#Epidemiologist

Zain Raza

smzrz

Since everyone has jumped on the leaked government report from Punjab and making their own conclusions without actually looking at the study and its details, here's a thread on why

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Do economic recessions increase the death rate?I had assumed so until I looked into itTurns out there is little evidence supporting a causal link, some evidence suggesting the opposite, and

Jennifer Lloyd

JEVLloyd

THREAD: I've pondered this for a long time for a few reasons: I value my privacy immensely; I fear causing myself more stress by talking; & I fear receiving stigma.But

Chase Thomas

ChaseThomas89

I was initially really proud of our state’s response to COVID-19. We shut down relatively early, our state epidemiologist @DrAngelaCDunn was always front and center in updates, and messaging was

Shawn Milne

ShawnMilne

I mean...hello, rural Utah (and related community leaders therein*)! If even this dyed-in-GOP-red guy is sporting a mask and admonishing us all to wear one, what’s yer real issue?

Mary Beth Sheridan

marybsheridan

THREAD: Mexico appears to have far fewer cases of coronavirus than the U.S. Why? 2/The difference is huge in states on the US-Mexico border. As of Sunday, California reported over

RealScientists | Erin

realscientists

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

Caitlin Dewey Rainwater

caitlindewey

So I know a lot of us are debating how to cover these anti-social-distancing protests. Here's my submission: https://buffalonews.com/2020/04/19/health-experts-advise-sustained-social-distancing-ahead-of-gridlock-buffalo-protest/I don't have a

Sarah Rasmussen

SarahDRasmussen

Schools and personally-acceptable risk (THREAD)This thread is an attempt to address questions certain UK parents and school staff have raised to me.I’m not an epidemiologist, but as a mathematician I’m

Caitlin Fitzsimmons 🧜‍♀️

niltiac

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-

Lowe 🏳️‍🌈 #MassTestingNowPH #JunkTerrorLaw

inflowescence

The COVID mutation that Dr. Salvaña was talking about in that CNN interview is a change in Spike, the viral protein that the virus uses to infect human cells. A

AJ Kay

AJKayWriter

Public health is has lost its wayThe rampant public moralizing & growing stigma surrounding #covid19 is shocking & ‘anti-public health’ by all pre-2020 standards.Add failures of transparency, Comm, & equity

Texas Tribune

TexasTribune

1/ As coronavirus cases steadily rise in Texas, the state has recently cut hundreds of workers from its contact tracing workforce. Today, about 2,800 contact tracers work in Texas —

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. Three weeks ago, everyone was bashing the University of Illinois for having the audacity to run an in-person semester at a large state school by developing an in-house testing

Jeff Jarvis

jeffjarvis

: An unfortunately terrible example of COVID reporting in The New York Times, in which they give practically unhindered voice to a preprint paper by a controversial scientist who's being

WhiskeyDelta6

Delta6Whiskey

“CBC News has agreed not to identify the source of the presentation slide.” let’s fucking add to the opaqueness problem in this province CBC!!!!! WOW what a bunch of