#Infections

Vusi Thembekwayo

VusiThembekwayo

Who owns South Africa’s informal economy? This questions seems rhetorical at face value, until you consider the nuance & the detail. Taxis, Spaza shops, funeral parlours & even shebeens &

Joseph Allen

j_g_allen

In light of Trump's Advisor Scott Atlas spewing misinformation about masks, I'm re-upping this piece I wrote with @mlipsitch last week on the evidence around masks:MASKS WORKWe break down the

Nick Stripe

NickStripe_ONS

THREAD – Mortality 2020Today we published England & Wales mortality statistics for the w/e 25 DecNearly a full year’s data for 2020In the last 52 weeks there were:c.604k deaths registered

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Today, we're standing up a project called NextTrace that aims to enable digital participatory contact tracing and guide #COVID19 surveillance efforts. See a full description here https://nexttrace.org/about or get the

BBC News Africa

BBCAfrica

For decades, Nigeria's healthcare sector has been saddled with various challenges. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has shown how medical services in the country are greatly underserved. So what exactly is

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Lockdowns were NOT common sense measures. They were hysterical reactions out of fear.Here are 15 of just some of the reasons why it was not common sense. (I’m not including

Natalie Nichols

NatalieGNichols

.@GregAbbott_TX @DanPatrick @travisfortexas @SenatorNichols @CMSGov #TeamTexasHHS #MichelleDionneVahalik #PhilWilson #VictoriaFordWhen is @TexasHHSC going to distinguish between #EssentialFamilyCaregivers and casual visitors to #nursinghome

Dr Vishakha Moghe 🇮🇳

drmoghes

#Thread on scientificity of Ayurveda and why calling #Ayurveda a pseudoscience itself is unscientific & baselessFirst let us understand what the motto of science/medicine w.r.t mankind should be.Cc @Wikipedia#SpeakUpVaidyas The

CryptoNephilim

cryptonephilim

[THREAD]Is HydroxyChloroquine an effective treatment for COVID-19?* Used as treatment and in clinical studies: China, South Korea, Singapore, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, France, Brazil, UK, Canada, and US.* Zinc + Zinc

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: There’s uncertainty how many Americans were already exposed to #COVID19 and developed immunity. Until we do widespread serological testing to see who has antibodies, we won’t know for sure.

ProPublica

propublica

1. Build an army of contact tracers *Every* expert we talked to said it’s important to know exactly where the virus is spreading. The only reliable way to do this

Oliver Lewis

DrOliverLewis

The UK government potentially violating the right to life of care home residents and staff by not conforming with international human rights and public health guidance (thread) The @WHO published

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update May 12: The time to prepare for a second wave is now. 1/ Dr. Fauci testified today that it is an absolute certainty that there will be new

G Raghuram

UntergrundmannG

Thread: Is India "flattening the curve"?Working with data of other countries and the exemplar cases of China and South Korea for 80+ days, I realized that it's rather difficult, if

SAV des vagins

tchat2004

Les ados, j'aimerais vous parler d'un truc: les rapports sexuels. J'vais essayer de pas passer pour la vieille mégères rabas-joie de service. Mais faut que je vous dise. Vous pouvez

Josh Wang

joshux321

Reasons to consider bacteria in the pathophysiology in Covid-19@sanchak74 did much of the research here. I'll mostly compile and summarize the evidence and arguments provided, while make some additions if