#Lockdowns

Brumby

the_brumby

8.MasksI don’t believe masks affected the course of the pandemic. I used to think so & understand intuitively why others might. But, I reevaluatedRegardless, it should be a nat'l emergency

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

Germany is considering "immunity certificates" for people who have positive antibody tests. This is hugely premature for at least three reasons. A short thread. a) The tests we have now

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

Last week’s 750 billion-euro ($877 billion) Covid-19 rescue fund marked a high point in the EU’s economic plan.But a new flare-up in infections on the continent is a grim reminder

Peel

RHPeel

Remember the Great Barrington Declaration? Anyone involved in that admit they were deeply wrong? A lot of the disconnects over covid mitigation come down to a very simple premise: we

Rob Esposito 🇺🇸

robesposito

THREAD: Here's the reason why I'm confident @realDonaldTrump will be re-elected on November 3: libertarians. A lot of us (me included) held our noses and voted for Johnson/Weld in 2016.

Bhavik Bansal

BansalBhavik_

Read and criticise the extension to my last article. "Splitting the Curve" with well placed lockdowns.@mlipsitch @AdamJKucharski@Vasishtasetty @xMohakGupta https://medium.com/@bhavikbansal/splitting-the-curve-an-alternative-solution-4ca2bd1

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

I agree with Dr. Karan's thread about the false promises of "focused protection" advocated by the #GreatBarringtonDeclaration, with one exception. I do not believe the authors mean well.Here's a thread

Bill Mitchell

mitchellvii

It is impossible to prevent all pandemics the same way it is impossible to prevent all wildfires - and pandemics are nature's viral wildfire.So instead of pretending we can prevent

Adam Bandt

AdamBandt

The lifting of lockdowns in (some) public housing towers is good news.If you're in the towers, please listen to the advice so the lockdown can end safely & quickly.https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/one-public-housing-tower

Andrew Starr

ajsta

This article is talking about risk of transmission, but I'd like to highlight some stuff on Test/Trace/Isolate from the South Korean Call Centre Study referenced. Lots of lessons for Victoria

Edmund Blackadder QC 3.5% Brain Function

WeDoNotLearn73

Media trumpeting “1m deaths worldwide of Covid” (with Covid). Annually there are around:60m total deaths including:17m cardiovascular deaths10m cancer7m respiratory diseases/infections3m dementia1.5m road deaths 1m suicidesMany Covid wo

el gato malo

boriquagato

it's rare i see a politician speak and think "wow, that sounds like a leader" but keith pekau, mayor of orland park, bucks the trendhe's articulate, uses data, questions the

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

6 weeks ago tonight (March 9th), Tucker said that the flu had a 0.1% death rate and that Coronavirus is 3.4%.Please find me a few countries/states that have both: Corona

Buck Sexton

BuckSexton

“Test and trace” is what those who want to drag out lockdowns say, but the moment you think through what such a program would entail in a nation of 320

COMRADE RED

comradarjun

1/5 (thread) India is the most dangerous place on earth for a women to live - 2018 A crime against women happens every 3 minutes in India. Every 20 minutes

Matthew Avison

MutantBug

On 23rd March Italy had had 6077 deaths and 63927 cases from 275465 tests. On 7th April (15 day lag) the UK had had 6159 deaths and 55242 cases from