#Epidemiology

Bruce King

CrowdvBank

FWIW here is a point-by-point debunking of this steaming pile of PR spin. #COVID19nz Press release by public relations firm BlacklandPR, presumably on behalf of Dr Simon Thornley et al.:

Justin Hart

justin_hart

Let's review this mask thing one more time.Studies on the effectiveness of face masks (via our friends at Swiss Policy Research and our dutiful writers at @Rational_Ground )https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/https://rationalground.co

Hasampouli

Hasampouli

The biggest pox party in history #covid19UK Johnson’s U.K. Virus Strategy Needs People to Catch the Diseasehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/johnson-s-u-k-virus-strategy-needs-people-to-catch-the-disease UK strategy in a nutshellhttp

V. Cheianov, Esq.

cheianov

NYC antibody testing and the fatality rate of covid19.A physicist's take on the problem.Thread@JamieWoodhouse@Kit_Yates_Maths@lymanstoneky@andrew_lilico@bajhanlaurence1/n Summary:In this thread I obtain an estimate on the IFR of covid-19 in NYC.

David

mitter81

some reminders.According to the latest immunological and serological studies, the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza (flu).1/ In

Health Nerd

GidMK

Recently, John Ioannidis, of "Most Published Research Findings Are False" fame, published a commentary piece on COVID-19 and global actionI thought it would be good to do a bit of

Dominique Heinke

Epi_D_Nique

Since selection/collider bias is currently a hot topic, it seems like a good time for a #tweetorial!Gather round #EpiTwitter (but not too close!) for a tour of my paper investigating

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

My discussion on the role schools play in transmission, and what needs to be done with @bbcworldservice - speaking with Paul Henley and panelists, @georginagodwin and @DomJermey. Please listen from

Jason Crawford

jasoncrawford

Smallpox was one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced—and also the only human disease we have ever eradicated. It was also the first disease with a vaccine.You may

COVID Impact

CovidSerology

New study from Tokyo measuring antibodies of asymptomatic workers from 1 company is claiming 47% of the pop. of Tokyo (14M) have developed antibodies to SARS-COV-2. Findings from the paper

liz chatterjee

natterjee

Our second plague is an #envhist classic: yellow fever. The great disease of the transatlantic slave trade, it was a key symptom of our entry into a new, environmentally ruinous

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Updated NYC Covid-19 numbers. Note the cases with no underlying conditions NYC numbers are cooked so that "if it died, and it tested positive for Covid-19, book it"Dr. Sucharit

Denny Borsboom

BorsboomDenny

I just spent three amazing days with @tfblanken and @CharlotteCTanis in the @kromhouthal. We measured social distancing behavior during the Art Fair organized by #smartdistancelab. This is how the biggest

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

As the co-creator of NewsBusters, the most prominent anti-media website, I was part of a decades-long tradition of complaining about media elites being "unfair" to conservative views. There is still

Martin Juhl

MartinJuhl2

A compilation on current data on seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 as well as historic data on other virus, such as common cold HCoV's and influenza Temperature Humidity UVB Vitamin D Indoor

Saul Justin Newman 🏳️‍🌈

saul_newman

Last year I posted a very simple argument to #bioRxiv. It became the 6th-most discussed preprint ever.Today I am posting the sequel. #Supercentenarians and #BlueZones – are they a vital