#Outbreak

David Paulk 波大卫

davidpaulk

On Monday, @AFP reported on residents in China’s far western #Xinjiang region taking to social media to protest draconian and heavy-handed lockdown measures, particularly in the capital of Urumqi.Here’s a

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on #Ebola in #DRC met today by teleconference to discuss whether the outbreak still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Read more

Meg Kinnard

MegKinnardAP

Tonight I'll be covering the first debate between @LindseyGrahamSC & Democratic challenger @harrisonjaime. The pandemic & upcoming Supreme Court nomination process are sure to be on the agenda for the

Joint Economic Committee Democrats

JECDems

NEW: @JECDems are releasing a report today that explains why Black, Latino and low-income Americans are more likely to bear the health and/or financial burdens of #COVID19. Read the report

Tina Vasquez

TheTinaVasquez

For the morning crowd: In rural North Carolina, workers at poultry plants are testing positive for COVID-19, but the companies that own the plants aren't being transparent with the public

Kit Chapman

ChemistryKit

Science tale! Let’s talk about how 75 years ago a man watching kids swim in sewage saved millions of lives. (The pic is him, not just some rando) OK, so

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

LIVE: Press conference on the Emergency Committee meeting on #2019nCoV https://www.pscp.tv/w/cQMn-DI2MTAyMHwxZWFKYlFiak5RWEdYmpLO90HLNRBTXqtx4Q-cqWn1WcPGkx9aaO-PK6Jsavs= "Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed the emergence of a previously u

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

So, @WHO has published its new interim guidance on the use of #masks in fighting the #covid19 pandemic. No shockers here, it’s mostly what @WHO has said before, so I’ll

Alex Gladstein 🌋

gladstein

Thread on the folly of fighting COVID-19 w/ surveillance: 1/ Is there an independent study showing that digital contact tracing has, all things equal, been a big help? As opposed

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadI want to thank @Jossfjh for perfectly illustrating what I've been saying:Leftists are insane and utterly impervious to reality.Here's how she responded to my FACT-BASED thread on how quickly @realDonaldTrump

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How much could variation in social contacts and susceptibility influence the size of an outbreak (and hence notions of herd immunity)? Well, it depends on a few things... 1/ It's

Patrick Radden Keefe

praddenkeefe

The AP has details of the Purdue settlement, which will be formally announced in half an hour. Lots to unpack here, but two things for now. (1/3)https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-business-criminal-investigations-opioids-epidemics-5f

Muhammadu Buhari

MBuhari

I wholeheartedly thank all Nigerians for your patience, resolve and strong determination to defeat the Covid-19 outbreak. We realize that today, there will be sons and daughters unable to visit

Roland Baker

RolandBakerIII

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesuss was a committee member of the Marxist/Leninist Tigray Peoples Liberation Front who as health minister the government failed to honestly and openly report several cholera outbreaks, despite

Alberto Nardelli

AlbertoNardelli

NEW: The UK's most senior public official — cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill — went to the Cheltenham Festival as the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemichttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertonardelli/c

Prof

covidtweets

If cases are increasing everywhere because people spend more time indoors, as argued by the public health, why are cases increasing now in Texas where it is neither cold nor