#Infectious

John Pearson RN

OaklandNurse

AHS just fired the nurse who was denied PPE then shared a pic wearing a garbage bag. Wife has cancer is in chemo & now his family are losing their

Peter English #FBPE

petermbenglish

A problem with privatisation of testing.Now that we are routinely testing lots of people - including care home staff and residents, and NHS staff - we are picking up positive

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: The conversation about whether the coronavirus can be transmitted by air stalled at one crucial point: Do aerosols at a distance contain infectious virus? And it turns out, yes,

Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.

wormmaps

In our new study, @SadieRyan and I looked for new ways to visualize a difficult policy nuance: rising temperatures will push Zika risk to higher latitudes (left), but equally, huge

Carrie Fowlie CEO Hepatitis Australia

CarrieFowlie

I am attending the 1st #UniteGlobalSummit Convened by @UNITE_MPNetwork: A global network of parliamentarians committed to achieving political impact to end infectious diseases as a global health threatThis is my

Becky Fisher

beckybeckyfish

The eight stages of coronavirus recovery as told by Bridget Jones GIFs (Thread) 1. The static phaseLying in bed coughing and staring at the ceiling. 100% radioactive, do not approach

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

For me and for everyone I know who has been following #covid19, the last few days have felt like a profound shift in the epidemic. We are clearly entering a

J.K. Rowling

jk_rowling

'The legal rules inevitably do not cover all circumstances, including those that I found myself in.' - Dominic CummingsYour wife was ill, you thought you were infectious and you've got

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

If you are hearing about #covid19 “reinfections” in Asia, I can offer you my take as a virologist. The best explanation for what we’re seeing is likely due to three

David Wharton

LATimesWharton

There has been so much chatter about bringing sports back -- everyone from US Pres Trump to #UFC prez Dana White weighing in -- I decided to ask medical experts

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

Great essay by @mlipsitch. But I must disagree with one thing, a big thing. Contrary to the essay’s implication, it is NOT “good sense” that any action— however excessive—is justified

Rowan Harwood

RowanHarwood

Can we please stop repeating the 'Herd immunity' line? 1/nhttps://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1248499777580322817 Herd Immunity is a vaccine concept. High levels of vaccination mean infectious diseases are suppressed (or eliminated) bec

Robyn, aka sunsong23

WPCelebration

THREAD: Important/Valuable information. Please be aware:1."Statement from Jonathan P. Smith, epidemiologist:"As an infectious disease epidemiologist, at this point I feel morally obligated to provide some information on what we ar

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_riotwaltz

i tried to imagine life NOT being a lesbian for a second and i almost ...... :/// IM SORRY BUT I CA NNOT IMAGINE HOW SAD MY LIFE WOULD BE

Dr. Vida Vakilotojar

VidaVakil

What if you were exposed to just a tiny bit of COVID19 in a controlled manner and under close watch? Would that make your chances of having a mild case

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Ominous: we now have SMOKING GUN proof that #SARSCoV2 virus aerosol particles in the air are indeed infectious. Scientists captured air-floating Microdroplets, and then tested the air-derived virus to see