#Infection

Kev Smith FFPH

Smithkjj

What’s happening? It’s been 2 weeks why hasn’t it gone away yet? The death numbers in England are going to keep growing for about two weeks even if we have

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Much of the confusion about masks is because people conflate preventing infection (PPE for hospitals) with stopping transmission (cloth masks for all). Share this explainer I wrote with @jeremyphoward &

#MaskUp Dr. Haryax Pathak

HaryaxPathak

#COVID19India - A thread for the Layman.I'll attempt to keep it as simple and concise as possible.A) PrecautionsB) TestingC) VaccinesD) ?? Herd Immunity ??E) MISINFORMATION/MYTHS/CONSPIRACIES 1/n A) PRECAUTIONSThe second

Mike Gibbs🏳️‍🌈

Mikeggibbs

Let's talk real, okay?We pushed Canadians to their absolute limits and beyond for far too long.Depriving us of the most basic elements of life, shaming us constantly with a wagged

Peyton Shaffer

PeytonLindy

A THREAD: Took my dog to the vet the other day for an ear infection & they treated both ears by putting a cream in them that I can’t wash

Senator Scott Wiener

Scott_Wiener

1/ Lots of takes that density is to blame for #COVID19 spread.Yet some of the densest cities in the world have been effective containing the virus & low density areas

AWARE Singapore

awarenews

Please give to our Vulnerable Women's Fund. COVID-19 underscores the already stark inequalities experienced by women in unemployment, housing, caregiving, domestic violence and more. Help AWARE continue (and expand) its

Bryan Alexander

BryanAlexander

Purdue University's president argues for returning to face-to-face education this fall.Some interesting details here.(1/n)https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-we-have-a-responsibility-to-open-purdue-university-this-fall/2020/05/2

Jim Grace

mac_puck

I am not an epidemiologist.But the SIR model (Susceptible, Infectious, Recovered) of infection is actually very simple to model in a quick spreadsheet.Best fit I found was:Ro = 3 Mortality

Mirvat Termos, MPH

mirvat_termos

Summarized a new study on pregnant women with and without a covid infection. The first multinational study there is on pregnant women & covid out there! (THREAD) Why is this

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

As they re-open, employers are very likely to seek immunity from tort liability and any additional workers compensation insurance expenses. 1/ Not appropriate. Employers who takes appropriate precautions should avoid

Danny Boy

Care2much18

I'll show how the situation in France and Spain has developed over the last while.The patterns are remarkably consistent. They begin with young people driving case loads and more slowly

Dan Salt

danieljohnsalt

We're all locked down - now what?Not just here but in every country? All the arm chair experts can't tell me what they would do.1/ They point to the Far

Caroline Abrahams

Car_Abrahams

1. As agreed I raised the issue of guidance re visiting people in care homes with the Dept. and growing risk to health and wellbeing of residents of not seeing

Matt Walsh

MattWalshBlog

I haven’t actually heard any grandmas demand that we plunge into a Great Depression for their sake. Every grandma I’ve talked to has said the opposite. Seems to be mostly

infinity10

infinity10

#covid19 I am going to record a thread, by quoting some paragraphs fromhttps://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/covid-19-genetic-network-analysis-provides-snapshot-of-pandemic-origins "Variant ‘A’, most closely related to the virus found in both bats