#Outbreaks

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

ThreadHere’s the problem with per-capita stats for coronavirus:• Switzerland has seen ~same pace of outbreak as everywhere else, but its per-cap figure is higher coz it has a low population•

Maximilian Mayer

mayer_iras

Cruel moment: 10 Mio confirmed infections, 500k people died from #Covid_19. East Asian countries leading in containment/suppression by a large margin. Death toll in Mainland China (4,634), South Korea (282),

Devan Sinha

DevanSinha

Fantasy commentary letter in Lancet (not a peer reviewed study)!It's an unreasonable proposition for most countries like the UK to achieve elimination + constraints of reality negates claimed economic and

Sir Chris Ham

profchrisham

Just explained @BBCEngland that test and trace has picked up 10K new cases in last 2 weeks which is minority of new cases as reported by @ONS. National tracers have

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Please, Kim Reynolds @IAGovernor share with us your knowledge that allows you to say one of the greatest infectious disease & public health experts anywhere doesnt know viral outbreaks as

Water4All

ADBWater

#ADBWaterWatch LIVE: @rdreibelbis_UK kicks off our webinar, discussing hygiene behaviors during outbreaks. This is a suite of behaviors that serve to avoid the transmission of infectious disease, and includes #handwashing

Clive Peedell

cpeedell

As a cancer specialist I think it’s important to respond to the #HealthSecretary’s comments about cancer treatment not being available if #COVID19 gets out of control. Firstly, it’s important to

Peter Apps

PeteApps

Think something missing from the COVID-19 debate is the extent to which the housing market has forced people to live in shared rented housing. Consider this data from Camden: The

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Why Americans will cause one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks.A. A vast majority are self-centered and ignorant, believing that we know more than experts because of Google University.B. We are

Dave Blake, PhD

_stah

@GovKemp just gave a press conference. I listened on NPR. My takes, a thread. 1/ He is suing the city of Atlanta for the mayor's recent orders. This is a

Joseph Allen

j_g_allen

"Yes, kids should be in school"Let’s first acknowledge a hard truth: Widespread school closures come with devastating costs.A THREAD First, school closures are creating “virtual dropouts.” Twenty percent of Boston

Joe Scarborough

JoeNBC

This article is troubling on so many fronts. A day after being expelled from China, ⁦@nytimes⁩ states as fact that “new daily cases” in China “are dwindling into the single

Beatriz Luraschi

BeaLuraschi

RISKIER BUSINESS: A new report by RSPB @Natures_Voice and @wwf_uk out today: https://bit.ly/2yoVPZX The report finds that a land area nearly as big as the UK is required to supply

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

NEW! research shows rapid antigen tests can work in a real world setting - with asymptomatic and symptomatic people. The rapid "paper-strip" antigen test called the BinaxNOW detected >90% of

Timothy B. Lee

binarybits

The slogan "flatten the curve" represented a massive conceptual mistake.https://www.vox.com/2020/5/6/21241058/coronavirus-mitigation-suppression-flatten-the-curve People (probably including me) shared images like this. The idea was that by

Charles Holmes

CharlesBHolmes

As an infectious diseases physician & someone who has practiced public health for the last 25 years, I'm appalled by @VP Pence's lack of respect for basic protective measures. This