#Ncov

The CDC has issued new guidance recommending the use of cloth face coverings while in public. This does not replace the need for social distancing, which is still essential to
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Asymptomatic spread in a single person was suspected as early as Jan 30, but that wasn't peer review published until Mar 5, and it was just one patient. This clarifies
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Damn it, @ABC. That's not at all what the CDC guidelines say, and you're sowing undue fear about reinfection and doubt about vaccine efficacy.If anything, the CDC guidelines say that
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In his late address last night, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed he had warned everyone to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic "at the start."On Feb. 3, 2020, Duterte said "there is
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It's hard for me to infer the degree to which new variants are driving the surge in cases in India, but we are seeing rapid growth in frequency of multiple
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I got all my supplies out to make cloth face coverings. Feel free to reply to this thread with your favorite (free) pattern or diy technique for face coverings. That
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Let’s settle this since this message seems to be very convoluted. It’s unlikely. There is a difference between a carrier and a transmitter. Vaccinated individuals can get infected and carry
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γ…€γ…€ 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 π€ππŽπ”π“ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 ππ€ππƒπ„πŒπˆπ‚ π–πˆπ“π‡ π€πƒπˆ 𝐀𝐍𝐃 π’πˆπ„β€™π’ 𝐐 & 𝐀 π‚πŽπ•πˆπƒ-πŸπŸ—
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1. @WHO weighs in on the "to mask, or not to mask (the public)" question. "...there is currently no evidence that wearing a mask ... by healthy persons in the
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Let’s put it out there, if you are healthy, whatever your age, your risk of dying from the #coronavirus is the same as from the flu.If you are healthy and
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In his speech tonight, President Duterte claimed that he gave a solemn speech at the beginning warning Filipinos against the novel coronavirus. But in February 2020, after the first case
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CDC, 5/21/20 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios-h.pdf, concedes infection fatality ratio (IFR of) β€œCovid19/Wuhan flu” is = 0.27%*, almost= to 1957-58 pandemic H2N2 flu in U.S., i.e., 0.26%** h/t @ElonBachma
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"Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19"- World Health Organization, April 6, 2020https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331693/WHO-2019-nCov-IPC_Masks-2020.3-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "There is curren
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Spot the differences: 1st = @WHO, 2nd = @rivm Sources: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/home-care-for-patients-with-suspected-novel-coronavirus-(ncov)-infection-presenting-with-mild-symptoms-and-management-of-contacts andhttps://www.rivm.nl/en
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the thing I don’t get about people who are refusing to wear masks because they think it’s β€œabsurd security theater” don’t seem to mind going to airports where all the
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As an ER doc who has been not just treating patients on the frontlines, but also working to get adequate #PPE and public health guidance to people across the country,
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