#Outbreaks

Motoko Rich

motokorich

1/ In declaring a state of emergency in 7 prefectures in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was optimistic, saying that by asking citizens to significantly reduce human-to-human contact, “the expansion

Scott W. Atlas

SWAtlasHoover

We can’t afford a generation forever disadvantaged by higher-education institutions’ decisions to limit in-person classes. Instead of shuttering doors, schools' plans should be based on their unique circumstances and protecting

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

Agriculture has long been one of China's preferred sectors for trade retaliation.And viral outbreaks (bird flu, swine fever) have long impacted agricultural trade as well.Looking back at the detailed trade

Dr. Deena Hinshaw

CMOH_Alberta

Here is a summary of today’s #COVID19AB update: Minister Shandro, myself & others met w/RMWB leaders today to discuss state of local emerg & ways to help support reducing transmission.

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

The most important claim @POTUS #Trump makes regarding actions he has taken to control #COVID19 concerns travel bans levelled against China in late February/March. Patient Zero for Seattle area was

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

I didn't have time to do death day yesterday but it'll come in a few minutes.It's going to be bad news. One humpTwo humpsTHREE HUMPSThird wave.Excess deaths around 300,000, R

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

A damning indictment of droplet theory from as long as ago.1936, Wells & Wells, a husband and wife team.Thread. History. Before 1861 we didn't know there were organisms in the

John Hayward

Doc_0

A great deal of the coronavirus confusion among national and global health experts, with confident pronouncements constantly modified or retracted, is because they never want to be seen endorsing the

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Our preprint is up on bioRxiv! We discuss key findings about the adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 for humans, scenarios for cross species transmission (pangolins, Wuhan Huanan market), and measures to prevent

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

A short thread about a dead salmon and implausible claims based on epidemic curves... 1/ A few years ago, some researchers famously put an Atlantic salmon in an fMRI machine

Matt Hildreth

mhildreth

I've spent a decade working with rural immigrant communities across South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota. Everyone I know is telling me that the meat packing #COVID19 outbreaks in their communities

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

FEAR FACTOR - Some comments about getting workers back to work.A lot of stories are an to pop up about $600 added to UI checks and how workers are now

Alec MacGillis

AlecMacGillis

I’ve been trying to make sense of the extraordinarily mixed messages coming from college administrations that brought students back to campus but are now upbraiding them with all manner of

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

I've almost given up on any balanced discourse about children, #COVID19 and schools, as everyone seems intent on either pretending children are not affected at all, or becoming borderline hysterical

David Fisman

DFisman

I strongly recommend that parents and teachers read the statement on kids and covid by German and Swiss virologists, and the thread by Dr. Eckerle below. https://www.g-f-v.org/node/1326 .https://twitter.com/EckerleIsabella/status/12978

James Wood

JamesGWood_UNSW

A short thread about relative burden of COVID we are seeing in residential aged care in Australia. So far across Australia, we have ~26700 case and 810 deaths. That's a