#Outbreaks

Avoid_the_Void

CJSomething

Thread: Home canned botulism? Most people are afraid to take up food preservation because they think corporate processed foods are safer. This couldn't be further from the truth. 1/ 2/It's

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Montreal now appears to be at the beginning of a new resurgence in #COVID19 cases, with younger Montrealers likely driving the latest community transmission, as they did in July.

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shamskii5

I always used to wonder if winter was the cause of colds and getting sick. For a long time, I remember my mom always telling me to bundle up before

COVID19

V2019N

Vasileios Lampos, a computer scientist at University College London, and other researchers have found that a bevy of symptom-related searches — loss of smell as well as fever and shortness

NYT Graphics

nytgraphics

By the time New York City confirmed its first case of coronavirus on March 1, some 10,000 infections were already invisibly spreading through the city, new research estimateshttps://nyti.ms/2VysPYx On March

Adam Gaffin

universalhub

Baker: Total of 3,872 people in MA hospitals with Covid-19 as of yesterday. Some 56% of 18k+ hospital beds remain unoccupied. Baker: All those empty beds? State and hospitals "did

NCDHHS

ncdhhs

.@NC_Governor: Good afternoon, thank you for joining. We wanted to share some critical updates on North Carolina’s efforts to fight COVID-19. @NC_Governor: As of today, North Carolina has 3,426 confirmed

Erin Law

erinplaw

So, I am a Public Health nerd and I have responded to outbreaks before. The one I worked most heavily on was Zika. What have mosquitos go to do with

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Relaxing UK COVID-19 control measures over the Christmas period will inevitably create more transmission risk. There are four main things that will influence just how risky it will be... 1/

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Despite the undeniable fact Montreal is still in the throes of the #COVID19 pandemic, the city observed some faint signs of progress on Friday. In this thread, I will

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ProfJSCarberry

Hasn’t @SenWarren shared that plan? Updated repeatedly?https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/1253046061091950593 The Plan in Januaryhttps://elizabethwarren.com/plans/combating-infectious-disease-outbreaks?s Demanding accountability from private pris

Timothy B. Lee

binarybits

I keep seeing people assume that COVID won't be under control until there's a vaccine. That doesn't have to be true. Several countries have brought their outbreaks under control already

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Reintroduction of measures from Da Nang to Auckland is a reminder that once venues reopened/restrictions lifted, cannot assume contact tracing alone will be sufficient to control local transmission (consistent with

Danny Boy

Care2much18

This level of infection can't continue forever in Northern Ireland and the good news is, it won't. But their recent numbers just keep powering to new records and they've now

What about that?

Whataboutthat9

Stats for #Ontario #COVID19 @celliottability @fordnationALL Deaths Under 19 = 1 - 0.0 p/100k20-39 = 11 - 0.3 p/100k40-59 = 140 - 3.6 p/100k60-79 = 895 - 30.3 p/100k80+ =

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

The death toll being so much worse in rich countries than poor ones is definitely not what I was expecting in late February / early March.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1260515402200649728 I also wouldn’t say