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Convalescent serum: the new hydroxychloroquine. Convalescent serum has a long and successful history in fighting disease.But that doesn't mean that it will necessarily succeed for *any* disease.It needs to be

If you think 100–200k is a lot, consider this "gut-check math", or what @sinafala correctly described as a heuristic for one scenario. It's growing and now stands at over 500,000.https://twitter.com/AndrewNoymer/status/12455770171200552

Let's talk influenza and COVID mortality (again!).THREAD.People keep bringing this up so I'd like to put this to bed once and for all (I hope).It is often said there are

This, by @ChikinaLab & @WesPegden is smart.h/t: @AndreaSaltelli I've been saying for some time now, that — absent a vaccine — there will be a second wave when we relax

At the population level, there will be FOUR TYPES of #COVID19 #mortality:1) Direct-direct2) Direct-indirect3) Indirect4) Competing risksIn this short thread, I will discuss the four. 1) Direct-directBasically, these are the

As I have said #OnHere, counting COVID-19 deaths is going to be a painstaking process. The initial taliies are an undercount.https://twitter.com/lib_crusher/status/1245539683221868544 Link to the discussion where I get into the