#Outbreaks

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Many countries in Africa do only very, very, very few tests for COVID.[more data on this in our database: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=latest&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetri

Jon Alba

JonAlba

I’ve followed up on Dr. Raul Pino’s public comment that the Florida Department of Health in Orange County was sending strike teams to entities in the county because they were

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

But lockdown timing exhibits a much stronger relationship.Countries that locked down earlier in their outbreaks subsequently had much lower daily death tolls than those that locked down later (accounting for

Nora Loreto

NoLore

This segment on CBC about all the ways that public health got it wrong on coronavirus is missing some pretty incredible gaps: they go with gotchas (boarder closures and masks)

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: ahead of tonight’s main thread, some fresh analysis of the factors that do — and do not — appear to influence the pace of countries’ covid-19 outbreaks.First, for the

P. Dawg Knight 🇺🇸🇳🇬🇮🇪

PDawgKnight

PerspectiveAs of today 5/13, according to http://Worldometer.info :US Population: 328 millionUS COV-19 Cases: 1,422,164US COV-19 Deaths: 84,550Spain, Italy, France, Germany, UK Population: 323 millionS,I,F,G,UK COV-19 Cases: 1,074,788S,I,F,G,UK

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) It’s become almost a mantra by Premier @francoislegault: #COVID hospitalizations are down, proof the #pandemic is now under control. But there’s another disturbing phenomenon we can’t ignore: lots of

Daniel Haran

danielharan

The QC government finally released stats about Covid outbreaks.The first thing to note: We don't have enough people to call people with results, let alone contact tracers. Many people called

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

TRUMP got #COVID19 despite using frequent rapid tests. Does this mean frequent rapid tests failed?No! To stop outbreaks we must stop onward spread. The frequent tests worked! Now, Trump will

Victoria Bouloubasis

thisfeedsme

BREAKING: North Carolina leads the nation in COVID-19 outbreaks in meat and poultry plants. We are third for the highest number of cases among workers.https://enlacelatinonc.org/north-carolina-leads-the-nation-in-covid-19-outbreaks-at-meatp

Kevin McElroy

knickerbacker

I've seen the argument made that adjusting for population size doesn't make sense in cross-country comparisons. I'm not an epidemeologist but I understand the math. The argument is until we

Chris von Csefalvay

chrisvcsefalvay

Some people have been asking me why I'm so sure that we're going to be OK amidst the #COVID19 pandemic. I keep telling everyone that while this is going to

Matthew Stiegler

MatthewStiegler

1. DOJ's decision to start getting some inmates out of its federal prisons that already have COVID-19 outbreaks raging is incredibly good news. DOJ acknowledging the crisis is big, and

Health Nerd

GidMK

The weirdest thing about the whole herd immunity through natural infection argument is that it's never happened ever for any disease long-term so it was always a wild idea for

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Two months ago India confirmed 11,300 cases per day.This shows the rise of confirmed cases since then.A straight line on a logarithmic axis tells you that you are looking at

Olive O'Connor #WeCanBeZero📉

oliveblogs

CSO records show in last 4 weeks there were 411 cases associated with outbreaks in schools (8.4%); 381 in childcare facilities (7.8%) *BOTH* higher than hospitals, nursing homes, residential institutions