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#TheGreatBarringtonDeclaration calls for allowing #covid19 to spread openly while “protecting” the elderly/vulnerable.While I actually believe the authors mean well, there are multiple reasons why I believe this is a seriously
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1/ Reports that Trump received #dexamethasone— a steroid that should only be used on patients who require oxygen or are critically ill with #covid19. This was proven to reduce mortality
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1/ This is important & has been discussed extensively among many ID docs, aerosol scientists & epi colleagues — #covid19 is spread through both droplets AND aerosols - the latter
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ThreadAre flights "safe"? This is a question that I have been asked dozens of times by friends/colleagues/mediaThis week, @cdc_eidjournal published a couple of reports of #covid19 transmission on flights- https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid
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“6 feet apart” or “mask up” are cool slogans but 8 months into this epidemic, we should be communicating better than this. People don’t need more slogans. They need to
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Happy #LaborDayWeekend Just a friendly reminder— the virus doesn’t take holidays.If you’re going to be socializing:1/do it outdoors; if you’re indoors, plz keep your windows openMasks are *most critical* inside
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1/ Outbreak investigation: #covid19 super-spreading event on a bus in China.This study in @JAMA_current is compelling.They describe notable spread of #covid19 throughout a bus that had recirculating air via AC
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A wedding in rural Maine led to the state's largest #covid19 outbreak. The screening for the party was symptom and temperature checks. The presumed index case showed symptoms the day
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1/ This article is important. Skeptics say that this research only shows that infectious #covid19 aerosols exist/that we breathe them in, but that we can’t be sure that they are
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THREAD1/ I asked people to be outraged that our epidemic disaster continues. Complacency now will kill us later.Someone replied that they were outraged, but now what?Outrage isn’t enough if it
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THREAD1/ Friends have recently told me they were happy the @NBA is back because it made things feel “normal”. I told them I don’t want things to feel normal, because
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We have to stop for a second & realize how crazy all of this is.We have multi billion $ corporations (@NBA) forming literal bubbles through immense power & wealth to
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