#Epidemiologists

Barry Ritholtz

ritholtz

There is a meme that Americans are deeply divided about Coronavirus: What we should be doing in response, how well it has been managed, and how we should re-open. This

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

Lauren Sommer

lesommer

In early February, the CDC picked 6 U.S. cities to find the coronavirus before it spread. They were “sentinel” cities. But it took a month or more to getting going,

Gnome De Plume

PHealthGnome

Ok, so lets break a rule and talk about the relative safety of schools. I don't normally talk about this because no matter what I say my mentions get angry

Joel Miller

joel_c_miller

A problem with armchair epidemiologists is that they can make very confident-sounding statements without acknowledging (or perhaps even recognizing) that those statements depend on assumptions.https://twitter.com/federicolois/status/1298631

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

Shelter in place & surge capacity are NOT enough. While we absolutely need them to bend curve, COVID may come right back to hot spots if we dont:1. Test more

Martin Kulldorff

MartinKulldorff

Twelve Forgotten Principles of Public Health#1 Public health is about all health outcomes, not just a single disease like #COVID19. It is important to also consider harms from public health

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eliowa

My reqs for Iowans on opening: Even though the state is open, that doesn't mean it's safe. Models still show that Iowa's statewide transmission is not declining; some models have

Jeff Kosseff

jkosseff

I thought it would be helpful to write a thread with tips for professors who suddenly have to start talking with reporters a lot. I've logged my media calls since

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

To understand a global pandemic we need global data.But even more than one year into the pandemic some of the most basic international data on COVID is missing.Just because there

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docrussjackson

ESSENTIAL article on #COVID19 - from the Telegraph!"The striking thing is how consistently the govt failed, in every single element of the response, everywhere you turn. This is probably the

Guy in the red tie

guyinaredtie1

I've always believed that science should be as dry as possible and free from political biasKarol Sikora has never believed this, and now it appears that Sunetra Gupta and Carl

Bachman

ElonBachman

1\ What follows is a thread summarizing what we know about COVID-19Others more knowledgeable than I will continue to hash out the details, but at this point the data speaks

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koaleszenz

the "herd immunity" threshold for COVID-19 is probably around 60% of the population. no country is anywhere near this."herd immunity" is not a magical concept. let's talk about what it

Texas Tribune

TexasTribune

1/ Gov. Greg Abbott promised that all those who need a coronavirus test “will get one.”But tests are scarce near the border, where there is a large at-risk population.Counties are

Genesis Health Consulting

GHC_Ideas

Q2: What must be true when we think about kids returning to school? #covid19 Please include A2 and the chat hashtag #GenesisPlayCafe in your response 1 Several papers and guiding