#Outbreaks

Jordan Schachtel

JordanSchachtel

3 million confirmed COVID cases worldwide. 6 months of data gathered. Zero evidence of outdoor transmission being a problem. Zero studies showing outbreaks outdoors. Time to adjust public policy to

Edin Hajdarpašić

_edinh

Sitting in his shop in Sarajevo, Mustafa Basheski met hundreds of people seeking his services as a scribe. He also kept a fascinating chronicle (ca. 1747-1800), recording each year the

Lizzi Collinge

LizziCollinge

The PM just blamed people breaking guidelines for the rise in COVID. There isn't much evidence for this - things that have not only been allowed under guidelines but have

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: we’ve updated our excess mortality tracker, the gold-standard measure for Covid deaths, allowing like-for-like comparisons btwn countriesUK had 50,000 more deaths than usual in March & April vs 27,000

Paul Brand

PaulBrandITV

NEW: Tonight the @CareQualityComm has published new analysis of the covid-19 crisis in care.You can read the full report below, but there are some important insights on the way #covid19

Michael Tae Sweeney

mtsw

The growing insistence in conservative media on on "reopen the economy now" is really revealing. Some quick thoughts:https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1248666012632915968 So much of what emotionally animates their movement is opposition

Diego Bassani, PhD 🏠😷💉

DGBassani

Can the the absence of evidence of in-school transmission be taken as evidence of absence? This is the question that @KaitEJohnson9, @mikha_ehl, M. Stoddard, R. Pasco, Spencer Fox, L. Meyers

Margot Cleveland

ProfMJCleveland

I know everyone is saying models were wrong, but here's what I want to know: How were they wrong? My understanding is that the models used certain estimates of how

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) NEW: In this thread, I try to explain why the increase in Montreal’s #COVID19 cases today, 106, was so much lower than in previous days. This is of vital

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

I look at what’s happening in several U.S. states including my home state Florida; I look at Israel and Spain and Iran and...and I know that everyone wants the economy

Joel Miller

joel_c_miller

I'm seeing a lot of sniping going on in Australian politics about whose fault the recent outbreak is, and whose "failure" it was. First - this discussion is absolutely crazy.Australia

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

A couple of things to be mindful of:1) Federal government response is only one factor in how well a country responds, especially in a federalist system like the US;2) There

Andrew Neil

afneil

From The Spectator's Covid-19 newsletter:The rise in Germany’s R-number – from 1.8 to 2.9 – is big news in Britain. But not in Germany. Why? Because the local outbreak in

Les Perreaux

perreaux

Ontario, Quebec stress risk of socializing amid surge in COVID-19 cases but don’t tell citizens where outbreaks are taking place /via @globeandmail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-second-wave-sparks-surge-of-covid-19-cases-

Chris Vanderveen

chrisvanderveen

I do wonder how the CNN of a decade or so ago might be handling this story. No panels. No political gobbledygook.Just a boatload of reporters doing some actual reporting

Roland Baker

RolandBakerIII

To Harbin with Love!-- CCPAnother excellent thread by Mr. Bostickson on how to cause an epidemic via lab leak.https://twitter.com/BillyBostickson/status/1279000153949499392 Science on April 8, paper submitted March 12, includes authorizatio