#Infection

CBC News Alerts

CBCAlerts

Canada's top health officials say the country is on a short-term trajectory for between 22,580 and 31,850 coronavirus cases by April 16. Under that scenario, 500 to 700 deaths are

Jeremy Kamil 🇺🇦

macroliter

Let’s debunk some fear-mongering.. “Vaccines themselves promote mutations” says @DrDomPimenta ON THE CONTRARY.. good vaccines massively slow viral evolution, as explained here by @sarahcobey @mlipsitch @DanLarremore https://www.nature

Steve Deace

SteveDeaceShow

Thread on this story from MIT about a German #coronavirus antibody test, which seems to bury its own lead and I think actually has quite promising data.https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/09/999015/blood-tests-show-15-of-people-are-now-immune-to

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW with @wwftuk:An exploration of the factors that have led ethnic minorities to be harder hit by Covid than the white population in the UKStory: https://www.ft.com/content/aaa2c3cd-eea6-4cfa-a918-9eb7d1c230f4Thread of charts and other

Daniel Reeders

engagedpractx

This piece suggests infection can be caused by a person with Covid-19 merely breathing within a 2 metre radius.As evidence it cites a letter that lists an assortment of studies

Alexis Martin

alexismariemrtn

During my SEVEN WEEKS of coronavirus infection, I have had little interest in yelling at people to stay home, but this new data is scary, and maybe it's helpful if

Abby K

wolodya

I gave a talk on Friday about thinking about psychiatry patients and COVID-19 infection and severity risk, and because immune system health and disease risk is something I care about

Francis Hoar

Francis_Hoar

Vallence is being deeply and culpably misleading. Ignoring false positives which cuts right into his.Stating that the proportion of increased testing isn't of any concern but failing to provide the

Dr. Shazma Mithani

shazmamithani

Things that stuck out to me at @jkenney’s presser today:1. He mentioned “natural immunity” multiple times - does this mean it’s a good thing so many people are getting infected

Thomas Zimmer

tzimmer_history

I want to share my personal Covid-19 story, from my infection in March to the ongoing struggle with long-term effects, even four months later. Too many people are still unconcerned

BBC News (UK)

BBCNews

News of more and more deaths is worrying for people across the UK, it's also tragic for the families of those involvedBut what do the figures really tell us?[Thread] http://bbc.in/CoronavirusDeathToll

Nivenus

nivenus

Thing is this isn't necessarily world ending. We don't have a vaccine for a lot of really dangerous diseases.The trouble is we need to actually build an infrastructure for mass

Ash Sarkar

AyoCaesar

Race isn't a biological reality - but social and economic inequalities determine who's most likely to be exposed to infection, who's most likely to have underlying conditions, and who's least

Nic Spaull

NicSpaull

I know I'm not an epi/Infectious Diseases expert but many who are (like @apsmunro) have been putting out helpful summaries on what the research is saying. I wrote a policy

Josh St. Louis, MD, MPH 🏳️‍🌈

jhstlouis

Folks have been asking for a Tweetorial on talking to patients about PrEP and sex more generally. I’m by no means an expert but here are a few tips that

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ A couple nice charts here from a big Houston hospital system. First: admissions seem to have peaked after a sharp rise in June (the chart shape is very similar