#Pandemics

1. This History Thread is about epidemics & pandemics + significant disease outbreaks in Burma (Myanmar.) Historical epidemiology incl. plague, smallpox, cholera, HIV/AIDS, influenza. Malaria not included as more endemic
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Do we know that there is 13 scientific evidence already that confer a direct association between #VitaminD deficiency & #COVID19 disease severity-mortality? Yet, no standard guidelines available at the national
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Attended a super interesting webinar today all about "pandemic culture" - looking at the impact of social isolation, the role of 24/7 media coverage, what brands can do and what
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Our Q&A with @MoNscience begins now: Your questions about #COVID19/#coronavirus answeredhttps://twitter.com/NatGeo/status/1248404843196112896 Great question and great timing! This morning, we published a deep dive into coronavirus vaccine develop
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Biased Mainstream Media Carries Grave Consequences for Indian DemocracyIt is about time for mainstream media to really think about how to sell objective reporting.See full thread!#Hinduphobic_Media A majority of people
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X : Thoughts on students going back to University?Me : Daft. Should go all online.X : But what about a hybrid approach - some online, some F2F?Me : Dafter. That's
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Today, as a pastor trying to be faithful to the Gospel, I sent a letter to Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle @SenateMajLdr @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi @GOPLeader calling on
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Humanity stands on an edge. Look past today: the next pandemic is already known to be inevitable as long as we continue the economy as it was in 2019. Inevitable.
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5 tips to help you prepare for the next recession (pandemic edition)From a guy who has:> Lived through 2 recessions> Runs 2 online businesses (inc a 7 figure e-com store)>
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I'm home and it's quieter and my brain feels very overstimulated. Is anyone else watching the Sesame Street special in an hour? #SesameStreet is the most magical street in the
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Today I'll be live-tweeting "Building and nurturing resilient engineering teams" with Charity Majors, James Turnbull, and Juan Pablo BuriticáThe panel is hosted by @stripe My job at @honeycombio allows
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"There will be death," says Trump, before launching into an attack on unspecified media outlets (that he says he could name but for some reason declines to do so) who
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Since I barely sleep these days, here's a thread on things you find out if you read all the SAGE papers that the government just published: Like many texts, you
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Since this video has been blowing up, I thought it might be useful to annotate some of the analysis. Here are the receipts.https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1245720391168995329 On the policy lessons we took from
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Starting a #stablethread on interesting 'Rona resources I come across. Please note that I'm not endorsing any of this, just collecting it in one place. Declining COVID-19 Case Fatality Rates
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I'm getting a little obsessed with West Coast coronavirus vs NYC. I think because people are using it to beat up hyperbolic and omnipresent NY pols, arguing that it proves
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