#Infections

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1/. Two months ago I was strolling along, my head in the clouds, when I stumbled through a mysterious portal into strange new world: a world of political intrigue where

Antoine FLAHAULT

FLAHAULT

1/13 - “To fight a super-spreading disease effectively, policy makers need to figure out why super-spreading happens, and they need to understand how it affects everything, including our contact-tracing methods

WheeledPatriot2

WPatriot2

Look what popped up on Netflix ...They pushed 3 alerts at 12.40am...this show- PandemicRight now?Realllllllyyyy?As Corona virus ramping up?Realllllllyyyy?Uh huh...Listen closely. "Will happen""Existential threat" (lefty

Señorita Rocío

neogaia

I'm reading this Jacobin piece that is all REOPEN schools because poor kids aren't learning well remotely at the same time they *magically* propose making sure only young people get

Thomas A. Fine #TrumpIsUnfit 🇺🇸

thomasafine

What is Case Fatality Rate and how do you calculate it?A thread. This seems trivial, right? What percentage of your cases die? That's a simple question.And after coronavirus has run

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Nearly two weeks after Montreal public health officials disclosed a major #COVID19 outbreak at a seniors’ residence on Sherbrooke St. E., this cluster of cases still hasn’t appeared in

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Montreal’s #COVID19 testing positivity rate has increased to 5.6% from 5.2% last week, signalling that the #pandemic's second wave is far from over in the city. A couple of

Nurse Showunmi💉💉

mariabiz_mhe

What everyone should know about the relationship between corona virus and chloroquine.A thread Coronaviruses are types of viruses that affect the respiratory tract of mammals, including humans. They are associated

The New York Times

nytimes

Italy underestimated the coronavirus outbreak at first, then officials ordered a national lockdown to contain it.A month later, officials warn it is still too soon to reopen.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/05/world/europe/italy-coronaviru

Jim Edwards

Jim_Edwards

Hello! Here's my occasional thread on coronavirus stats globally.Today:- The West heads back into crisis.- Deaths rising in the US, Europe and the UK.- Cases growth largely unchecked.- Sweden: ICU

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Those COVID apps some colleges are trying to force students to download? Worse than useless. You know what else is worse than useless? Bringing the students together for a few

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Super Smash Bros. Melee is a 20-year-old Nintendo game with a huge cult following; it's considered one of the best fighting games of all time. Nintendo abandoned it years ago,

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

1. Updated thread on children & #COVID19 summarising the most recent research.Summary: further evidence children & adults are equally susceptible & equally likely to transmit; school clusters are increasing; precautions

Benjamin Mazer

BenMazer

I think it's become clear that rapid antigen testing for COVID19 proponents are simply unserious. They prop up a straw man: that lab medicine impractically worships the god of sensitivity.

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 121Grand rounds today, here: https://tinyurl.com/y5ut4435 . As I said in my intro (@ 1:00), we covered perhaps the most important topics in the world today: how

Frank

FrankBullit67

Harshbhai has opened the door to reason to a large audience so I'll expound on this further. https://twitter.com/harshmadhusudan/status/1253355880239824900?s=19#coronavirus Thread No one has calculated how many lives a full lockdown