#Epidemics

Brian Roemmele

BrianRoemmele

1/ For the last month I have been plotting out the residual effect from the 2020 Pandemic.I studied past pandemics particularly 1919 and have ideas.I feel it useful for the

𓅓Ramon

Rapataux

UK COVID-19 There are several indicators which make a country more vulnerable to epidemics. We (maestro and I) looked at some of these indicators. Lets get in to this Most

Lalo Dagach

LaloDagach

~ THREAD ON PLAGUES & PANDEMICS FROM CHINA The recent outbreak of #coronavirus (or SARS-CoV-2) originating in China is nothing new. Many of the great plagues and pandemics that

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Kinda interesting that the century of American globalization and the century of Chinese globalization both have a pandemic about 25 years in. I’d date the former to the 1893 Chicago

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I felt it may useful to summarise the various intervention strategies available to us to manage the Covid-19 pandemic. So far, there are three basic strategies that have been considered.

Jess Housty

jesshousty

Hi friends! Here’s a thread about the #GrannyGarden movement in Bella Bella — something to brighten your feed. I’m Jess, and I’m NOT a garden expert. I *am* the Executive

KeithAn50223675 GETTR: KeithAnd

KeithAn50223675

Thread with links to papers on health problems from masks1. Headaches: subjects wearing surgical masks experienced an average 4.9 days of headaches in 77 days compared to 1.3 days for

Allen Cheng

peripatetical

A thread about epidemic modelling, prompted by calls to "release the modelling" and the MJA paper. #COVID19 Disclaimer: I'm an epidemiologist and ID physician. I have published the occasional mathematical

Justin Stearns

kaohu11

Off the top of my head thread on (modern) scholars of plague in the Middle East (apologies in advance/add more!) Starting with Michael Dols, who wrote the first comprehensive survey

Matt Cone

mattcone2

The stakes in the 20-21 year (pandemic, election, etc.) will be higher than at any point in my career. Next year, I want to teach books that provoke @CHSJaguars students

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadI've been about this a lot, and I finally figured out how to express what angers me so much.If anyone should be banned, it's leftist directors. I'm sick and tired

Thomas Dvorak

thomdvorak

Covid-19 IFR is *NOT* 0.13% (THREAD)There's a lot of confusion and some downright appalling falsehoods in the heated debate about Covid-19. One particular point around which the "let the virus

LA Review of Books (LARB)

LAReviewofBooks

We're posting a series of #ShortTakes on our current time of quarantine and #COVID19. First, @ERICGUDAS on the social distancing inherent in the freelancer's life.https://twitter.com/LAReviewofBooks/status/1239378366215737344 .@Kate_Gale of @

James Rosen-Birch 🛸🔮🛠

provisionalidea

I'll start this off by saying I hope and pray for a swift end to the pandemic, and am deeply concerned for all those currently in the line of fire.As

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. I've spent weeks, now months, warning about the #COVID19 pandemic. We're in exactly the situation I was desperate for us to avoid. The virus is freely spreading in the

Dylan George

dylanbgeorge

1. Amid many discussions about comments about the need for more testing, a few thoughts.   https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503758-trump-quips-that-he-told-aides-to-slow-the-testing-down-for-coronavirus 2. Many biotech, pharma grou