#Influenza

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

WARNING TO ASTHMATIC PATIENTS—a rise in PM2.5 concentrations of just 10 microg/m3 from wildfire smoke 8% increase in asthma-related hospital admissions. PM2.5 surged by >200 mcg/m3 in Portland over

KeithAn50223675 GETTR: KeithAnd

KeithAn50223675

Thread with links to papers on health problems from masks1. Headaches: subjects wearing surgical masks experienced an average 4.9 days of headaches in 77 days compared to 1.3 days for

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swevenpjm

Luis Garavito, the worlds most dangerous s/rial k/ller (140 victims) only has to serve 22 years in prison. His released date is in 2021. Visiting a cemetery in 1959, Mrs.

PeterSweden

PeterSweden7

I have been thinking.And I'm beginning to suspect that I may have already had the corona virus and recovered. I was in northern Italy and I had the symptoms.My family

Julia Pollak

juliaonjobs

1/ Thread on U.S. responses to pandemics over the decadesTL/DR: On every occasion, the U.S. was slow to recognize problem and respond; either overestimated or underestimated the risk; experienced massive

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Public Health England have published their latest (week 42) Influenza and COVID-19 Surveillance report.It covers the period of week 41: 5-11 October 2020 "Several surveillance indicators suggest that COVID-19 activity

Karl Dierenbach

Dierenbach

Here are more thoughts regarding the possibility of a Covid floor in Colorado. First, as a reminder, both positivity and hospitalizations seem to have found a steady-state floor and have

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NO FERRETS: New study finds that ferrets are highly susceptible to #SARSCoV2 infection and effectively transmit by direct or indirect contact, furthering human #infection and transmission. #COVID19 So avoid ferrets.

Ragnarlactaka

Ragnar17x

Out of the 167,558 COVID-19 related deaths, only 10,053 (6%) mentioned COVID-19 as the only cause of death. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average,

Cillian De Gascun

CillianDeGascun

A short thread on PCR #SARSCoV2 There’s been a lot of discussion recently about the use of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) for the diagnosis of #SARSCoV2 infection, and the interpretation

Suman

steadyblogging

scatterplot to show my stats class Monday:https://twitter.com/ATabarrok/status/1236408123960619009 Also this infographic (& the embedded thread):https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1236427814393409536?s=19 ..and as gif!https://twitter.com/Sio

Mike Coudrey

MichaelCoudrey

MUST WATCH: I sat down with @drsimonegold, the lead organizer for today’s #WhiteCoatSummit in DC that has since been censored by social media companies.Please share to help get her message

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: In our report on steps to reopen America, we reference the need to be able to test at least 750,000 people a week. That number is being discussed. Here

Farzad Mostashari

Farzad_MD

1/ Reading this history of syndromic surveillance from @chrissyfarr brought back a lot of memories"These ‘disease hunters’ developed a novel technique for tracking pandemics after 9/11, but lost funding right

Dr Gabriel Scally

GabrielScally

52 airline passengers (more than one-third of the total) on a flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong test positive for #COVID19. Mandatory quarantine for all arrivals in Britain and

Biodiversidade Brasileira

BiodiversidadeB

- Thread- O coronavírus trouxe um grande debate: alimentação com animais silvestres.Vejo muito gente criticando os chineses por isso, mas aqui no Brasil essa pratica é muito comum também; quais