#Outbreaks

Bashir Mohamed

BashirMohamed

I understand the love for Dr. Deena Hinshaw but I feel very weird at her "mistakes happen" approach to the unnecessary meatpacking deaths in Southern Alberta.The Cargill and JBS plants

Lauring Lab

LauringLab

Excited to share our latest, out in @cellhostmicrobe. Great work by @alvalesano. This was a real team effort with major contributions from @mt2fus @famulare_mike many colleagues from @UVA_ID and @icddr_b

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

COVID mythbusting: Part 3Myth: Coronavirus is airborne. Wrong: It’s a droplet infection, requiring close contact. The NEJM article only hinted at the virus’ ability to be aerosolized in a lab.

Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy_Hunt

Hospital acquired COVID-19 remains a major problem as it STILL accounts for 15% of COVID hospital patients: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/973495/S1147_CO-CIN_dynamic_report.p

Jen Heemstra

jenheemstra

One of the biggest mysteries of Covid-19 has been why some people become very ill, while a large number of people who are infected show no symptoms at all. It

libcom.org

libcomorg

The UK government has 'launched' a test and trace system this week, which is being used as the justification to re-open non-essential shops and send reception, year 1 and year

Kate Cronin

Katie_Cronin

I wasn’t in the press conference this week as I’m on annual leave but here is the pertinent info focusing on Corby. It covers the week up to August 30.Today,

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Ok, was trying to stay off Twitter until Saturday but this question of children masking outdoors (in camps, etc.) keeps coming up. Let's discuss #outdoortransmission. Viral particles disperse quickly in

Rhea Boyd MD, MPH

RheaBoydMD

To all of those now asking:"What can we do about the racial health inequities emerging amid COVID-19?" I'm starting a list, right here, that I invite my colleagues to add

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Some Great news!!Terrific news from ⁦@AbbottNews⁩ and a MASSIVE step forward towards widescale cheap, simple, rapid tests. This is the type of test that not only will diagnose ppl -

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) In five weeks since the World Health Organization declared #COVID19 a pandemic, the number of cases in Montreal has soared exponentially from just two on March 11 to 9,348

TheReal Truther

thereal_truther

Hey @MartinKulldorff, why does your #COVID "declaration" blame government lockdowns for missed vaccine appointments, cancer screenings, surgeries & deteriorating mental health when ALL are actually consequences of the pandemic

Dr N. Brodie נחמה

brodiegal

I'm not an economist but* I wanted to post a short thread because I remain concerned that we are not distinguishing clearly between the alleged economic costs of the lockdown,

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Nursing home problem absolutely extends far beyond Europe and America.NZ have 21 deaths but people gloss over the fact 12 of them from one nursing home (Rosewood in Christchurch), 3

Nisha Thampi

NishaOttawa

COVID-19 cases (at least one staff) confirmed at 5 Ottawa schools -This was to be expected. In recent weeks, we'd see up to 5 school-aged kids/day positive for COVID-19 at

Peter Eckersley

peckersley

Since Coronavirus hit, I’ve spent 5 weeks in England and the rest of the time in Germany. Thread follows on what I make of each country’s approach. TLDR: public health