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Anthony Costello
globalhlthtwit
The Barrington Declaration from the quadrangles of Yale, Stanford + Oxford: "People who are more at risk may participate if they wish, while society as a whole enjoys the protection
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el gato malo
boriquagato
this is an excellent study based on swedish data.herd immunity is reached LONG before the predicted 1-(1/R0) threshold.in sweden, it looks to have been around 17%, not 60%.this is because
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Shanahnahnah
shanahnahnah
#MN Leaders is today the day we #EndQualifiedImmunity?This is ur daily reminder to #BeLikeColorado, who already paved the way to holding Police accountable.#BlackLivesMatter @GovTimWalz @MayorFrey @amyklobuchar @TinaSmithMN @IlhanMN @mnhous
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balajis.com
balajis
One of the problems with the “herd immunity” narrative is that we don’t know the duration of immunity to SARS-COV-2.For other coronaviruses, and different diseases like malaria, immunity is not
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A Marm Kilpatrick
DiseaseEcology
This article was just published on how far we are from herd immunity for COVID-19. Although the title is definitely correct, the article has a surprising number of important issues
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Youyang Gu
youyanggu
If you look at places like Arizona, Texas, Florida and Georgia, the reproduction number, Rt, is lower than during lockdown.Are people somehow practicing social distancing more now than during lockdown?
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Danielle Lupton
ProfLupton
Here we go. A live tweeted thread of the #PresidentialDebate2020 Donald Trump is not immune to Covid-19 after contacting it.https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/factchecking-trumps-immunity-claims/ There is no cure for Covid-19.https://www.hea
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Elinor Elliot
ElliotElinor
The unexpected sequelae of this virus (inter alia, clotting problems, kidney failure, emerging info about inflammatory response in young children) show that the "herd immunity" strategy was a Light Brigade-level
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Jeffrey Swisher, MD
jeffreyswisher
There seems to be a recent shift in the WH messaging about the pandemic. Mark Meadows (WHCOS) this morning basically conceded that we can't control the viral spread, bringing up
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M Gabriela M Gomes
mgmgomes1
Some relevant knowledge is not being communicated widely because science journals refuse to publish it. Our most recent preprint estimating relatively low herd immunity thresholds has just been rejected. The
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Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺
nicktolhurst
+UPDATE+Dominic Cummings had discussions with british media (inc. senior BBC & ITV journalists) on govt herd immunity strategy in March which have been unreported - even tho now both TV
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Seanan McGuire
seananmcguire
Herd immunity is magical. It's honestly probably the reason we have people, and the degree of stability and civilization we've been able to achieve. It slows the spread of infection,
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Russ Garrett
russss
This paper goes into a bit more detail on the "pulse width modulation" scenario for controlling COVID-19 after the initial peak (among other things). It's...not especially cheery reading.https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020
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Somesh Upadhyay, IAS
Somesh_IAS
Thread.So what is the source of all this 'BCG vaccine for Corona' discussion?BCG gives immunity agnst TB bacteria n other bacteria of same family. But coronavirus is, well, a virus.There
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Zachary Petrizzo
ZTPetrizzo
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Fox Nation hosts Diamond and Silk are making false claims and encouraging people to "be out in the environment." UPDATE: A Twitter spokesperson told Mediaite: "The
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Alex Berenson
AlexBerenson
1/ Many questions of late from parents and college students worried about mandatory or quasi-mandatory vaccinations - including why they can be mandated if they are not fully approved, and
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