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Dr Graham Mackenzie🇪🇺
gmacscotland
An interesting visual representation of the history of pandemics via @VisualCaphttps://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/Heard through @GabrielScally#PublicHealth #COVID19 Reproduction number (R0) for selected viruses via @Visua
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News18 Graphics
News18Graphics
True, Pandemics are a time of despair but over the course of history they have led to many scientific innovations. We take you through some of them... (1/6)#COVID19 #CoronavirusLockdown #CoronavirusPandemic
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Nikita
lafemme_bambina
2013https://web.archive.org/web/20141018001644/http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2013/10/02/moderna-snags-25m-darpa-grant-fight-pandemics-mrna-drugs/ This is pretty wild stuff re Mode RNA's patent (non) disclosures https://www.keionline.or
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Ed Yong
edyong209
In this immunology explainer, I noted that some anecdotal accounts of COVID-19 reinfections exist, but to confirm them, you'd need to sequence the genes of the virus from both infections
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Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.
wormmaps
This quote alone shows how myopic conservationists are about "pandemic preparedness", a decades-old field about so much more than respirators and tests. We've moved from asking for a seat at
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
paimadhu
In my global health course today, we will cover pandemics.My summary of the major lessons from #COVID19 (so far):1. Something like #COVID19 was expected, but countries were not prepared (despite
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Caitlin Rivers, PhD
cmyeaton
I'm seeing unconfirmed reports of a few community acquired cases in the US. Again, this is a function of testing - it is not a live feed of transmission. I
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Anosognosiogenesis
pookleblinky
Coronavirus is several times more contagious than flu, several times more deadly than flu, but it is very low on the scale of truly awful possible pandemics.It's the easy mode,
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Akira/Sam
Heroclueless
I thought these books in the this thread need a second birth, where its revival seems more important than anytime else. I hope people can learn from this literature. Please
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Bill Mitchell
mitchellvii
It is impossible to prevent all pandemics the same way it is impossible to prevent all wildfires - and pandemics are nature's viral wildfire.So instead of pretending we can prevent
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Mirya R. Holman
prof_mirya
I just wrapped up a summer online-only class on “Environmental Policy & Pandemics.” I really enjoyed teaching the class, partially because I got a lot of good training for doing
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Rata Fantasma (a Marginally Stable Genius) 🐀 🆘️
The_Ghost_Rat
@BillClinton built strategic reserve of medical equipment to fight pandemics@GeorgeWBush expanded to warehouses around the country to fight bio-terrorism@BarackObama added watchers in China and a State Dpt program to help
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Tyler Black, MD
tylerblack32
A typical seasonal flu kills about 300-600,000 people per year in the world. COVID-19 was at ~300k worldwide in May 15th, and as of today is at ~600k worldwide. In
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Jamie Catherwood
jfc_3_
Quick Super Thread on what I've been covering at Investor Amnesia during COVID-19.To continue receiving these financial history insights each week, subscribe below.History is a particularly sought after resource these
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Jillian Deutsch
DeutschJill
Former Belgian Health Minister Maggie De Block is trending on Twitter for having various face masks destroyed between 2015 and 2018 because storing them was expensive.https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/10/07/pano-de-grote-maskerade/ Complete
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Scott Morrison
ScottMorrisonMP
Just got off the phone with US President @realDonaldTrump. We had a very constructive discussion on our health responses to #COVID19 and the need to get our market-led and business
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