#Epidemiology

Chris von Csefalvay

chrisvcsefalvay

Oh dear Jesus. I just read the tests on the Ferguson #COVID19 model.If I wrote code like this, with such excuses for tests, I'd get my ass fired, and you

"Max Nardou"

MaxNordau

THREAD: Former Florida DOH employee Rebekah Jones will be tweeting the timeline of when she claims she "was first asked to fudge the data and refused."This is a fact-checking thread.Sources:Personnel

Steve Deace

SteveDeaceShow

20 Things Covid taught us:1) Follow the science, of course, unless the science conflicts with Orange Man Bad. 2) The virus only spreads at gatherings that affirm certain political narratives.

Rajeev Venkayya MD

rvenkayya

This is a thread on the use of antibody tests (serology) to gauge individual risk for COVID-19 infection. It's triggered by the recent @WHO guidance and the push for "immunity

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

2. And if we can increase (b), (c), and (d) .... then (a) #SocialDistancing is not so necessary.WITHOUT these standard #publichealth measures, we'll see new hot-spots emerge, watch infections &

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

Thread. My comment about this: in the days after the pause was announced, we saw a lot of women scientists who are not medical or public health professionals saying things

Abdullah Hammoud

AHammoudMI

1/ "Testing is up in MI, therefore cases are up", not exactly true. Epidemiologyon. Let's break it down using SCIENCE - its our friend and helps us understand what's happening.

The 9th Floor

9thFloorAZ

DATA UPDATE: Arizona’s number of ICU beds in use by #COVID19 patients is at 122, down by approximately 87% from July 13. The number of ventilators in use by COVID

Jeffrey Barrett

jcbarret

Great paper investigating the infamous D614G coronavirus mutation in the lab. Clearly shows G614 better at infecting human cells in a dish, as well as hamsters. A couple of thoughts

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

21st century respiratory virus epidemics:SARS: Guangdong, China, 11/2002MERS: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 6/2012Covid-19: Wuhan, China, 12/2019Spot the common factor: very low relative air humidity.https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1230382802857680898

Jennifer Gardy

jennifergardy

Thread 1/12: Proud to have worked with @WHO (especially @NoorAbdisalan & @PAlonsoMalaria), @MalariaAtlas, & @hannah_c_slater on this important report, modeling how COVID-19 disruptions to essential malaria services could undo 20

Saifedean.com

saifedean

Epidemiology is a pseudoscience based on the astonishingly idiotic idea that diseases are programmed to spread & kill according to mathematical curves when there is absolutely no reason to believe

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

’FALSE POSITIVE’ ANTIBODY CONFUSION: there are 2 different types. 1) Classical false positive rate is when true negative people test +, aka 1-Specificity. 2) Another is low POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE,

Dr. Sophie Gilbert

SophieLGilbert

Arctic foxes are really, really good carriers of rabies. This fox does not appear rabid, but if one approaches you, you should be feeling.... kinda scared.1/ During a rabies outbreak/epidemic,

Tom McWilliams

tom_mcphagy

I have encountered some strong opinions in Finland on “who should express an opinion” on #COVID19. Science works best when a diversity of thought can flourish. No person/agency is beyond criticism. Data/evidence

Christopher Graber

glavaidguy

OK, #IDTwitter, we need to talk about y’all’s bashing of the @nejm remdesivir paper.We all want RCTs, but the data collection for this paper started in JANUARY. I didn’t know