#Influenza

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sisu_sanity

You need to read this.Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial ThreatsThe Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary. 2005. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22156/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK22156.pdfParticularly this section startin

Andrew Cornwell

ascornwell1

Ok twitter - the facts on wet markets from a vet. Keeping different species together in close proximity is dangerous. 1. Pigs and chicken should never be kept next to

Maggie Koerth

maggiekb1

And now, a few science reminders ... this will have to be a thread because there's a lot going on here.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313449844413992961 1) Flu deaths seldom top 100,000. Estimated flu deaths

Daniil Gorbatenko

Daniilgor

A French study once again shows minimal transmission of C19 by children.This, to me, is another massive piece of evidence in favor of aerosols as the core route of transmission

Agonisti

agonisti

1/x You'll be hearing a lot about the term "case fatality rate" in COVID-19 discussions. It's the reference indicator often used to compare how lethally bad COVID-19 is relative to

Dr. Thomas Binder, MD

Thomas_Binder

Thread webHere I had explained the prevailing unscientific #COVID19-insanity in such plain English once, that every virologist, epidemiologist, journalist, and politician with IQ >75 and EQ > 0 should be

James Todaro, MD

JamesTodaroMD

1/ Growing research demonstrating importance of protective T-cells against SARS-CoV-2 combined w/ prior research on influenza viruses suggest that nasal mucosa T-cells may explain the rising number of "positive" PCR

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

We've written a perspective on a new study by @MAMdayIndayOut that helps explain why some viruses (measles) don't evolve to escape immunity but others (influenza) do. Provides some clues relevant

Artyom Korenevsky

SciencePharmer

People are psychologically averse to loss and prefer gain instead (even if the end result is the same). So here are Public Health measures explained in finance terms (assuming you

john doe

jdgonbay

#Health #ImmuneSystemAnswer : sunbathing (in direct sunlight) 答え：　直射日光の日向ぼっこ because Vitamin Dワケ：　ビタミンＤワケ２　医学を妄信しない姿勢 "One advantage of placing patients outside

Tracy Shields

tcshields

Thread: 1/At some point (if this pandemic ever ends), #medlibs will need to have a serious discussion and critical look at how MeSH and other metadata did and (mostly) did

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ COVID-19 has "anisotropic" infection: Despite 100 times LOWER dose, monkeys infected by SARS-CoV-2 thru aerosols developed MORE SEVERE respiratory disease and lung pathology (vs. nose/trachea)Preprint from US Army Infectious

Chad Loder

chadloder

Let’s address @AlexBerenson’s oft-repeated claim that mask-wearing does not slow the spread of respiratory viruses.Alex calls mask requirements “a form of pseudoscientific virtue signaling and shaming”.His proof? A single meta-analy

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ohaunoaulait

Well, we are free country too and we do recommendations, not forced approach at all. More importantly, we haven’t even stopped foreign arrivals entering to S. Korea. How amazing this

Paul Fairie

paulisci

In 1918, businessmen in Winnipeg affected by public health orders taken to curb that year's flu pandemic blamed the local newspaper for causing panic by covering the flu pandemic. In

Dean Anderson

germ_nation14

In 1919 the media and her controllers launched a psychological assault on the Australian population pertaining to the imminent appearance of a deadly disease that was headed for our shores,