concerned with the dangers posed by an election, what does the science actually tell us?TL;DR: The risks are minimal, especially when transmission is

Gujarat History

GujaratHistory

Humankind is most thankful to Dr.Edward Jenner who invented viral infectious disease smallpox vaccine in 1796 AD.He saved billions of lives.I have seen smallpox patients in my childhood. In my

Akili Dada

AkiliDada

Happy Friday! We hope your day is going great. Following up on last week's #thread on Combating GBV during #COVID19. This week as part of #SexualAssaultAwarenessmonth our #thread touches on

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

Please look at this Table I made from Johns Hopkins and Worldometer and case study data, and consider what it means (1) THREAD South Korea saw their first ten deaths on

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: what happened with COVID in September and where are we now? It's been an eventful month and there is good news and bad news... read on to find out

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

Here at last is some good news about the Covid-19 pandemic: In many places with strict lockdowns this spring, there were far fewer premature births than is considered normalhttps://trib.al/3M6CRWM

Sparrow/Liz (semi-hiatus)

UntoNuggan

[covid vaccine]I know people are concerned about "vaccine hesitancy" and the pandemicBut let me just say this: if I found out scientists knew someone died as a result of the

Jennifer Brea🦒

jenbrea

In addition to being a fairly nasty respiratory virus, #COVIDー19 can invade the central nervous system and/or cause profound neurological disease. Another reason why MORTALITY is not the only statistic

Dr. Safa Mote

SafaMote

On Mar 24, we had ~800 #COVID deaths in the US. On Apr 4, when the count was at ~8,000, I predicted ~20,000 deaths by Easter Sunday, Apr 12.My prediction

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/ Another Friday evening, another moment to reflect. And mourn. And be angry beyond words.CDC COVID-VIEW comes out on Fridays. It’s a refreshing break from the amateur, uninformed epidemiology from

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD1/ We are 1 of the only wealthy places in the world that actually tried, failed, & gave upWe tried to mitigate, this epidemic ran away, we tried to lockdown,