#Epidemiological

1) Premier François Legault expressed guarded optimism on Friday that Quebec has “reached some level of stabilization” in #COVID19 cases. But a provincial health institute issued dire projections for Montreal’s
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1) In what could only be described as a late-afternoon “data dump"on Friday, the government released its latest projections for #COVID19 until August. To put it mildly, they conflict with
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Well, it's been 3 months - let's check and see how we are doing with perinatal #COVID19. @EBNEO 1/xhttps://twitter.com/InfectiousNeo/status/1241387166045032451 Perinatal transmission: Absolutely. The rate looks like it's hoveri
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COVID-19 UpdateThere are 2 new cases of COVID-19 to report. Both are cases in the community and both have epidemiological links to the Auckland cluster. 2 previously reported cases are
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1/n Some more back of the envelope thinking about the state's response to COVID-19, and how it has wider applicability. Let me preface by saying this is the sort of
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1) In the past 10 days, the number of Montrealers dying from #coronavirus jumped more than five-fold —from 29 on April 3 to 162 on Monday. Ninety of those who
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Covid is airborne, but the continuing insistence in pushing fomites as the major source of infections makes ‘the idea of fomites as the main infection route’ a large contributor to
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To better advise some policy-makers we’re speaking with, what do we view as the key barriers to scaling up testing and strategies to overcome them. See thread below. Figured public
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Let me quickly catch you up on how this Wisconsin gal ended up working as a scientist in Berlin... (any other cheeseheads out there?!) My path was perhaps more roundabout
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1) Quebec now appears to be at a worrying turning point in the #pandemic, with #COVID19 outbreaks fast occurring in multiple settings, with clusters of cases causing other flare-ups in
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Strong story by @Kaubo with a small contribution by me (I interviewed Professor McLaws) COVID-19 study clears NSW schools for student returnhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/safe-as-houses-covid-19-study-clears-nsw-schools-for-student-return-20200425-
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A thread on policy responses to epidemics – from someone who’s spent 20 years researching and teaching their histories. These are observations not answers, that aim to contextualise not condone
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Thrilled to announce our new paper published in @WIREs_Reviews, “Is atypical rhythm a risk factor for developmental speech and language disorders?” https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1528 w/@EnikoLadanyi @v_persici @Anna5ash @btill_lyon framing the Atypical
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Second positive case of Novel #Coronavirus has been found, in #Kerala. The student(studying in #China) had recently returned from China. The patient has been kept in isolation in the hospital;
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So the Swedish approach was influenced by "viral coronavirus conspiracy videos" created by a dude referred to as a "virus truther" by the Bulwark and defended by Laura Ingraham when
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1) Just days after Premier François Legault floated the idea of possibly easing some restrictions in Outaouais, a #COVID19 outbreak flared up on Saturday in a private seniors’ residence in
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