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The whole time I was reading this piece, this was the thought that was on my mind — & then @zeynep literally had it written out right here:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airborne-transmission.html#covid19 2/ @z

1/ One of the biggest reasons why we had been pushing for #BetterMasks was because when you have a catastrophic surge like we are seeing in India-- you need the

1/ Most if not all of us who are first generation from #India have close family members who are struggling to fight through this current #covid19 surgeIndia broke its case

1/ True story of two personal friends- let's call them Jim & Bob- & #covid19. I share this not to shame but to say-- this is likely happening more than

You know that moment when all the water pulls back from the beach until it’s completely & eerily empty right before a huge tsunami hits? That was how it felt

A traveler who tested neg 48 hrs prior to flight was infectious by day of flight, pre-symptomatic; using genomic analysis, traced to 4 cases of in-flight transmissionThis doesn’t mean don’t

THREAD1/ Have seen comments floating around re whether the numbers used in this article are exactly correct or completely fit the epidemiology of spread etc; the footnotes clearly state these

1/ One of the big failures in our epidemic response is expertise that is rightfully concerned with all the nuances and details but fails to see the bigger picture— so

THREAD1/ Of all the articles I read this week on #COVID19, this @nytimes really caught my eye. It was an interview w/ Dr. Bruce Aylward, the lead on the

The coverage at the hospital is slim on the weekend meaning we have to double up shifts.I spent the entire day caring for patients—just got home at 10 pm.Watching Trump

1/ Getting many responses/questions to this tweet so let’s break down what these “pods” or “bubbles” are and are not. Short thread: https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1318758651503443968 2/ They *are* a way to stop

THREAD1/ #Covid19 super-spreading event from a bar in Vietnam; this report is from a party for St Patrick's day in which one guest infected 12 others at a poorly ventilated