#Epidemiologists

Some Boys' Mother

someboysmother

Social media came unglued the last few days because apparently people want to hear more from "America's Frontline Doctors" So I have some perspective for youTHREAD I've heard more in

Chad Loder

chadloder

cw: coronavirus, pandemic, death.Coronavirus real talk time. Within 3 weeks, we will be seeing videos of overwhelmed hospitals in the US, with hundreds of deaths.Here’s the director of one of

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BUCKLE UP—huge HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & #COVID19 meta-analysis of all useable trials & observational studies w/ 30,000—11,932 participants on HCQ, 8,081 on HCQ+azithromycin & 12,930 control. Result? Big fat null. Trials

Andrew Stroehlein

astroehlein

The EU, UK & a few other governments are determined to continue blocking wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver at the World Trade Organization. This means global vaccine

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

Personally, I find the idea that Priti Patel didn't know the harm she was causing 100% plausible. And why? Because people without a shred of empathy do not know and

David Ndii

DavidNdii

A STRUGGLING ECONOMY: Dr. David Ndii speaks on how to cushion the Kenyan economy from COVID-19https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRUGDqN9cO0 Why it would pay to compensate Covid19 +ve people: A primer on the economics

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

“What do we do if no vaccine rescues us” was the conversation I found myself having with some epidemiologists, scientists, doctors & engineers.It felt too early in the morning for

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

This is a phenomenal article on the potential of different sorts of testing, and the ways that we are limited by demands for sensitivity and specificity. There's one important thing

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

HUGE. **Rapid** 15 min tests approved by @WHO—a bold & right step for #COVID19. Akin to home pregnancy tests, rapid antigen tests better than PCR where labs scares & lag

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

I want to step back and give some thoughts about the Coronavirus developments this week and some sense of the 3 months ahead from my perspective. Context: I am an

Justin Hart

justin_hart

I'm gonna highlight here in this thread some of the most important items you may have missed over the past two weeks from some of the MOST IMPORTANT people you

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

NEW! research shows rapid antigen tests can work in a real world setting - with asymptomatic and symptomatic people. The rapid "paper-strip" antigen test called the BinaxNOW detected >90% of

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

Elliot Haspel

ehaspel

THREAD: I think this piece by @JoshuaMound poses some useful provocations. I also think to some extent he sets up a straw man (specifically @AlecMacGillis). It is possible to both

Brexitshambles

brexit_sham

Exit Strategies. A thread: "I saw the first results and I thought: "Holy fuck, that timeline."Dutch scientists are working on a #Coronavirus exit strategy that could last anywhere between one

Acataleptic Vijayalakshmi

wataboutery

#StatisticsI found this quite interesting How Not to Bet !Jeanne was in her late 80s. Her husband had already passed away twenty years back. Her only daughter, Yvonne, had died