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India's daily death toll from COVID is now undoubtedly the highest ANY country has ever recorded. Conservative estimate are deaths are 3𝙭 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙.Ways to save lives:-Nationwide lockdown-Stay home-Wear Masks-I

Viral dose is an important factor in severity of COVID. As India waits for vaccines, I urge people in India to wear masks and avoid crowds. This is the best

This is a plea to the US government to help India. What you can do:-Help with Oxygen & Oxygen generators-Release Astra Zeneca vaccine supplies -Lift the export ban & send

India needs help. Unimaginable humanitarian crisis occurring at an unprecedented speed and scale. The 'Why' can wait. The pressing issue now is how to reduce loss of life:1) Masks, restrictions

India has 1.3 billion people. 4 times that of the US. What’s going on is just amazing and needs in depth immunologic studies. These are raw numbers! When I adjust

Why do you often get confusing and contradictory messages from experts? Why does medical expert opinion sometimes seem incorrect, outdated, or even contrary to the evidence?1/ Medicine is really complicated.

Astra Zeneca vaccine & blood clots. Summary.Rare form of blood clots plus low platelets. ~60% involve veins of brain. Almost all after 1st dose. Risk (UK MHRA): 1 in 250,000

How COVID spreads indoors. Nice graphics and description from @elpaisinenglish 6 people are in a room for 4 hours. One has COVID but no one knows. @el_pais @jeremyphoward @zeynep @trishgreenhalgh1/

Masks work. I’d say they are the single most important line of defense against COVID at present. #WearAMask @DrEricDing has compiled a great evidence review in this thread.https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1317694942479876097 If

A big fall in the number of new cases and deaths per day with accompanying announcement of a vaccine will likely be the #OctoberSurprise. #COVID19 1/ The likely fall in

A large seroprevalence study found that we may be underestimating number of COVID cases in the US by 10-fold. What does this mean?Thread/1) First, this is a great study. Read

Sweden is not a great role model for us to follow for COVID control. Their deaths per million is much worse than neighboring countries: 5 times worse than Denmark, &