#Epidemiologists

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Enough with the beach-scolding! It's not scientifically-sound and it's counterproductive. It's a virus—not a moral agent geared to smite people who dare enjoy themselves. Six months in, we *know* most

No Hostages

Niall001

THREAD: LOCKDOWN, THINK-TANKS & LOBBY GROUPS: The astroturf campaign to end lockdown.You’ve probably seen some articles and tweets about ending lockdown quickly. Even some scientists appear to support it. 1/

Dr. Poppy Daniels

drpoppyBHRT

Today is May 29, 2020. There’s lots of things going on in the world & a lot today. But I would be remiss if I did not remind you of

Canadian Association of African Studies

CAAS_ACEA

Let's start a thread of pieces on #COVID19 in Africa written by African authors based in Africa & elsewhere. We'll start! Got ideas? 1/Créons une liste d'articles sur #COVID19 écrits

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros. #coronavirus https://www.pscp.tv/w/cWXKwDI2MTAyMHwxa3ZKcFhhZHJCbUpF-3Fk4AVbiKBqoyklCe2j4mu0xGy1NbypwKs1AYDkiTw= "When the nations of the world met to form the @UN in 1945, one of the first things they d

𓅓Ramon

Rapataux

The John Snow memorandum.I waited way too long to give my statement. Now it’s time. I’ll attach a screenshot for every text passage and give my statement to that. Thread1/x

Andrew Flood 👨🏻‍💻📝🕺

andrewflood

The right wing suggest we can let people die of #Covid19 in order to 'save the economy'. But countries like Sweden that took that route did as bad if not

EpidemioLakshmy

epidemiolakshmy

Better late than never - my thread on the US public health (PH) system.This doesn't cover everything, but does provide an outline of how funding & structures work with each

CryptoNephilim

cryptonephilim

Health officials from China, Korea, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Bahrain, Turkey, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, Cuba, Italy, and 65 scientific studies have shown hydroxychloroquine is effective

Kristof Strijkers

strijkers

The curious case of #SwedenIn contrast to other countries Sweden’s confinement measures against #SARS_COV_2 are softer. Their data are for some prove of irresponsible opportunism, for others that the rest

Science & Policy Ex

DSP_SPE

The @DSP_SPE team has gathered some (French too) Canadian #COVID19 resources. If you’re interested in volunteering, donating, visualizing data or fact checking - the link, follow this thread for

Kara Platoni

KaraPlatoni

Friends! Team @WIRED @WIREDScience have been working super hard to bring you clear, accurate, trustworthy reporting about #COVID2019--for free! (There's no paywall for coronavirus public health stories.) If you're looking

Reuters Institute

risj_oxford

Here's a thread with a selection of great journalism on #COVIDー19 from around the world. Please share and feel free to add suggestions at the end #Covid_19 1. @nytimes has

Martin Kulldorff

MartinKulldorff

Pandemic absurdities: Firing people with natural immunity after Covid recovery, even though they are the least likely to spread Covid to others. 1/∞https://brownstone.org/articles/hospitals-should-hire-not-fire-nurses-with-natural-immuni

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Blair is urging world govts to massively increase testing both in scale & frequency everyone & often. This is preposterous. Those with a good knowledge of immunology know with a

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

Bring back the Renaissance Man/Woman, or why "listening to the expert" is not such a good idea although it superficially seems so to all but the technocrats in our times.