#Epidemiologists

Ramya

idlidosa2

Zambia has made incredible gains in the last 4 yrs, training epidemiologists for outbreaks.Read about how we set up the Zambia Field Epidemiology Training Program #FETP in my 1st FIRST-AUTHOR

Nora Loreto

NoLore

This is a stunning investigation that makes it clear that the Liberals are to blame for much of Canada's COVID death. A small thread:https://twitter.com/globeandmail/status/1287149764560052224 (Watch out for the weird error

Dr Neela Janakiramanan, FRACS

NeelaJan

Elimination vs suppression - in this discussion, I’d like to hear less from epidemiologists and politicians and more from ethicists. I think the science is clear that elimination is scientifically

Allen Holub

allenholub

Taking a cue from epidemiologists, it might be a good thing abandon the notion of "forecasts" and "estimates" in software and talk, instead, about models. A model is a dynamic

Chris Hayes

chrislhayes

OK, so from my interviews with a ton of epidemiologists over the last bunch of months, here's a pretty straightforward plan to suppress the virus and get the US to

Fabrizio Zilibotti

FabrizioZilibo1

Lot of talk about mistakes of Italian authorities in the COVID crisis. Some were important (no red zone in Bergamo, reluctance to lockdown Milano, errors in some hospitals). But Italy

Mesfin መስፍኔ

mesfine

I am struggling to understand why @Wazemaradio is criticized for reporting a key aspect of government scenario analysis regarding the #COVID19Ethiopia COVID19Ethiopia. 1) There is no question regarding the authenticity

Andrew Stroehlein

astroehlein

What is the aim of any business? a) Maximize production? b) Maximize profits? Which strategy for making vaccine doses will help end a global pandemic faster? a) Maximize production?

Saifedean.com

saifedean

Friedrich Hayek has some good explanations for why your epidemiologists' models were so far from reality.https://mises.org/library/pretense-knowledge Expectation is the mother of disappointment. Nobody can possibly know what kind of implications

Dr Julie Blommaert 👩🏼‍🔬

drjulie_b

Yet another honest write-up of the Swedish Strategy"From early on, the Swedish government seemed to treat it as a foregone conclusion that many people would die."https://time.com/5899432/sweden-coronovirus-disaster/ While reading

nccovid

nccovid

Today we released a brief on how North Carolina’s healthcare system can handle a surge from COVID-19 under various conditions through June 1. One link is here:https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/2020/04/06/covid-19-north-carolina-collaborative/ We modele

Ellen Broad

ellenbroad

Adding one more output to the maelstrom of #COVIDー19 contact tracing technologies debate, but this is one I'm proud of. Academics from disciplines across @ourANU have joined forces to propose

Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala1

"The case in point is Ebola in West Africa in 2014. Epidemiological models, which accurately charted the early, exponential growth phase of the epidemic, failed to predict its rapid decline."

Socialist_Tipster

Eyecatcher_Pro

"The better and more comprehensive the data is the more informed the policy will be. A complete overhaul of the current reporting of Covid data is urgently needed. Meanwhile, let’s

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/It's late, but there's still time for:Coronavirus Tweets From the Experts, 5/26/2020https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/lists/coronavirus 2/Even the best epidemiologists make mistakes from time to time!https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/

Darlene Cypser

DarleneCypser

For those of you who missed the presentation yesterday, or could not read faster enough here is the link to the slides (with names of the epidemiologists consulted) from the