#Outbreaks

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

Jaw-dropping @BBCRadio4 interview w VC of University of Manchester: surprised by rapidity of outbreaks!; claims the main problem was failure to sufficiently communicate to students the need to follow guidelines!

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

It doesn't help that there hasn't been much polling lately, but there is a lot of "the pendulum is swinging away from Biden" speculation based on rather little actual evidence,

Koen

KoenSwinkels

In the great initial Covid panic in Feb & March governments thought a surge of Covid patients would exceed hospital capacity everywhere so a big push to clear as many

Scotland's Plant Health Centre

PlantHealthScot

1/7 What steps will protect your business, garden or local environment from plant pests and diseases? This week we launch our Key Principles, with a video introduction http://youtu.be/Kp4iefb8DyE This thread

manu #BLM 🖖

trekonomics

this is the failure of America's oligarchic laissez-faire vs social democracyhttps://twitter.com/DLeonhardt/status/1277553289178071041 Social democracy - understood here as universal healthcare, workers' protections, generous benefi

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jvipondmd

Here's your Sunday COVID analysis. Hold onto your hats, it ain't pretty. 1/ New cases at 1183 look superficially good. Wait, weren't they way higher yesterday? But this is typically

Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷

joshuawongcf

[Vlog with @SunnyCheungky: https://youtu.be/bAiba7SXiTA ]1/ Success of HK & Taiwan in containing the spread of coronavirus, was heavily due to distrust towards HKGov & China after tragic SARS outbreak in 2003.

Clara Jeffery

ClaraJeffery

1/ Like many of you, I’ve spent time and treasure these last months fundraising for various front-line and neighborhood efforts to keep businesses afloat and people fed. Now I’m going

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Given the recent public statements by several govt advisors regarding opening of schools, here's a thread on evidence around COVID in children:The govt (& UK scientific 'experts') have recently cited

Lizzie Dearden

lizziedearden

Hundreds of conspiracy theorists have been protesting in Trafalgar Square again today, including anti-vaxxers, 5G, QAnon and claims coronavirus is a hoaxPolice just announced they will be dispersing demonstrators and

EZMSA (fundvirtualcare.ca)

EZMSA2

Apr 29/21Letter to Premier Pediatricians concerned about #COVID19AB for children:- Potential increase MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children), causing inflammation of heart, lung, blood vessels, brain, and kidneys.Letter:http:

Possum Comitatus

Pollytics

Just a few things about hotel quarantine - because everyone seems to be talking shit to idiots and have learned nothing over 12 months. Which is not surprising in contemporary

Isabel Ott

IsabelOtt

Fun to hear that UGA’s now encouraging sick students, exposed due to the university’s irresponsible policies, to go back home. No shit, Athens doesn’t have the healthcare capacity to handle

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

In the war against Covid-19, some of the most old-fashioned solutions have been the most effective:Wear a maskSelf-quarantine if you have symptomsTake activities outdoorsShould the simple act of opening windows

Ross Hawkins

rosschawkins

How’s track and trace going? Some who’ll have to deliver it in England are pretty pessimistic. One public health director tells me: “I am worried… I’ve got a file of

Los Angeles Times

latimes

Breaking: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of