#Infection

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

As we head into fall, worth reflecting on the past 3 months, and what it portends for next fewWhile things are clearly better since summer peak, serious warning signs aheadThe

@theformanalyst

theformanalyst

Been trying to write this update for 5-6 days but found it impossible. Spent 8 days in hospital in the infectious disease ward fighting COVID and an infection. Can only

Grindhead Jim 🤘🏼(GrindMom)

GrindheadJim

I went to bed with the beginnings of a fever. I woke up to having sweat it out. When I went to bed, there was some worrying, localized tonsil pain

Bryan Smith

BpsmithUk

Im a professional microbiologist.Let me tell you the problem with "R is 0.7" they dont tell you:R

Joe Lockhart

joelockhart

1. Questions i'd ask, and would expect to answer, if i was still at White House. When exactly did you determine that Ms Hicks tested positive? When was the President

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

A sketch to explain how a new variant may appear milder even with no change in underlying virulence. This can occur because, when calculating the fraction of cases that are

Jacob Lovatt

JacobLovatt

1/n563 people died in last 24hr reporting period as of 4pm on March 31 (there will be more than that as the figures don't track all deaths, "deaths in the

Bryan O'Nolan

BryanONolan

THE NON-POLITICS OF MASK WEARINGa theory in a thread.I am not an epidemiologist.I am not a political scientist.I am that most feared of experts, a man with an internet connection.Please

✨🌟Saira🌟✨

saira_ramadan

How do other feel about the prospect of mandatory face coverings in confined and/or indoors spaces such as shops? The only times my family and I don’t wear face masks

Dr. Maureen Williams

MoDubs11

Everyone! New paper out in @SpringerEcology #Oecologia with @donohueian & @TCDParasitology! "Warming can alter host behavior in a similar manner to infection with behavior-manipulating parasites". Why is this paper so

Siddharth Shirole

SidShirole

While citizens of #Pune maybe happy about the drastic drop in daily #COVID19 infections reported, I am deeply concerned that the drop is more to do with the decrease in

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

It’s been a month since this tweet, and the science of #SARSCoV2 transmission from primary and secondary schools is still unclear... 1/https://twitter.com/whitneyepi/status/1252571781413703682 One reason the science is still so fuzzy

Florian Krammer

florian_krammer

Sorry, Governor, but that is BS. Which test is this based on?https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1253352837255438338 I think this is too high. It is possible. But a 20% plus infection rate seems too high

c0nc0rdance

c0nc0rdance

Let's talk about *window period* and how it makes everything in diagnostics complicated and difficult.Window period is the time between infection and when a diagnostic test becomes useful. This is

Anupam Singh

anupampom

ICMR has published a good epidemiological summary paper of COVID-19 cases from Jan22-April30 in IndiaI encourage you to read it at http://www.ijmr.org.in/temp/IndianJMedRes000-2627735_071757.pdfHere are key insights for me from this paper

James Todaro, MD

JamesTodaroMD

1/ Hong Kong reports the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection today.Although it is only a single case, it supports the theory that T-cell immunity (as opposed to antibodies) may