#Infections

Stian Westlake

stianwestlake

Covid testing is big news right now: with a mass testing pilot starting in Liverpool, Boots announcing rapid test plans, and places like universities testing staff and students.Here’s a thread

Atul Gawande

Atul_Gawande

Recently, @BrighamWomens had a COVID-19 outbreak among 20+ patients & staff. We rapidly traced and tested all contacts and advised quarantine. We deployed PCR testing in

Damien Cave

damiencave

THREAD: Australia and New Zealand are managing the #Covid pandemic better than nearly everyone. They might even eliminate the virus from both their countries. How? Call it throwback democracy. Call

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) On Monday afternoon, Montreal’s public health department confirmed at least 18 people in the city tested positive for the #coronavirus after they drank in 10 different bars. In this

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

So... here we are three weeks later, and I'm not writing this nine days early to tell you the good news.We haven't passed these predictions (which were by my model

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

As of today, there have been 320 deaths from the coronavirus in Ireland, and 9,875 deaths in the UK. Ok, ok, but the UK has a ginormous population, right? Especially

Rafael Fonseca MD

Rfonsi1

*** Natural immunity against COVID-19? ***SARS-CoV-2 is one of several coronaviruses. Coronaviruses sometimes cause the common cold, buts sometimes produce very serious infections such as SARS and MERS.https://www.thestar.com.my/news/region

Health Nerd

GidMK

I find this immensely frustratingThere is actually not really any evidence at all that serology surveys are 'flawed' or 'dramatically underestimate' how many people have had COVID-19Sigh This headline is

Lionel Page

page_eco

Very important question: Is it possible to eliminate COVID-19 and if so, how long it takes?New simulations by @Agent_Jase & colleagues for AUS & NZ: It is possible and likely

Captain Scarlet's Stubble

CaptStubble

So, a long thread (sorry) with thoughts on the situation. I read an article in the Grauniad last night. What a depressing piece it was, proper doomsday material about the

KB Mehta

mehta_kb

2nd @Covid19 wave in India is >5 times faster than the 1st wave:-Average Doubling rate of new cases perday at Peak of 1st wave was 52 days. Today it is

Barbara Marcolini

babimarcolini

Over the past four months, the U.S. has deported almost 40,000 immigrants. Hundreds had Covid-19. @emilykassie and I reported for the @nytimes and @MarshallProj on how @ICEgov turned into a

Nikki Martinez

DrNikkiMartinez

I need to be REALLY CLEAR about something that is important. Life saving important. @MSNBC needs to have the ‘right’ type of doctors and specialists on to talk about COVID-19.

تنوير

TanveerJeewa

Ramadhan is starting and we are being gifted with this trashy court argument about how the closure of mosques is (supposedly) unjustifiably infringing the applicants' (and Muslims in general) right

Time4Truth

truth_time4

A Shabbat Vision Thread1) #Hydroxychloroquine is the new #RedPill.We are living in a battle of narratives. My patients ask me to comment from my medical perspective about what our future

ToscanaGuy 🇲🇼

the_laxa

What are the odds that the people who were on the same flight as the index got infected??A scientific Thread Now that the proper protocol have been followed(abeit with some