#Mortality

1/ Here’s the most recent European mortality data, from Thursday. A couple of points: for the first time it does show a slight but notable increase in excess deaths, especially
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ERGODICITY AND THE PANDEMICInspired by the quoted tweet below, let's see other failures of failing to understand (non-)ergodicity in this pandemic(thread; 1/N)https://twitter.com/ole_b_peters/status/1245383951377674241?s=20 2/ First, a definition
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One of the more salacious news images going around is of inmates in PPE digging trench mass graves on #HartIsland in New York Harbor.Historical fact- this is an ongoing inmate
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In the fall I’ll likely be sitting in a lecture. The topic will be COVID-19. 

It will be a learning exercise for us to learn about the pathophysiology of the
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I've seen a lot of people asking this question. It is a valid question & shouldn't be dismissed outright. However the answer to this is a little nuanced than straight
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THREAD:The US is winning the war against the Wuhan #CoronavirusThis is making the far left & their liberal media mouthpieces more determined to destroy America.FACTS:*US has LOWEST #COVID19 mortality rate
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India's true mortality rate from #COVID19 correctly measured almost an unmeasurably small 0.017%. The lockdown which threatens to unleash a humanitarian/economic disaster is not backed by science or evidence. PM
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High BMI is NOT a risk factor for hospitalization, mechanical ventilation, or mortality in COVID-19, according to this large new study of 10,000+ people with the virus (CW: weight-stigmatizing language,
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The hydroxychloroquine VA study is a farce-Patients were given HCQ after ventilated & HCQs value comes from its early use-They did NOT receive zinc, a crucial catalyst-They had higher rates
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The article explaining the calculations is here2/https://www.ft.com/content/67e6a4ee-3d05-43bc-ba03-e239799fa6ab The methods are simple and involve no forecasting of how the Covid-19 pandemic will progress. It is just an updating model - taking
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WITTGENSTEIN'S RULER"Unless you have confidence in the ruler’s reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using the table to measure the ruler." -
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This scar from the BCG vaccine just might mean reduced mortality/morbidity from COVID-19. Studies still ongoing but interesting correlation. See thread. https://twitter.com/quicktake/status/1245228409007083521
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One general misconception is that 'we cure illness.' This is rarely the case, most treatments are about managing symptoms, postponing morbidity/mortality, and improving quality of life. This is true for
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You desperate for a concrete number as to how long this takes? Here it is:By June 2022.That's it. Hope you like it.And I'm dead serious, because we have three options
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I've been inspired to initiate a debate about the comparisons in outcomes between different countries in their efforts to deal with the corona virus pandemic, by this graph posted by
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A headline in India Today screams, "India passes Russia as 3rd worst-hit country by coronavirus." How did they arrive at this headline? They did so by simply ordering the positives
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