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DearPandemic
1/ Q: So the CDC just released data that said 94% of U.S. COVID-19 deaths had underlying medical conditions?A: FALSE.We’ve heard this interpretation is making the rounds, but it’s just
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Zoë McLaren, PhD
ZoeMcLaren
This thread racked up over 34K retweets. It's an expertly written thread that makes many important points. But its central premise – that incorrectly pooling data is the key problem
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Whitney R. Robinson
WhitneyEpi
Reading this article (in which I'm quoted near the end), I realized why I have such a strong visceral reaction to some of the negative coverage of @ProfEmilyOster's work on
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Jason Haw
jasonhaw_
A lot of people have requested us to measure the case fatality rate (CFR) and disaggegrate by age group in our #COVID19PH dashboard (http://bit.ly/COVID19PHdashboard)Let me explain in this thread why
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The BioAbsurdist
bioabsurdism
Let’s talk about #masks (A Thread)The masks people are wearing are permeable to viral particles. The spaces between threads > width of a single virus. This is not contested among
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Rob Lentz
RobJLentz
Pleased to finally present this work! Large (n=1130), global (67 countries) case-control study of exposures associated with HCP illness with COVID-19. Granular look at workplace exposures with respirator vs. medical
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Eric Lofgren
GermsAndNumbers
One modeler’s thoughts on the UIUC thing. Because while there are some valid criticisms to be had here, I think there’s also some unfair aspects running around #epitwitter .So here
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Epi Barbie - Karen Errichetti
karenerrichetti
Attention #AcademicTwitter, #MedTwitter, and #SoMeDocs. I grew my Twitter following from 500 to over 4,000 in FIVE months. You can too. AN UPDATED, EPIC #TWEETORIAL thread 1/n Get in the
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Whitney R. Robinson
WhitneyEpi
.@NYTimes has done great data journalism on #SARS_CoV_2, filling gaps left by an incompetent US federal response but their recent coverage re: schools is tipping towards sensationalism & divergence from
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Ashley Holub
ashtroid22
1. Linking off a previous thread related to #healthinequities and #autism but this thread can stand alone. #epitwitter This thread discusses recent studies that state the prevalence of autism in
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Monica H Green
monicaMedHist
Okay, since @KevinMKruse now seems to have given his imprimatur to this piece in the @washingtonpost today about #nCoV2019 & past plagues, it seems time for a mini-thread about #medhist
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Rahul Ganatra
rbganatra
1/My appraisal of the RECOVERY trial: This was a (very) positive study.How could chance or bias affect the validity of these results? What was missing?How should we apply these results?Let’s
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Whitney R. Robinson
WhitneyEpi
1/ Not that @jbouie needs me to pump up his work, but I will anyway. This essay is excellent for scholars who do work in U.S. Black populations but are
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Ariel Beccia
arielbeccia
Part 2 of my "Intersectional Approaches in Epidemiology" resource series is up today on #EpiToDate! Focus this time is on bridging social theory with quantitative methods Many thanks to
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Whitney R. Robinson
WhitneyEpi
1/ New #COVID19 #K12 paper in @ScienceMagazine: the part that most excites me is zooming in on the safety measures that best predict low #COVID19 risks...https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/04/28/science.abh2939 https://twitte
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The Coronavirus in Kids (COVKID) Project
COVKIDProject
MAJOR UPDATE 9-APRIL-21 1/10The COVKID Project has revamped our data dashboards. This is what you will see on our landing page: daily average incidence rate (DIR) on the left,
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