#Outbreaks

Tom Moyer

TomMoyerUT

Updated graphs for 5/9. First up is comparison of descent trajectories between different countries that have passed their peaks. The start point for each is the top of the curve.

hannah anderson

sometimesalight

A TON of reasons to follow masking, physical distancing, & safety protocols but one that's often overlooked (imo) is that it helps prevent shaming the sick if an outbreak occurs.

Hector Drummond

hector_drummond

The UK govt has only three strategies with Covid. Herd immunity/live with it, lockdown for total elimination, or lockdown until a vaccine is found.1/9 But the last is just suicidal

ice9

__ice9

A plausible mechanism apparently exists for the tendency of COVID-19 to be more severe in patients with type-A/AB blood, compared to B or especially O:Anti-A antibodies (present in types B/O)

Alistair Haimes

AlistairHaimes

1. Cases1a. Pillars 1&2 - last couple of weeks & last month (current wave) & full curve. Bear in mind the left-hand side was heavily rationed for testing, the right-hand

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

NEW: There are now over 60,000 new COVID cases on college campuses since August. This only accounts for ~1/4 colleges.Our new hot spots. This has been a failed experiment as

David W. Higgins

higginsdavidw

There's a lot of scaremongering going around about nursing homes.Claims that residents are being "left to die".A few points on that...1/ The first is that there clearly *are* issues. The

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/ THREAD: The idea that @CDCgov isn’t doing science is—well, unscientific. CDC's 20,000 staff work 24/7 to protect you. Scientific articles in @CDCMMWR now far outpace prior epidemics. CDC &

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

Conservatives are crowing over this as an own the libs moment, denying that many who support public health restrictions are people of faith. This broke long standing precedent, so don't

Gabrielle Colleran

ProfSuperJunior

Non Ebola morbidity & mortality goes up 4 fold during outbreaksWe don’t want to see this for all our patients during covid-19 pandemicHaving paid a FORTUNE to rent the private

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: a lot of data on reported Covid deaths is highly suspect, so we’ve been looking into excess mortality — how many more people than usual have been dying around

Rebecca Graff-McRae

PoliScIrish

#ThroneSpeech2020 1/ Among its many ambitious commitments to "build back better", today's federal speech from the throne offered a number of commitments to those especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic

James Rosen-Birch 🛸🔮🛠

provisionalidea

I'll start this off by saying I hope and pray for a swift end to the pandemic, and am deeply concerned for all those currently in the line of fire.As

Mark Lutter

MarkLutter

I hope this sentiment is right, but I don't think it is. Covid is the defining event of this generation, whose impact will be felt long after. 1/https://twitter.com/ArthurB/status/1246417495155712000 Half the

Molly Beck

MollyBeck

.@SpeakerVos in @wispolitics event says Big 10 decision to resume football is a sign "the world is beginning to return to normal and is doing so safely."@GordonHintz says timing is

Joanna Frketich

jfrketich

Thread contains @TheSpec #COVIDー19 coverage for April 20#COVID19 likely peaked in community but still accelerating in long-term care. Death toll rises at Cardinal Retirement Home and Emmanuel House Hospice. New