#Outbreaks

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

A thread on where we are with the COVID-19 pandemic in England, and what we need to do urgently based on current evidence. This thread also explores why the govt

Timothy Sheahan

timothysheahan

Here is our new paper on an oral #antiviral drug that works against #SARSCoV2 #COVID19. A herculean effort w/ Amy Sims @Ardinajp @mariagoneviral @DenisonLab @KDinnon @aschaefe29 @SarahRLeist @Baric_Lab @DenisonLab @knowerofrandom

Kab

Kabamur_Taygeta

1. via #NEIOH There are several more medical ships in addition to what is seen on MSM. The ones not on camera are the places where the children have been.Some children

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

Following @DHSCgovuk update that UK #COVID19 death toll is now 11,329, an updated chart of trajectories.- UK still in line with Italian path. Death toll heading in same direction.- %

Rebecca Wai 卫淑颖

rebeccawai_

Thankful for the chance to write about my home, Singapore, because while it did many things right, its failure to contain a mass COVID outbreak last year can teach us

Vanessa Parra ✨⚡️⭐️

ParraV

Today, @UN @antonioguterres is releasing a report on gender-based violence in this crisis. A few thoughts off our GBV analysis released last week taking a look which women, girls and

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: Many analyses try to estimate what the “right” capacity is for weekly #COVID19 testing. One touchstone is positivity rates. Unless diagnostic tests are being administered with unusual precision only

Misa

misapelater

Edgar #HopeSimpson’s description of the seasonal nature of influenza will be familiar to followers of @FatEmperor @boriquagato @EthicalSkeptic. Seasonality, however, was but one of 21 questions he raised about the

Perry E. Metzger

perrymetzger

The problem here is straightforward. You can’t re-open services while the pandemic is still raging. Since the pandemic is still raging, “reopening“ just means getting more people sick.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/two-

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

Why does it matter when a state or local area misclassifies or under-reports COVID cases or deaths like Florida or Iowa with outbreaks?It’s not to embarrass the state.https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1266213763604152321 We know

Matthew Lesh

matthewlesh

George Monbiot has, to nobody’s shock, decided to blame state outsourcing is to blame for the UK’s troublesome coronavirus response. He gets it completely wrong: the bureaucracy failed to engage

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/9 There are those who say the Trump administration hasn’t failed (& has indeed succeeded) in the coronavirus effort. So I submit this without comment:Trump downplayed the threat until 3/12,

Lauren Dobson-Hughes

ldobsonhughes

One big failure I see in COVID responses is not applying an equity lens. We haven’t focused on the most vulnerable and at risk. Public health comms have treated everyone

Jonathan Mountstevens

MrMountstevens

Dear @educationgovuk, I have a few questions about your leaked guidance, as reported here. Would find some answers super helpful when the real thing gets published!https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/school-reopening-whole-year-bubbles-f

Andrew Conway

mcnalu

I've just read the key bit of the Public Health Scotland report about the statistics of discharges from hospitals into care homes and outbreaks of the virus.It's pretty clear to

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. This thread about an important paper from @jonassjuul, K. Græsbøll, L. Christiansen, and @suneman will be more technical than usual.The paper addresses how to depict ranges of outcomes in