#Infection

Catherine Richardson

careful_c

Currently crouched on the floor in the ER because every other chair is full and they moved a patient in a wheelchair RIGHT NEXT TO ME FACING ME and I

N. Ram

nramind

Lockdowns' are of two kinds. Those that serve a clear purpose - breaking the chain of infection, buying time to ramp up public healthcare - and go with more testing,

Tanzina Vega

tanzinavega

Puerto Rico Covid infection rates are on the rise and yet the WSJ has a piece recommending the island as the "terrific Covid-era escape" How about selling The Hamptons as

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

EPI 101 thread on sensitivity and specificity, plus its application to #COVID19 screening. For those who want a refresher!The way we summarize the accuracy of a test (such as RT-PCR

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

fascinatorfun

‘It’s been so, so surreal.’ Critics of Sweden’s lax pandemic policies face fierce backlashDuring their 3 month summer break cases fell to 200 a day (but v low testing ).On

Noor

nsh28

What the ACT/College Board/holdout colleges that are requiring test scores for certain applicants are expecting students to do reeks of privilege. First, they expect students to be able to wait

Nora Al Dosari, MD

NoraOnly

This thread will be about the management of diabetic ketoacidosis and high yield information about it in internal medicine MCQs. Three major points of this condition: 1. Metabolic acidosis >>

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Is the reproduction number currently 0.7, or 0.85, or 0.641? Was it bigger yesterday than today? A thread on real-time estimation and false precision... 1/ Most real-time estimation of R

Savukku_Shankar

savukku

Dear @CMOTamilNadu I don't know who gave this idea of lockdown, inside lockdown to you. As you must be witnessing, the effect of social distancing & lockdown implemented till date,

Andy Byers

Framheadteacher

I've thought long and hard today before posting this thread but this article has prompted me to do so.This morning, after consulting with my SLT, Chair of Trustees and asking

Glenn Morrison

gcmorr

1/Since early in the pandemic it was apparent that superspreader events were more likely to occur during indoor gatherings. We also know that the pattern of infection is highly “dispersed”:

COVID-19 Response for Key Service Providers

covid19resp

This week our panel wondered out loud whether the consequences of the government strategy were intended or by chance. Our general view is that there is an inevitability to the

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

150 days into the pandemic, America has reached a COVID-19 milestone many may not hear about. At 501 COVID-19 deaths/million, we're halfway to 1 of every 1,000 Americans *dying of*—not

Markku Peltonen

MarkkuPeltonen

Pohjoismaiden ja Viron korona/Covid-19 sairaalahoito- ja kuolleisuustiedot päivitetty eilisillä 28.5 tiedoilla.+ Ylikuolleisuustiedot + Googlen maakuntakohtaiset.Lue koko ketju. (English versions will follow).Kuvat 1a-b. Lukumäärä teho

Gene Epstein

GeneSohoForum

1)I think a fair case can be made that certain US regions, especially NYC, have achieved herd immunity. I'll lay out the key elements of that case over the next

Dr Thomas Piggott

twpiggott

NEW Introducing #multicomparisonHealth #guidelines should consider *multiple* interventions , and provide the most useful recommendation among them https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(20)31155-0/fulltext cc @GRADE_WG @GRADEproGDT @