#Epidemiologists

Ellen Carmichael

ellencarmichael

Those insisting it's never going to be safe to resume normal life are absolutely exhausting and downright toxic. Their defeatist coping methods require scolding those who refuse to join in

Katherine Ellen Foley

katherineefoley

Back in May, I heard about scientists trying to use wastewater as an early #covid19 warning signal. As I dug into that idea, I learned about their much larger ambition:

Ohio Department of Common Sense

OhioSense

Scientific studies during and after the 1918 flu showed no reduction of spread from masks even when universally worn. Scientists consequently admitted something must be wrong with their hypothesis on

Dr. Saskia Popescu

SaskiaPopescu

A few thoughts on the “airborne" conversations right now…First, I ultimately think this comes down more to scicomm & our ability to communicate nuanced situations & data. How we approach

Charlotte Gracias

Charlotte3003G

Epidemiologists, epidemiological statisticians, microbiologists, mathematicians and many other scientists and academics the world over have repeatedly warned that the #lockdown is precisely the wrong thing to do.https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Tweets from the Experts, 4/23/2020 2/How do epidemiologists figure out what R0 is?A presentation:https://twitter.com/rozeggo/status/1253440740526632960 3/Remember, even after a vaccine arrives, it will take years to stamp out this virus.https://twi

Kannan Gopinathan

naukarshah

If herd immunity is our only way out of this disease as many epidemiologists are suggesting, then we need to convert our weakness into our strength. Our numbers. In addition,

Sunil Sawhney

Sunil_Sawhney

Today many countries have an interesting #paradox. Do we continue #lockdown for a very long time and wipe out our economies or let a few people die and keep the

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADHATE AS A VIRUSHate is like a virus. If left unchecked, it spreads and spreads and spreads—and spreads. Until.Shaped by known risk factors, the spread of hate can also be

el gato malo

boriquagato

once upon a time, there was a pleasing notion:"if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed"alas if that ship was ever seaworthy, it

Jenny Lee Shee

jennyleeshee

1/7Later today or early tomorrow morning, @sflecce, the Minister of Education, will undoubtedly tweet some sort of good luck message to staff and students as we head back to school.As

Philippe Lemoine

phl43

Epidemiologists claim that B.1.1.7 is far more transmissible than the historical lineage. In this post, I look at what happened in France and argue that, while B.1.1.7 initially had a

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aertemisha

Important reminder that just because conventions aren't a thing (and shouldn't be) this season, please get your flu shot. They are safe and effective in preventing certain flu strains that

IPPR

IPPR

On Monday we published new research with @RunnymedeTrust on ethnic disparities in Covid which found that 58,000 additional people would have died if white communities faced the same level of

Runnymede Trust

RunnymedeTrust

1. On Monday we published new research with @IPPR on ethnic disparities in Covid which found that 58,000 additional people would have died if white communities faced the same level

Simon Elvery

drzax

As much as I'd like to I haven't had time to get into this #covid19australia tracing app story. But here's the bottom line (in my opinion): at this point it