#Respiratory

John Curran

DrJohnCurran

1/11 Want to talk about PCR testing. Cycle threshold (Ct) means how hard did the PCR test have to work (amplification cycles) to find viral genetic material. @robertfservice @michaelmina_lab @FatEmperor

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Today, we are happy to release a COVID19 app that is unlike any others available. HUNALA allows you to track & FORECAST your personal risk for respiratory disease daily. It’s like traffic apps (eg Waze)

Yashar Ali 🐘

yashar

1. I've been talking about how non-human primates are facing a crisis with respect to coronavirus. Across the world, our relatives like gorillas, bonobos, chimpanzees, & orangutans are under lockdown

Matt Novak

paleofuture

U.S. officials are showing up on tarmacs in China and offering three times the amount in cash to divert shipments originally intended for France to America, according to a reporter

Jake Dunning

OutbreakJake

I've also been asked about this. Farting is not thought to be a way in which COVID-19 is spread. Certain medical procedures pose a genuine risk of creating infectious aerosols

Liverpool Critical Care at Aintree

CriticalCareAUH

1/This account was created in the summer purely to celebrate good news stories and positive feedback about our unit. We were proud of our team and how they had responded

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/3) Important study finding infectious virus (not just viral RNA) in the air >=2m away from a #COVID19 patient.Virus was successfully cultured from air samples, and was shown to match

GrantJRobson

grantjrobson

My son has been in respiratory ward for two weeks. Doctors can't say what's wrong with him. He's not allowed any visitors. On Thursday and Friday, they put him on

Dylan Morris

dylanhmorris

This pandemic should upend how biologists think about virus transmission—for the better. My greatest regret is having parroted received wisdom early on. I said our @NEJM aerosol stability findings were

Jaime Rivera

Jaime_Rivera

Today my mother has been hospitalized for COVID-19, all for doing her job as a hospital worker serving others. It breaks my heart to see her cry as she’s worried

Jake Dunning

OutbreakJake

Rachel, as one of the experts who knows a lot about respiratory viruses, IPC/PPE and writes national guidance, I have no choice but to intervene, because you are wrong on

Movie Mango ®

Go_Movie_Mango

So since you raise a good question, here are two answers, first lets talk about drugs = medications, M who are directly engaged in manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, & prescribing medications

Alok Shah, MBBS, DNB, MRCP

dralokshah

So, here’s some genuine questions to all you awesome critical care guys leading the fight against #COVID19. How frequently do you rely on ABGs for guiding management? #thread It’s been

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This graph has been making the rounds today on the effect of masks at reducing #SARSCoV2 #HCoV19 #COVID19 #coronavirus transmission. There's a lot more going on here than mask/no mask

Kirti Deolekar

kirti_sd

Test: For those who r able to pull this feat off, holding breath for a minute, it means you don't have Covid-19, symptomatic or asymptomaticCure: Inhaling mustard oil through your

Yosh Weerakoone

theyoshiiiw

Better late than never: There is little to no scientific evidence that iBrupofen and other #NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) worsen #COVID19 symptoms; however, avoid NSAIDs where possible during this time