#Infections

The COVID Tracking Project

COVID19Tracking

You’ve probably heard about test positivity—a powerful metric that can reveal the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive. This metric comes with some pretty big caveats. Let’s break them

Vincent Lee

Rover829

Since the 10-day stretch in January when I worked very odd hours because of the coronavirus outbreak, a ton of people screaming about how the data is not trustworthy. OK

Health Nerd

GidMK

A thought I've been having a lot recently - everyone says that waves 2 & 3 of COVID-19 have been markedly different from the firstThis is often used to support

Janet Johnson

JJohnsonLaw

United States will likely go down as the country that was supposedly best prepared to fight a pandemic but ended up catastrophically overmatched by the coronavirus, sustaining heavier casualties than

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EndAIDSBy2030Ug

In case you missed the Webinar commemorating Candleight 2020, worry not. Here is a thread highlighting the key issues pertinent to our efforts in Ending AIDS in Uganda by 2030

James Crisp

JamesCrisp6

Interesting op ed. Belgium has 2nd highest mortality rate per head of population. Why?1/https://www.lesoir.be/294338/article/2020-04-14/carte-blanche-la-belgique-est-desormais-le-deuxieme-pays-le-plus-affecte-par-le Author blames1. High population de

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flawlessKP_

I really would love to educate my nail lovers on why they need to stop going to chop shops (nail salons) and why they shouldn’t get sns but nobody wants

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GEEGOLLYY

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Joris Meys

JorisMeys

COVID is characterized by clusters, rather than sustained transmission like e.g. flu. This determines variability in numbers (high) and actions we should take (early and decisive).A short thread on the

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update July 25: Right now in this crisis, good or bad is less important than early or late.If saving lives is important to your mayor & governor, they need

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Comparativist

Ferguson et al’s Imperial report set the tone for everyone else. He didn’t think China or even Korea really had their original outbreaks contained. They assumed there would always be

Simon Denyer

simondenyer

A few thoughts on Abe's balancing act last night, and the thinly disguised tension between the central and Tokyo governments. The Wuhan "lockdown" actually caused a mass exodus of millions

David Paton

cricketwyvern

The Scottish Chief Medical Officer’s Covid-19 Note giving the evidence base for the new restrictions makes for remarkable reading.It indicates new infections in Scotland could reach over 35k per day

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

An annotated timelapse of how the #coronavirus incidence evolved over the last few months across all European countries.What can we learn from it?(Map and data gathered by @innouveau . Annotations

sandeep chakraborty

sanchak74

I think we have made a mountain of a molehill by ignoring secondary infections. And depending on antivirals - some of which like ritonavir/lopinavir have no reason to workhttps://twitter.com/sanchak74/status/1242148451552382976 2/n

fugitivemama

fugitivemama

Thread. Uncertainty is frustrating everyone. Daily #pressbriefing at all levels must address the following. #chinavirus Is the goal flattening the curve?Is the goal no more death?Is the goal a certain