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David States

statesdj

Re-upping a thread with some updates, a lot has changed in the past 6 weeks. Fall semester is rapidly approaching. What should we expect?1/https://twitter.com/statesdj/status/1265984315298664448?s=20 With disciplined public health behavior

Ángela S Vilanova de Canelón⚕️

angela_fc_cf

(Hilo) Coronavirus:La denominación correcta para el virus es SARS-2-CoV.La denominación correcta de la enfermedad es COVID-19 (abreviación de Coronavirus Disease 2019) El coronavirus no es un virus nuevo. De la

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Seeing papers make the rounds that the herd immunity threshold may be much lower than the rough approximation 1-1/R0. Maybe, but let's slow down a minute.#1. There is still way

Billy Bostickson 🏴👁&👁 🆓

BillyBostickson

Meat is high in Glycosaminoglycans(central to coronavirus's ability to attach to host cells)Beef, pork poultry, seafood are rich in heparan sulfate (glycosaminoglycans), highly charged anchors for SARSCoV2Meat surfaces critical factors

Ranger Frog

Mr_Cynic

Alright, I’ve had to read about face masks and N95s until my brain cries for work, so I’m going to do a thread on them. So first of all, what’s

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

If we want to understand how powerful an opponent SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is, let’s take a look what has been required to stop it in China. The Chinese government has essentially

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ TIME FOR SOME AIRBORNE + DROPLET HISTORYNow that @WHO and @CDCgov have finally accepted *after a year of denial and delays* that airborne transmission is a major mode for

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

Here's a short list of things we do and don't yet know about #COVID19. 1. We don't yet know the true case fatality rate. (E.g.: if you catch it, how

Rafael Fonseca MD

Rfonsi1

THE LACK OF PERSUASION AS A FAILURE AGAINST COVID-19.1/The yearning for liberty is inextricably linked to the human existence. Liberty yearning is like gravity pulling water down the slope- even

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 65It’s Thursday, Grand Rounds day: https://bit.ly/3bTcpP9 . 5 topics: state of the pandemic (w/ focus on Covid in children); the new Kawasaki-like syndrome in kids; updates

Masks For Docs Foundation

MasksForDocs

A quick guide to #PPE (personal protective equipment) for non-professionals. This is NOT medical advice.PPE includes masks, face shields, hoods, respirators, gloves, etc. PPE is used to protect healthcare workers

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 121Grand rounds today, here: https://tinyurl.com/y5ut4435 . As I said in my intro (@ 1:00), we covered perhaps the most important topics in the world today: how

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 181Today marks a half-year of Covid. We’re increasingly told that "it’s vital that we remain vigilant.” But what exactly does that mean?So today: how to

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

What if 2m/6ft is not enough? I'm concerned our 'opening' guidelines & restrictions may not be considering airborne microdroplet transmission of #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 sufficiently. What does that mean?Let's talk. (Over

Emily Burns😊 DMs welcome #TeamReality

Emily_Burns_V

1/Masks don’t work to stop COVID, though they work wonders keeping kids out of school & unemployment highBut WHY don’t they work? Let’s seeRather than thinking of respiratory aerosols like

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ This article (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768396) was recently published in JAMA, and argues against aerosols being an important transmission pathway for COVID-19. Although better than other similar articles, the a