#Outbreaks

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

ITALY SCHOOL REOPENING: Nationwide in Italy, 15-20 days after schools reopened, #COVID19 surged. The “rate of growth of daily #SARSCoV2 cases in all Italian regions provides some evidence in

Margot Sanger-Katz

sangerkatz

The real toll of Covid-19 is even higher than 200,000. Between mid-March and late August, 259,000 more Americans have died than would in a normal year. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html @Denise

Rukmini S

Rukmini

Thread on covid mortality in India: for over a month I have been wondering about and working on the issue of 'excess mortality'. In many developed countries, estimating covid mortality

Grumpy 😆 says Fauxciland is as cool as Disneyland

Agortitz

Wowzie Who knew this Nobel Peace (is the) Prize winner was called “The Father of Modern Vaccines”?John F Enders (virologist) #EndersGame #coinkidink Remember, Peace (is the) Prize

David Fisman

DFisman

Asked by a friend to comment on the reasonableness of the IHME forecasts for Canada (30+k deaths by Feb). (https://covid19.healthdata.org/canada?view=total-deaths&tab=trend). The IHME model is impressive... And again, based on the

Ross Barkan

RossBarkan

New York's failure to close schools early enough likely led to many deaths that didn't have to happen. It wasn't just about saving the lives of staff, though that was

Daniel Dale

ddale8

Pence expresses sorrow about the 126,000 deaths and the 2.5 million infections, but also claims "we have made truly remarkable progress in moving our nation forward." Pence: All 50 states

Tyson Whelan

tyson_whelan

Before you take a cheap shot at the World Health Organisation for its handling of #COVIDー19, there’s a few facts you should know.Yes, the #WHO should be held accountable for

Lily Altavena🌵

lilyalta

Have updates to make in the school case tracker, but want to take a moment to put COVID numbers in context... Increasingly, research shows that keeping schools open might not

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Since April 1, the age group in Quebec reporting both the greatest number of #COVID19 hospitalizations and the sharpest increase are those in their 60s, according to the latest

Tom Riordan

tomriordan

1 Thread...Last day of my joint stint at NHS Test and Trace and @leedscc_news. Big challenge and huge thanks to both of the great teams. Nice time to return with

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

This thread is valuable for a *lot* of reasons in its own right. I am going to use it as an eg of the importance of sampling and genomic epidemiology

Rob O'Hanrahan

RobOHanrahan

The Oireachtas Special Committee on #Covid19 response is due to re-start in the next few minutes, focus on Direct Provision.Reps from Department of Justice (responsible for provision of service) and

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) In the past eight months, since just before the start of the second wave in the #pandemic, the sharpest growth in #COVID19 cases in Quebec has occurred in children

Portez Fapadactyl

PortezF

Anyone else find it strange that all these comets are passing or burning up emitting green gas plumes that contain Cyanide and cyanide poising is almost identical to covid symptoms

robin ✶

sanhascroissant

my nurse mother wants to to tell you all this about covid-19, a quick thread! my mother, a nurse, just came in and told me that the CDC has announced