#Reopening

Joshua Gans

joshgans

Just wanted to make a quick point of agent-based versus more standard epidemiological models. I claimed that agent-based models have a smooth landscape. That is, of course to start. They

Will Hayward

WillHayCardiff

There is a lot of anger that pubs and restaurants have opened outside in England but not in Wales.But to really understand the risks of reopening now we need to

Tom Inglesby

T_Inglesby

The White House hosted an event called National Dialogue on Safely Reopening Schools. Many there talking about importance of schools in US but no one talking details about how to

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

Over the weekend, Fauci continued to insist that "the virus kind of decides" when we reopen the economy. Not true. We decide. There are massive potential costs either way. We

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) I know we all focus on the American economy. But what if, perhaps, the sly Chicoms had a bigger target:world capitalism?2) Note that Greece's hotel industry may be doomed.https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/65-greek-hotels-face-bankruptcy-lock

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD.The debate over reopening the economy has heated up. Good. We need to reopen soon.In my latest Bloomberg column, I discuss seven principles to guide that debate: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-14/coronavirus-impact-on-econo

Janine McCready

janinemccready

1/ I support a full time return to school but we need to do this safely and responsibly. Ontario’s plan (and that of many other provinces) is not responsible and

Melody Hernandez

hernandezforaz

This is how I start every shift, with a stark reminder that we’ve run out of some of our protective equipment, or are critically low. Every morning I store my

Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH

GYamey

The reopening of UK universities: THREAD.With a rising number of new daily infections, clearly there is a risk of clusters/outbreaks from reopening unis & bringing all students back to town

Oliver Willis

owillis

watching the "reopening" movement i feel like a black person watching the white people in a horror movie going down to the dark basement with the flickering lightbulb to "go

Andy Chow

andy_chow

Gov Mike DeWine’s daily briefing on COVID-19, April 21, 2020 DeWine says companies have received new FDA approval to make reagent for COVID-19 tests, says this will significantly expand

Steven Hodas

stevenhodas

Great piece by @elizashapiro. Contrasts @NYCMayor, who is guided by sentiment rather than principle, with Michael Mulgrew, shrewdly focused on @UFT permanent interests, structurally at odds with those of taxpayers

Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

All proposed plans for reopening, incl ours, rely on testing + contact tracing. The US is at ~ 1M tests/wk. @ashishkjha thinks we need 3.5M/wk minimum. Others wants several times

Lesley Carhart

hacks4pancakes

It’s still officially phase 2 in my house, and I’ll be here watching what happens to all of you chuckleheads for the next three weeks #phase4 Look, I’m pretty sure

United Student Advocates

AdvocatesTX

1/12. As of yesterday, 509 Texans have died from the Coronavirus. Governor Abbott’s decision to reopen the state is foolish, dangerous, and logically flawed. 2. According to researchers at the

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

1/ I wrote this over a month ago when I was working in our #covid19 emergency department pod. Home-based transmission is a big deal (more data soon). If your patient